Dorothy Alison
- Acting
- April 4, 1925 · Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- January 17, 1992
Biography
Dorothy Alison was an Australian stage, film and television actress. She was known for See No Evil (1971), The Nun's Story (1959) and A Cry in the Dark (1988). Alison, from 1949, afterinitially working as a secretary, spend most of her professional life in London, England. She returned to Australia in 1980 for the mini-series, A Town Like Alice (1981) and remained her for the rest of the 1980s. She was married to Leslie Linder. She died at the age of 66 in London in 1992.
Known for
Filmography
- Australia · Doreen Swanson
- Evil Angels · Avis Murchison
- Rikky and Pete · Mrs. Menzies
- Two Brothers Running · Mrs. Widmore
- The Flying Doctors · Essie Harrington
- The Winds of Jarrah · Mrs. Sullivan
- The Return of the Soldier · Brigadier's Wife
- A Town Like Alice · Mrs. Frith
- The Errand · The Farmer's Wife
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden · Mrs. Richard Allen
- Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde · Mrs. Spencer
- See No Evil · Betty Rexton
- The Main Chance · Chairman of Magistrates
- Journey to the Unknown · Mrs. Latham
- Journey Into Darkness · Mrs. Latham
- Pretty Polly · Mrs. Barlow
- ITV Playhouse · Ann Swink
- Callan
- Georgy Girl · Health Visitor
- The Prince and the Pauper · Mrs. Canty
- Stryker of the Yard
- Two Living, One Dead · Esther Kester
- Theatre '70 · Lois Jerrard
- The Nun's Story · Sister Aurelie
- Life In Emergency Ward 10 · Sister Jane Fraser
- The Man Upstairs · Mrs. Barnes
- A Time Of Day
- The Scamp · Barbara Leigh
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! · Miss MacPherson
- Interpol · Helen
- The Silken Affair · Mrs. Tweakham
- Armchair Theatre · Stella Gilmore, Beth
- Reach for the Sky · Nurse Brace
- The Feminine Touch · The Suicide
- The Long Arm · Mary Halliday
- ITV Play of the Week · Margaret Sellman
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Matilda, Duchess Constance
- The 'Maggie' · Miss Peters
- Turn the Key Softly · Joan
- Mandy · Miss Stockton
- Eureka Stockade · Mrs. Bentley