Alison Doody

Alison Doody (born 11 November 1966) is a famous Irish actress and model. She made her feature film debut as the Bond girl with the film A View to a Kill, (1985). Then she starred in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. Doody portrayed Nazi sympathizing archaeologist Elsa Schneider. Siobhan donavan was part of A Prayer for the Dying in 1987, Charlotte was in Taffin (in 1988) as well as Rebecca Flannery played Major League II. Doody was invited by a photographer, and started to take on the role of model. Doody then began to build her career as a commercial model. Doody avoided nude and glamour work, a rule that was carried into her acting. Doody was offered a tiny role in the film Jenny Flex for 1985's A View to a Kill following the fact that her name was picked by the director who cast her. Doody was named as one the twelve most promising actors of the year in 1986 in John Willis Screen World. 38. Doody was still only 18 at the time of her appearance in the Bond role. To date Doody is considered to be the youngest Bond girl. A Prayer for the Dying featuring Mickey Rourke in 1987, was another early film where Doody portrayed IRA Siobhan. Doody played Archibald Craven's wife Lilias In his dream in the television adaptation The Secret Garden. In a Jim Henson fantasy episode The Storyteller in 1988, Doody portrayed Sapsorrow alongside John Hurt Dawn French Jennifer Saunders. She played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the film Taffin (1988) before she took possibly her most famous role in her career as Austrian Archaeologist and Nazi-sympathiser The Dr. Elsa Schneider in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in which she starred alongside Harrison Ford. Doody played alongside Sean Connery in the film in the role of Indy's father. Doody played the role in the British miniseries Selling Hitler with Jonathan Pryce. It was based on the Hitler Diaries publication scam. In Hollywood Doody moved to. She was chosen to succeed Cybill Shepherd as spokesperson for L'Oreal she was later chosen to play opposite Charlie Sheen in 1994's Major League II as Flannery the agent's girlfriend. Doody was part of The 2004 British comedy The Actors. Michael Caine portrayed her at a ceremony for an award. The roles she played included the TV movie adaptation of King Solomon's Mines in 2004, a booklet about the Holocaust and the short film Benjamin's Struggle in 2005. Doody made an appearance in Danny Dyer 2010's The Rapture. Doody was later a guest on RTE's medical drama The Clinic and was set to star in a 2011 remake of horror classic The Asphyx but the project was later put on hold. Pam Jefferson is her role in the E4 Comedy Drama Beaver Falls' first of two seasons. She also appeared on the show in 2014 as We Still Kill the Old Way. In November of 2018, she received the Almeria Tierra de Cine award as well as the honor of a star on the Almeria Walk of Fame.