| Dorothy Alison | |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Broken Hill, Australia |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1949–1989 |
| Awards: | Logie 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]
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.