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.

Known For

The Flying Doctors

ITV Playhouse

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Main Chance

Callan

ITV Play of the Week

Journey to the Unknown

All Movies (28)

• Australia1989 · as Doreen Swanson
• Evil Angels1988 · as Avis Murchison
• Rikky and Pete1988 · as Mrs. Menzies
• Two Brothers Running1988 · as Mrs. Widmore
• The Winds of Jarrah1983 · as Mrs. Sullivan
• The Return of the Soldier1983 · as Brigadier's Wife
• The Errand1980 · as The Farmer's Wife
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden1972 · as Mrs. Richard Allen
• Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde1971 · as Mrs. Spencer
• See No Evil1971 · as Betty Rexton
• Journey Into Darkness1968 · as Mrs. Latham
• Pretty Polly1967 · as Mrs. Barlow
• Georgy Girl1966 · as Health Visitor
• The Prince and the Pauper1962 · as Mrs. Canty
• Two Living, One Dead1961 · as Esther Kester
• The Nun's Story1959 · as Sister Aurelie
• Life In Emergency Ward 101959 · as Sister Jane Fraser
• The Man Upstairs1958 · as Mrs. Barnes
• The Scamp1957 · as Barbara Leigh
• Interpol1957 · as Helen
• The Silken Affair1956 · as Mrs. Tweakham
• Reach for the Sky1956 · as Nurse Brace
• The Feminine Touch1956 · as The Suicide
• The Long Arm1956 · as Mary Halliday
• The 'Maggie'1954 · as Miss Peters
• Turn the Key Softly1953 · as Joan
• Mandy1952 · as Miss Stockton
• Eureka Stockade1949 · as Mrs. Bentley

All TV Shows (14)

• The Flying Doctors1986 · as Essie Harrington
• A Town Like Alice1981 · as Mrs. Frith
• The Main Chance1969 · as Chairman of Magistrates
• Journey to the Unknown1968 · as Mrs. Latham
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Ann Swink
• Callan1967
• Stryker of the Yard1961
• A Time Of Day1957
• Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!1957 · as Miss MacPherson
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Stella Gilmore
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Beth
• ITV Play of the Week1955 · as Margaret Sellman
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Matilda
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Duchess Constance