Dorothy Alison

For the American writer, see Dorothy Allison. For the psychic detective, see Dorothy Allison (psychic).

Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress.^[1]

Dorothy Alison
Born	(1925-04-04)4 April 1925 Broken Hill, Australia
Died	17 January 1992(1992-01-17) (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