- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Died
- January 17, 1992
Dorothy Alison
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.
Filmography
movieAustralia
1989 · Doreen Swanson
movieEvil Angels
1988 · Avis Murchison
movieRikky and Pete
1988 · Mrs. Menzies
movieTwo Brothers Running
1988 · Mrs. Widmore
tvThe Flying Doctors
1986 · Essie Harrington
movieThe Winds of Jarrah
1983 · Mrs. Sullivan
movieThe Return of the Soldier
1983 · Brigadier's Wife
tvA Town Like Alice
1981 · Mrs. Frith
movieThe Errand
1980 · The Farmer's Wife
movieThe Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972 · Mrs. Richard Allen
movieDr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971 · Mrs. Spencer
movieSee No Evil
1971 · Betty Rexton
tvThe Main Chance
1969 · Chairman of Magistrates
tvJourney to the Unknown
1968 · Mrs. Latham
movieJourney Into Darkness
1968 · Mrs. Latham
moviePretty Polly
1967 · Mrs. Barlow
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Ann Swink
tvCallan
1967
movieGeorgy Girl
1966 · Health Visitor
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1962 · Mrs. Canty
Stryker of the Yard
tvStryker of the Yard
1961
Two Living, One Dead
movieTwo Living, One Dead
1961 · Esther Kester
Theatre '70
tvTheatre '70
1960 · Lois Jerrard
movieThe Nun's Story
1959 · Sister Aurelie
movieLife In Emergency Ward 10
1959 · Sister Jane Fraser
movieThe Man Upstairs
1958 · Mrs. Barnes
A Time Of Day
tvA Time Of Day
1957
movieThe Scamp
1957 · Barbara Leigh
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
tvOverseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957 · Miss MacPherson
movieInterpol
1957 · Helen
movieThe Silken Affair
1956 · Mrs. Tweakham
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Stella Gilmore, Beth
movieReach for the Sky
1956 · Nurse Brace
movieThe Feminine Touch
1956 · The Suicide
movieThe Long Arm
1956 · Mary Halliday
tvITV Play of the Week
1955 · Margaret Sellman
tvThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Matilda, Duchess Constance
movieThe 'Maggie'
1954 · Miss Peters
movieTurn the Key Softly
1953 · Joan
movieMandy
1952 · Miss Stockton
movieEureka Stockade
1949 · Mrs. Bentley