Dorothy Alison

Dorothy Alison

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

She was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Sydney Girls High School.^[1] She moved to London, England in 1949 to further her career. Aside from her numerous mostly-supporting film roles, she appeared in several television miniseries, including a prominent role in A Town Like Alice, and other TV shows.

She was nominated for two BAFTA awards: Most Promising Newcomer for Mandy (1952) and Best British Actress for Reach for the Sky (1956). For her performance in A Town Like Alice, she won the 1982 Logie Award (Australian television) for Best Support Actress in a Single Drama or Mini Series.

She died in London in 1992.

Selected filmography

• Sons of Matthew (1949)
• Eureka Stockade (1949)
• Mandy (1952)
• Turn the Key Softly (1953)
• The Maggie (1954)
• The Purple Plain (1954)
• The Feminine Touch (1956)
• The Long Arm (1956)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• The Silken Affair (1956)
• The Scamp (1957)
• Interpol (1957)
• The Man Upstairs (1958)
• Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959)
• The Nun's Story (1959)
• Two Living, One Dead (1961)
• Georgy Girl (1966)
• Pretty Polly (1967)
• Blind Terror, also known as See No Evil (1971)
• Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
• The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972)
• The Return of the Soldier (1982)
• The Winds of Jarrah (1983)
• Rikky and Pete (1988)
• Evil Angels, also known as A Cry in the Dark (1988)
• Australia (1989)
• Malpractice (1989)

References

External links

• Dorothy Alison at the Internet Movie Database
• Dorothy Alison movies – All Movie Guide