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Dorothy Alison Biography (1925-)

Addresses: Home: 45 Mabel Street, Willoughby, NSW, Australia 2068; Agent: David Daly 68 Old Brompton Street, , London, England SW7 3LQ; Agent: International Casting Service, Cornelius Court, 147A. King Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000.

Nationality

Australian

Occupation

actress, writer

Famous Works

• Debut
• Manuela, Children in Uniform, Independent Theatre, Sydney, Australia, 1940.
• London Debut
• Laura, The Affair, Strand Theatre, for 11 months, 1961.
• Principal Stage Appearances
• Mrs. Cheveley, An Ideal Husband, Northhampton Theatre, 1963; laborcouncillor, Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear?, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1968; Lady Bountiful, The Beaux Stratagem, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1982.
• Major Tours
• Sister Anderson, Whose Life Is lt Anyway.?, tour of Australia, Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1981.
• Film Debut
• Teacher of Deaf, Mandy, 1951.
• Principal Film Appearances
• Nurse Brace, Reach for the Sky, 1955; The Scamp, 1958; The Man Upstairs, 1958; Sister Aurelia, The Nun's Story; the Aunt, Blind Terror; Mrs. Allen, Amazing Mrs. Blunder; Winds of Jaffa, Australia, 1983.
• Television Debut
• Policewoman, Pilgrim Street.
• Principal Television Appearances
• Mother Superior, Sister Doren; Peggy Fawcus, Forgive Our Foolish Ways; Mrs. Firth, A Town Like Alice.
• Television Plays
• Waters of Babylon, ATV; Doubts and Traitors, BBC; Dead of Night series, Mrs. Smith, BBC.