Dorothy Alison
Age: N/A | From: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Dorothy Dickson , Perk Allison
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Flying Doctors
(1986) Essie Harrington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1955) Duchess Constance
The Nun's Story
(1959) Sister Aurelie
Evil Angels
(1988) Avis Murchison
The Prince and the Pauper
(1962) Mrs. Canty
The Main Chance
(1969) Chairman of Magistrates
See No Evil
(1971) Betty Rexton
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
(1971) Mrs. SpencerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Doreen Swanson | |
| 1988 | Avis Murchison | |
| Mrs. Menzies | ||
| Mrs. Widmore | ||
| 1986 | Essie Harrington | |
| 1983 | Mrs. Sullivan | |
| Brigadier's Wife | ||
| 1981 | Mrs. Frith | |
| 1980 | Farmer's Wife | |
| 1972 | Mrs. Richard Allen | |
| 1971 | Mrs. Spencer | |
| Betty Rexton | ||
| 1969 | Chairman of Magistrates | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Mrs. Barlow | |
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | Health Visitor | |
| 1962 | Mrs. Canty | |
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Esther Kester | ||
| 1959 | Sister Aurelie | |
| Sister Jane Fraser | ||
| 1958 | Mrs. Barnes | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Barbara Leigh | ||
| Helen | ||
| 1956 | Mrs. Tweakham | |
| Nurse Brace | ||
| The Suicide | ||
| Mary Halliday | ||
| 1955 | Matilda | |
| Duchess Constance | ||
| 1954 | Miss Peters | |
| 1953 | Joan | |
| 1952 | Miss Stockton | |
| 1949 | Mrs. Bentley | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
