Alison Doody
Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland, is a model and actress. After making her feature film debut by playing a minor role in the Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she was later cast to appear as a anti-Nazi archaeologist Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Siobhan in A Prayer for the Dying, Charlotte in Taffin and Rebecca Flannery Major League II. Approached by a photographer Doody took up modelling that eventually led to the profession of commercial modeling. Doody was very determined not to do glamorous or sexually explicit work. This rule extended into Doody's acting work. She accepted a small role in the film Jenny Flex for 1985's A View to a Kill after she was noticed by the director of casting. Doody made an appearance in John Willis Screen World Volume 2, as one 12 promising new actors for 1986. 38. Doody, who was only 18 at the time she portrayed Doody in A prayer for the dying (1987) which starred Mickey Rourke. She is the youngest Bond girl who has a name to her. A Prayer for the Dying which starred Mickey Rourke in 1987, was another early film where Doody played IRA Siobhan. Doody played an unseen role as the wife of Archibald Craven Lilias during his dream, 1987's adaptation to The Secret Garden. In a Jim Henson fantasy episode The Storyteller in 1988, she played Sapsorrow with John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She starred alongside Pierce Brosnan, in the 1988 film Taffin. In the following film, she played her most memorable role to date in the film Taffin as Austrian archaeologist and Nazisympathiser Doctor. Elsa Schneider playing alongside Harrison Ford. The film also starred Sean Connery as Indy's father Doody has acted alongside three actors in the role of James Bond. Doody was a co-star in the year 1991 alongside Jonathan Pryce opposite the British mini-series Selling Hitler, which was in the spirit of a publication scam named The Hitler Diaries. Later, she relocated to Hollywood. She was replaced by Cybill Shepherd in the L'Oreal spokesperson's character. Doody then appeared as Flannery Sheen's lover and agent opposite Charlie Sheen, as Major League II was released in 1994. Doody was a part of the 2003 British comedy The Actors. Michael Caine portrayed her at a ceremony for an award. Her roles included an appearance in a TV movie version of King Solomon's Mines in 2004 as well as a booklet on the Holocaust, and the short film Benjamin's Struggle in 2005. Doody was also cast in Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). Later, she appeared as a guest in the medical drama of RTE The Clinic and was set to be the lead actress in a remake of the classic horror film The Asphyx but the project ended up being cancelled. The year 2011 saw her debut on the second season on the E4 comedy show Beaver Falls playing Pam Jefferson. The following year, she starred as Pam Jefferson on We Still Kill the Old Way. The 21st of November, 2018, she received the Almeria tierra de cine award and was awarded the honor of a star on the Almeria Walk of Fame.
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