Dorothy Alison
Australian actress (1925–1992)
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Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress.[1]
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| Born | 4 April 1925 Broken Hill, Australia |
| Died | 17 January 1992 (aged 66) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–1989 |
| Awards | Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a telemovie or miniseries (1982) |
Biography
Dorothy Alison was born in the New South Wales mining city of Broken Hill and educated at Sydney Girls High School.[2] She moved to London in 1949 to further her career.[3] Aside from her numerous, mostly supporting film roles, she appeared in several television programmes and mini-series, including a prominent role in A Town Like Alice, The Adventures of Robin Hood as the Duchess Constance and other TV shows.[4][5]
She was nominated for two BAFTA awards: Most Promising Newcomer for Mandy (1952) and Best British Actress for Reach for the Sky (1956).[6][7] For her performance in A Town Like Alice, she won the 1982 Logie Award (Australian television) for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie.[8] She died at the age of 66 in London in 1992.[1]
Partial filmography
- Eureka Stockade (1949) - Mrs. Bentley[9]
- Sons of Matthew (1949) - Rose O'Riordan
- Mandy (1952) - Miss Stockton
- Turn the Key Softly (1953) - Joan
- The Maggie (1954) - Miss Peters
- The Purple Plain (1954) - Nurse (uncredited)
- Child's Play (1954) - Margery Chappell
- Companions in Crime (1954) - Sheila Marsden
- The Feminine Touch (1956) - The Suicide
- The Long Arm (1956) - Mary Halliday
- Reach for the Sky (1956) - Nurse Brace
- The Silken Affair (1956) - Mrs. Tweakham
- Interpol (1957) - Helen
- The Scamp (1957) - Barbara Leigh
- The Man Upstairs (1958) - Mrs. Barnes
- Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) - Sister Jane Fraser
- The Nun's Story (1959) - Sister Aurelie (martyred nurse, Africa)
- Two Living, One Dead (1961) - Esther Kester
- Georgy Girl (1966) - Health Visitor
- Pretty Polly (1967) - Mrs. Barlow
- Journey into Darkness (1968) - Mrs. Latham (episode 'Paper Dolls')
- See No Evil, also known as Blind Terror (1971) - Betty Rexton
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) - Mrs. Spencer
- The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972) - Mrs. Allen
- Baxter! (1973) - Nurse Kennedy
- The Return of the Soldier (1982) - Brigadier's Wife
- The Winds of Jarrah (1983) - Mrs. Sullivan
- The Schippan Mystery (1984) - Mrs. Schippan
- Invitation to the Wedding (1985) - 1st Woman
- A Fortunate Life (1986) - Mrs. Carr
- Rikky and Pete (1988) - Mrs. Menzies
- Evil Angels, also known as A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Avis Murchison
- Two Brothers Running (1988) - Mrs Widmore
- Australia (1989) - Doreen Swanson
- Malpractice (1989) - Maureen Davis
