Dorothy Alison

Dorothy Alison

Birthday: 1925-04-04

Place of Birth: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Biography: 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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Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for i...

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Interpol
Interpol

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank...

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The Long Arm
The Long Arm

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with cl...

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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny...

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Australia
Australia

Following a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian wom...

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The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological prof...

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Rikky and Pete
Rikky and Pete

Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town A...

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The Scamp
The Scamp

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with...

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Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident ...

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The Winds of Jarrah
The Winds of Jarrah

Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who a...

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Two Brothers Running
Two Brothers Running

Two brothers, living opposite lives, gradually become close, through a series of bizarre incidents....

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See No Evil
See No Evil

In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with...

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Journey Into Darkness
Journey Into Darkness

"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "...

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Life In Emergency Ward 10
Life In Emergency Ward 10

Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid ...

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The 'Maggie'
The 'Maggie'

The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Sc...

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The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to h...

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Two Living, One Dead
Two Living, One Dead

Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the superviso...

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The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper

In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles"...

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Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly

Miss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. Wh...

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Mandy
Mandy

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school a...

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Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employe...

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Evil Angels
Evil Angels

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in cent...

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The Silken Affair
The Silken Affair

An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree....

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Turn the Key Softly
Turn the Key Softly

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail....

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The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier

The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized...

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The Errand
The Errand

A soldier at an elite military institution is sent on a strange and increasingly nightmarish errand ...

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Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade

In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government....

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The Feminine Touch
The Feminine Touch

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NH...

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