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Home/People/Dorothy Alison
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Born
Apr 4, 1925Died: Jan 17, 1992
Lived 66 years
Place of Birth
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

28
Movies
10
TV Shows
Also Known As
Dorothy Dickson
Perk Allison
IMDb Profile

Dorothy Alison

Acting

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.
Australia poster

Australia

as Doreen Swanson
1989
Evil Angels poster

Evil Angels

as Avis Murchison
1988
Rikky and Pete poster

Rikky and Pete

as Mrs. Menzies
1988
Two Brothers Running poster

Two Brothers Running

as Mrs. Widmore
1988
The Winds of Jarrah poster

The Winds of Jarrah

as Mrs. Sullivan
1983
The Return of the Soldier poster

The Return of the Soldier

as Brigadier's Wife
1983
The Errand poster

The Errand

as The Farmer's Wife
1980
The Amazing Mr. Blunden poster

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

as Mrs. Richard Allen
1972
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde poster

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

as Mrs. Spencer
1971
See No Evil poster

See No Evil

as Betty Rexton
1971
Journey Into Darkness poster

Journey Into Darkness

as Mrs. Latham
1968
Pretty Polly poster

Pretty Polly

as Mrs. Barlow
1967
Georgy Girl poster

Georgy Girl

as Health Visitor
1966
The Prince and the Pauper poster

The Prince and the Pauper

as Mrs. Canty
1962
Two Living, One Dead poster

Two Living, One Dead

as Esther Kester
1961
The Nun's Story poster

The Nun's Story

as Sister Aurelie
1959
Life In Emergency Ward 10 poster

Life In Emergency Ward 10

as Sister Jane Fraser
1959
The Man Upstairs poster

The Man Upstairs

as Mrs. Barnes
1958
The Scamp poster

The Scamp

as Barbara Leigh
1957
Interpol poster

Interpol

as Helen
1957