Dorothy Alison
ActingAlso Known As
Dorothy Dickson, Perk Allison
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.
Movies
(28 total)
Evil Angels
as Avis Murchison
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. Spencer
Georgy Girl
as Health Visitor
The 'Maggie'
as Miss Peters
Reach for the Sky
as Nurse Brace
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mrs. Richard Allen
The Long Arm
as Mary Halliday
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier's Wife
Interpol
as Helen
Turn the Key Softly
as Joan
Eureka Stockade
as Mrs. Bentley
The Scamp
as Barbara Leigh
The Man Upstairs
as Mrs. Barnes
Australia
as Doreen Swanson
Rikky and Pete
as Mrs. Menzies
Pretty Polly
as Mrs. Barlow
TV Shows
(10 total)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Matilda
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Duchess Constance
The Flying Doctors
as Essie Harrington
A Town Like Alice
as Mrs. Frith
The Main Chance
as Chairman of Magistrates