Alison Doody

Alison Doody was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 11, 1996. Model as well as an Irish actress. She made her film debut with a tiny part in Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) she went on to portray the Nazi-sympathising archaeologist Elsa Schneider, in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). There were also roles for Siobhan Dovan on the film A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Charlotte in Taffin (1988) as well as Rebecca Flannery in Major League II (1994). Doody began modeling after she was approached. The result was that it turned out to be a profitable career. Doody did not like glamour or nude modeling, which she carried over to her acting. In the event that she was brought to director's notice for an upcoming James Bond film, Doody accepted a minor role for a small part in A View to a Kill (1985). Doody's name was featured within John Willis Screen World Vol. 12 which features the most promising new actors from 1986. 38. Doody, at 18-years-old in the role of Doody in Bond she was still the most youthful Bond girl until today. A Prayer for the Dying starring Mickey Rourke also had a performance by Doody, playing IRA Siobhan. Doody was a silent actor in the 1987 version of The Secret Garden, playing Archibald Craven's dream wife Lilias. Doody played Sapsorrow in an episode of Jim Henson's fantasy show The Storyteller, opposite John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She also starred alongside Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. Her most recognizable role to date was as Austrian Nazi sympathizer as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Doody appeared alongside Sean Connery in the film in the role of 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. Then she moved to Hollywood. She was Flannery her agent, as well as partner for Major League II. She had been chosen as the replacement for Cybill Shepherd, who was L'Oreal's first spokeswoman. Doody, who had been off acting for more than 10 years, returned in 2003 to take on a tiny part on The Actors, a British comedy The Actors in which Michael Caine was her character in a scene at an award ceremony. The roles she played included an appearance in a TV movie version of King Solomon's Mines in 2004, a booklet about the Holocaust as well as the short film Benjamin's Struggle in 2005. Doody was in Danny Dyer 2010's The Rapture. The following year, she had been scheduled scheduled to play the lead role on The Asphyx remake, but this project did not go ahead. Pam Jefferson is her role in the E4 Comedy Drama Beaver Falls' first of two seasons. The show also featured her in We Still Kill the Old Way (2014). On 21 November 2018 she was honored by the Almeria tierra de cine award and she received the honor of a star on the Almeria Walk of Fame.