Dorothy Alison
Acting
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
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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
movieGeorgy Girl
1966
Health Visitor
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1962
Mrs. Canty
Two Living, One Dead
1961
Esther Kester
Theatre '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
movieThe Scamp
1957
Barbara Leigh
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
movieMandy
1952
Miss Stockton
movieEureka Stockade
1949
Mrs. Bentley