Dorothy Alison
Known for

Acting

Credits

37

Gender

Woman

Birthday

4 Apr 1925

Day of death

17 Jan 1992 (66)

Place of birth

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as
Dorothy Dickson
Perk Allison

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
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1989AustraliaDoreen Swanson
1988Evil AngelsAvis Murchison
1988Rikky and PeteMrs. Menzies
1988Two Brothers RunningMrs. Widmore
1986The Flying DoctorsEssie Harrington
1983The Return of the SoldierBrigadier's Wife
1983The Winds of JarrahMrs. Sullivan
1981A Town Like AliceMrs. Frith
1980The ErrandFarmer's Wife
1972The Amazing Mr. BlundenMrs. Richard Allen
1971See No EvilBetty Rexton
1971Dr Jekyll & Sister HydeMrs. Spencer
1969The Main ChanceChairman of Magistrates
1968Journey to the Unknown
1968Journey Into DarknessMrs. Latham
1967Callan
1967Pretty PollyMrs. Barlow
1966Georgy GirlHealth Visitor
1962The Prince and the PauperMrs. Canty
1961Two Living, One DeadEsther Kester
1961Stryker of the Yard
1959The Nun's StorySister Aurelie
1959Life In Emergency Ward 10Sister Jane Fraser
1958The Man UpstairsMrs. Barnes
1957InterpolHelen
1957The ScampBarbara Leigh
1957A Time Of Day
1956Reach for the SkyNurse Brace
1956The Long ArmMary Halliday
1956The Feminine TouchThe Suicide
1956The Silken AffairMrs. Tweakham
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodMatilda
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodDuchess Constance
1954The 'Maggie'Miss Peters
1953Turn the Key SoftlyJoan
1952MandyMiss Stockton
1949Eureka StockadeMrs. Bentley