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Dorothy Alison

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Dorothy Alison

Born April 4, 1925 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, AustraliaDied January 17, 199228 films

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.

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The Nun's Story posterFirst watchThe Nun's Story19597.2as Sister AurelieAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.View film

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28 films as actor
  1. 1989AustraliaDoreen Swanson
  2. 1988Evil AngelsAvis Murchison
  3. 1988Rikky and PeteMrs. Menzies
  4. 1988Two Brothers RunningMrs. Widmore
  5. 1983The Winds of JarrahMrs. Sullivan
  6. 1983The Return of the SoldierBrigadier's Wife
  7. 1980The ErrandThe Farmer's Wife
  8. 1972The Amazing Mr. BlundenMrs. Richard Allen
  9. 1971Dr. Jekyll & Sister HydeMrs. Spencer
  10. 1971See No EvilBetty Rexton
  11. 1968Journey Into DarknessMrs. Latham
  12. 1967Pretty PollyMrs. Barlow
  13. 1966Georgy GirlHealth Visitor
  14. 1962The Prince and the PauperMrs. Canty
  15. 1961Two Living, One DeadEsther Kester
  16. 1959The Nun's StorySister Aurelie
  17. 1959Life In Emergency Ward 10Sister Jane Fraser
  18. 1958The Man UpstairsMrs. Barnes
  19. 1957The ScampBarbara Leigh
  20. 1957InterpolHelen
  21. 1956The Silken AffairMrs. Tweakham
  22. 1956Reach for the SkyNurse Brace
  23. 1956The Feminine TouchThe Suicide
  24. 1956The Long ArmMary Halliday
  25. 1954The 'Maggie'Miss Peters
  26. 1953Turn the Key SoftlyJoan
  27. 1952MandyMiss Stockton
  28. 1949Eureka StockadeMrs. Bentley