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Dorothy Alison

Actor
Died January 17, 1992 (66 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Purple Plain
  • The Return of the Soldier
Known For
  • See No Evil
  • Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
  • Reach for the Sky
  • Georgy Girl
  • The Third Key
  • The Purple Plain
  • The Amazing Mr. Blunden
  • A Town Like Alice
  • High and Dry
  • Pickup Alley
  • Crash of Silence
  • Strange Affection
  • The Man Upstairs
  • Turn the Key Softly
  • A Fortunate Life
  • The Prince and the Pauper
  • Child's Play
  • Rikky and Pete
  • Life in Emergency Ward 10
  • Two Living, One Dead
  • The Rugged O'Riordans
  • The Winds of Jarrah
  • Malpractice

Filmography

1989
Australia · as Doreen Swanson
1989
Malpractice · as Maureen Davis
1988
A Cry in the Dark · as Avis Murchison
1988
Rikky and Pete · as Mrs. Menzies
1988
Melba (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Mitchell
1986
The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Essie Harrington
1986
A Fortunate Life (TV Series) · as Grandma Carr
1985
The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Essie Harrington
1983
The Winds of Jarrah · as Mrs. Sullivan
1983
1982
The Return of the Soldier · as Brigadier's Wife
1981
A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Nancy Walker
1981
A Town Like Alice (TV Series) · as Mrs. Frith
1975
Angels (TV Series) · as Sister
1973
Baxter! · as Nurse Kennedy
1972
The Amazing Mr. Blunden · as Mrs. Richard Allen
1971
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde · as Mrs. Spencer
1971
See No Evil · as Betty Rexton
1969
The Main Chance (TV Series) · as Chairman Of Magistrates
1968
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ann Swink
1967
A Matter of Innocence · as Mrs. Barlow
1967
Callan (TV Series)
1966
Georgy Girl · as Health Visitor
1963
Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Whitely
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
1959
Life in Emergency Ward 10 · as Sister Jane Fraser
1958
The Man Upstairs · as Mrs. Barnes
1958
Jack the Ripper · as Judith
1958
Boris Karloff's The Veil (TV Series) · as Judith
1957
Strange Affection · as Barbara Leigh
1957
Pickup Alley · as Helen
1956
The Silken Affair · as Mrs. Tweakham
1956
Reach for the Sky · as Nurse Brace
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Beth
1956
The Gentle Touch · as The Suicide
1956
The Third Key · as Mary Halliday
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Margaret Sellman
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Duchess Constance
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ann Bennett
1954
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mrs. Canty
1954
Child's Play · as Margery Chappel
1954
High and Dry · as Miss Peters
1954
Companions in Crime · as Sheila Marsden
1953
1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Bertha Parker
1952
Crash of Silence · as Miss Stockton
1949
The Rugged O'Riordans · as Rose O'riordan
1949
Eureka Stockade · as Mrs. Bentley

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