Dorothy Alison
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.
The Nun's Story
as Sister AurelieAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion...
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Evil Angels
as Avis MurchisonBased on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. CantyIn the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange...
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The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier's WifeThe horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The...
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See No Evil
as Betty RextonIn the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in...
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Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
as Mrs. SpencerIn foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir...
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Georgy Girl
as Health VisitorA homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged...
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Mandy
as Miss StocktonLondon, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches...
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
as Mrs. Richard AllenMysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid,...
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The Long Arm
as Mary HallidayScotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning...
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Eureka Stockade
as Mrs. BentleySpectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
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Reach for the Sky
as Nurse BraceThe true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying...
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The Man Upstairs
as Mrs. BarnesThe mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological...
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The 'Maggie'
as Miss PetersThe poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their...
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Australia
as Doreen SwansonFollowing a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian...
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Pretty Polly
as Mrs. BarlowMiss Polly decides to spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling...
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The Scamp
as Barbara LeighTod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness...
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Interpol
as HelenSpurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin...
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The Silken Affair
as Mrs. TweakhamAn accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
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The Winds of Jarrah
as Mrs. SullivanAustralia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children...
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Turn the Key Softly
as JoanA bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
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The Feminine Touch
as The SuicideFollowing a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at...
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Journey Into Darkness
as Mrs. Latham"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV...
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Rikky and Pete
as Mrs. MenziesRikky (Nina Landis) and her brother Pete (Stephen Kearney) struggle to keep their lives from...
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Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Sister Jane FraserLife in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and...
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The Errand
as Farmer's WifeA soldier at an elite military institution is sent on a strange and increasingly nightmarish...
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Two Brothers Running
as Mrs. WidmoreTwo brothers, living opposite lives, gradually become close, through a series of bizarre incidents.
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The Flying Doctors
as Essie HarringtonThe Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
as MatildaThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Duchess ConstanceThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
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The Main Chance
as Chairman of MagistratesThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...
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Journey to the Unknown
as uncreditedA British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and...
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A Town Like Alice
as Mrs. FrithSet against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers...
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Callan
as uncreditedCallan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage....
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