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

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

Reach for the Sky

as Nurse Brace

The 'Maggie'

as Miss Peters

The Prince and the Pauper

as Mrs. Canty

Mandy

as Miss Stockton

The Return of the Soldier

as Brigadier's Wife