Acting
Dorothy Alison
FR, EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
4 April 1925
Died
17 January 1992 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as Dorothy Dickson · Perk Allison
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
Filmography
Australia
as Doreen Swanson
Rikky and Pete
as Mrs. Menzies
Two Brothers Running
as Mrs. Widmore
Evil Angels
as Avis Murchison
The Winds of Jarrah
as Mrs. Sullivan
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier's Wife
The Errand
as The Farmer's Wife
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mrs. Richard Allen
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. Spencer
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
Journey Into Darkness
as Mrs. Latham
Pretty Polly
as Mrs. Barlow
Georgy Girl
as Health Visitor
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
Two Living, One Dead
as Esther Kester
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Sister Jane Fraser
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
The Man Upstairs
as Mrs. Barnes
Interpol
as Helen
The Scamp
as Barbara Leigh
The Long Arm
as Mary Halliday
Reach for the Sky
as Nurse Brace
The Silken Affair
as Mrs. Tweakham
The Feminine Touch
as The Suicide
The 'Maggie'
as Miss Peters
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
Eureka Stockade
as Mrs. Bentley