Dorothy Alison
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Acting Credits
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
1989
as Doreen Swanson
Rikky and Pete
1988
as Mrs. Menzies
Two Brothers Running
1988
as Mrs. Widmore
Evil Angels
1988
as Avis Murchison
The Flying Doctors
1986
as Essie Harrington
The Winds of Jarrah
1983
as Mrs. Sullivan
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Brigadier's Wife
A Town Like Alice
1981
as Mrs. Frith
The Errand
1980
as The Farmer's Wife
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972
as Mrs. Richard Allen
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971
as Mrs. Spencer
See No Evil
1971
as Betty Rexton
The Main Chance
1969
as Chairman of Magistrates
Journey Into Darkness
1968
as Mrs. Latham
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Mrs. Latham
Pretty Polly
1967
as Mrs. Barlow
Callan
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Ann Swink
Georgy Girl
1966
as Health Visitor
The Prince and the Pauper
1962
as Mrs. Canty
Two Living, One Dead
1961
as Esther Kester
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Theatre '70
1960
as Lois Jerrard
Life In Emergency Ward 10
1959
as Sister Jane Fraser
The Nun's Story
1959
as Sister Aurelie
The Man Upstairs
1958
as Mrs. Barnes
Interpol
1957
as Helen
The Scamp
1957
as Barbara Leigh
A Time Of Day
1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Miss MacPherson
The Long Arm
1956
as Mary Halliday
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Nurse Brace
The Silken Affair
1956
as Mrs. Tweakham
The Feminine Touch
1956
as The Suicide
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Stella Gilmore
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Beth
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Matilda
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Duchess Constance
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Margaret Sellman
The 'Maggie'
1954
as Miss Peters
Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Joan
Mandy
1952
as Miss Stockton
Eureka Stockade
1949
as Mrs. Bentley