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Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress[1]
Biography [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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
References [ edit ]
^ "Dorothy Alison - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie" . AllMovie .
^ "A Town Like Alice (1981)" . Archived from the original on 31 July 2018.
^ "Dorothy Alison" . www.aveleyman.com . Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2017 .
^ "BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org .
^ "BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org .
^ "Australian Television: 1982-1985 Logie Awards" . www.australiantelevision.net .
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