Dorothy Alison

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Dorothy Alison

Acting April 4, 1925

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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,…

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Evil Angels

Evil Angels

6.8 1988 Movie
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

7.2 1959 Movie
The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

6.6 1986 TV Show
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.4 1955 TV Show
See No Evil

See No Evil

6.5 1971 Movie
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

6.2 1971 Movie
ITV Play of the Week

ITV Play of the Week

4.0 1955 TV Show
The Main Chance

The Main Chance

8.3 1969 TV Show
Callan

Callan

7.0 1967 TV Show
Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

7.0 1968 TV Show
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

7.2 1962 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1989
    Australia

    Movie Doreen Swanson

  2. 1988
    Evil Angels

    Movie Avis Murchison

  3. 1988
    Rikky and Pete

    Movie Mrs. Menzies

  4. 1988
    Two Brothers Running

    Movie Mrs. Widmore

  5. 1986
    The Flying Doctors

    TV show Essie Harrington

  6. 1983
    The Winds of Jarrah

    Movie Mrs. Sullivan

  7. 1983
    The Return of the Soldier

    Movie Brigadier's Wife

  8. 1981
    A Town Like Alice

    TV show Mrs. Frith

  9. 1980
    The Errand

    Movie The Farmer's Wife

  10. 1972
    The Amazing Mr. Blunden

    Movie Mrs. Richard Allen

  11. 1971
    Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    Movie Mrs. Spencer

  12. 1971
    See No Evil

    Movie Betty Rexton

  13. 1969
    The Main Chance

    TV show Chairman of Magistrates

  14. 1968
    Journey to the Unknown

    TV show Mrs. Latham

  15. 1968
    Journey Into Darkness

    Movie Mrs. Latham

  16. 1967
    Pretty Polly

    Movie Mrs. Barlow

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  1. 1967
    ITV Playhouse

    TV show Ann Swink

  2. 1967
    Callan

    TV show

  3. 1966
    Georgy Girl

    Movie Health Visitor

  4. 1962
    The Prince and the Pauper

    Movie Mrs. Canty

  5. 1961
    Stryker of the Yard

    TV show

  6. 1961
    Two Living, One Dead

    Movie Esther Kester

  7. 1960
    Theatre '70

    TV show Lois Jerrard

  8. 1959
    The Nun's Story

    Movie Sister Aurelie

  9. 1959
    Life In Emergency Ward 10

    Movie Sister Jane Fraser

  10. 1958
    The Man Upstairs

    Movie Mrs. Barnes

  11. 1957
    A Time Of Day

    TV show

  12. 1957
    The Scamp

    Movie Barbara Leigh

  13. 1957
    Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

    TV show Miss MacPherson

  14. 1957
    Interpol

    Movie Helen

  15. 1956
    The Silken Affair

    Movie Mrs. Tweakham

  16. 1956
    Armchair Theatre

    TV show Stella Gilmore

  17. 1956
    Reach for the Sky

    Movie Nurse Brace

  18. 1956
    The Feminine Touch

    Movie The Suicide

  19. 1956
    The Long Arm

    Movie Mary Halliday

  20. 1955
    ITV Play of the Week

    TV show Margaret Sellman

  21. 1955
    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    TV show Matilda

  22. 1954
    The 'Maggie'

    Movie Miss Peters

  23. 1953
    Turn the Key Softly

    Movie Joan

  24. 1952
    Mandy

    Movie Miss Stockton