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








