Dorothy Alison
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. Spencer
1971
Interpol
as Helen
1957
The Long Arm
as Mary Halliday
1956
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mrs. Richard Allen
1972
Australia
as Doreen Swanson
1989
The Man Upstairs
as Mrs. Barnes
1958
Rikky and Pete
as Mrs. Menzies
1988
The Scamp
as Barbara Leigh
1957
Reach for the Sky
as Nurse Brace
1956
The Winds of Jarrah
as Mrs. Sullivan
1983
Two Brothers Running
as Mrs. Widmore
1988
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
1971
Journey Into Darkness
as Mrs. Latham
1968
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Sister Jane Fraser
1959
The 'Maggie'
as Miss Peters
1954
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
1959
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
1962
Two Living, One Dead
as Esther Kester
1961
Pretty Polly
as Mrs. Barlow
1967
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
1952
TV Appearances
Callan
1967
Journey to the Unknown
1968
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Matilda
1955
A Time Of Day
1957
Stryker of the Yard
1961
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Duchess Constance
1955
The Main Chance
as Chairman of Magistrates
1969
The Flying Doctors
as Essie Harrington
1986
A Town Like Alice
as Mrs. Frith
1981
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Miss MacPherson
1957
Armchair Theatre
as Stella Gilmore
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Beth
1956