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Dorothy Alison
Born(1925-04-04)4 April 1925
Broken Hill, Australia
Died17 January 1992(1992-01-17) (aged 66)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1949–1989
AwardsLogie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a telemovie or miniseries (1982)

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]

    1. ^ a b "Dorothy Alison". Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
  • ^ "Distinguished Old Girls". History of Sydney Girls High School. Sydney Girls High School. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  • ^ "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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