Dorothy Alison
Acting1925Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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
Acting History
1989
Australia
as Doreen Swanson
The Flying Doctors
TVas Essie Harrington• 1 eps
1988
1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier's Wife
The Winds of Jarrah
as Mrs. Sullivan
1981
A Town Like Alice
TVas Mrs. Frith
1980
The Errand
as The Farmer's Wife
1972
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mrs. Richard Allen
The Main Chance
TVas Chairman of Magistrates• 1 eps
1971
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. Spencer
1970
1968
Journey Into Darkness
as Mrs. Latham
1967
Pretty Polly
as Mrs. Barlow
1966
Georgy Girl
as Health Visitor
1962
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
1961
Two Living, One Dead
as Esther Kester
1959
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Sister Jane Fraser
1958
The Man Upstairs
as Mrs. Barnes
1957
Interpol
as Helen
The Scamp
as Barbara Leigh
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TVas Duchess Constance• 2 eps
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TVas Miss MacPherson
1956
The Long Arm
as Mary Halliday
Reach for the Sky
as Nurse Brace
The Feminine Touch
as The Suicide
The Silken Affair
as Mrs. Tweakham
1954
The 'Maggie'
as Miss Peters
1953
Turn the Key Softly
as Joan
1952
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
1949
Eureka Stockade
as Mrs. Bentley