Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland, is an actress and model. Doody made her acting debut in a Bond film called A View to a Kill in the year 1985. In 1989, she played the archaeologist who was sympathetic to Nazis Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. There were also roles for Siobhan Dovan as Charlotte in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Charlotte in Taffin (1988) as well as Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994). Doody started modeling after being offered by a professional photographer. This led to an enviable modeling career in the commercial world. Doody stringently avoided glamour and sexually explicit work. This was a policy allowed her to pursue an acting career. Having come to the attention of the director who cast an upcoming James Bond film she accepted the role of Jenny Flex in 1985's A View to a Kill. Doody's name was included in John Willis Screen World Vol. 12 of the most promising young actors in 1986. 38. Doody She was just 18 when she portrayed Doody in the movie A prayer for the dying (1987), starring Mickey Rourke. Doody is the tiniest Bond girl who has a name to her. Another film from her early days had her in a minor role in a small role as IRA member Siobhan Donovan in A Prayer for the Dying (1987) in which she starred Mickey Rourke. Doody was a voice actor in the 1987 adaptation of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in his dream. The Storyteller episode from 1988 included her in the leading part in the film Sapsorrow, alongside John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She played opposite Pierce Brosnan, in the 1988 film Taffin. Then she took her most memorable role to date in the film Taffin as Austrian archaeologist and Nazisympathiser Doctor. Elsa Schneider playing alongside Harrison Ford. Doody acted with Sean Connery, who played Indy's father. Doody appeared in the 1991 British mini-series Selling Hitler with Jonathan Pryce. The film was based on the Hitler Diaries publication scam. The actress later relocated to Hollywood. The role she played was Flannery on the screen in Major League II, opposite Charlie Sheen. After a long absence from the stage Doody came back to acting, and acted in a tiny role in 2003 British comedy movie The Actors with Michael Caine as her character in the award ceremony scene. She starred along with Patrick Swayze, in the 2004 TV film version of King Solomon's Mines. Doody was also cast in Danny Dyer's The Rapture (2009). In 2011, she was to be the main character for The Asphyx remake, but that project fell through. The year 2011 saw her debut on the first of two seasons on E4 comedy show Beaver Falls playing Pam Jefferson. In 2014, she appeared as Pam Jefferson on We Still Kill the Old Way. She received the Almeria Tierra de Cinema award on November 21, 2018.