Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 4, 1925
Place of Birth
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
- Dorothy Dickson
- Perk Allison
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 - Movies
See No Evil
as Betty Rexton
The Nun's Story
as Sister Aurelie
Evil Angels
as Avis Murchison
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier's Wife
Mandy
as Miss Stockton
Interpol
as Helen
Reach for the Sky
as Nurse Brace
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
The Scamp
as Barbara Leigh
The 'Maggie'
as Miss Peters
Known For - TV Shows
The Flying Doctors
as Essie Harrington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Matilda
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Duchess Constance
The Main Chance
as Chairman of Magistrates
Callan
Journey to the Unknown
ITV Playhouse
as Ann Swink
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Miss MacPherson
A Town Like Alice
as Mrs. Frith