Biografía

4 de abril de 1925 · Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

17 de enero de 1992 · Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido

Dorothy Dickson

Educated at Sydney Girls High School in Australia, she moved to London, England in 1949 to promote her career.

Did secretarial work, while scouting for jobs in British films. Had her first success as the teacher of a deaf child in Mandy (1952), as a result winning the 1952 British Film Academy's Award for 'Most Promising Newcomer'. Later played sympathetic, motherly, or careworn roles. Appeared on stage, both in Britain and in Australia. Best known on screen for Proa a las nubes (1956) and the miniseries A Town Like Alice (1981).