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



