Dorothy Alison
Known For
Acting
Born
1925-04-04 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died
1992-01-17
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 Known For
The Flying Doctors
as Essie Harrington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Matilda
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Duchess Constance
The Main Chance
as Chairman of Magistrates
Journey to the Unknown
Callan
A Town Like Alice
as Mrs. Frith
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Miss MacPherson
Stryker of the Yard
Pretty Polly
as Mrs. Barlow
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
Evil Angels
as Avis Murchison
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
Georgy Girl
as Health Visitor
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. Spencer
Interpol
as Helen
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
The Long Arm
as Mary Halliday
Eureka Stockade
as Mrs. Bentley