Dorothy Alison

Acting

Born April 4, 1925, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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

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