Alison Doody

Alison Doody, born 11 November 1966 in Ireland is a model and actress. She made her feature film debut with a small 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). Siobhan in A Prayer for the Dying, Charlotte in Taffin and Rebecca Flannery Major League II. Doody started modelling when she was approached. The outcome proved to be a lucrative career. Doody avoided nude and glamour work. This was a principle that was carried into her acting. After catching the eye of the director of casting in the upcoming James Bond movie, she took a part in A View to a Kill as Jenny Flex. Doody was listed as one of the top 12 promising young Actors of 1986 by John Willis Screen World, Volume. 38. Still only 18 when she appeared in the character Doody was, and still is one of the smallest Bond girl that has ever appeared. A Prayer for the Dying (1997) which starred Mickey Rourke, also featured a smaller role as IRA Siobhan. Doody was a voice actor in the 1987 television adaptation of The Secret Garden appearing as Archibald Craven's wife Lilias in the movie of his dreams. The episode of the Storyteller Sapsorrow was her debut leading part. It aired in 1988 alongside John Hurt, Dawn French along with Jennifer Saunders. She also starred as Pierce Brosnan on the movie Taffin. Her most notable role to date was as Austrian Nazi sympathiser as well as archaeologist Dr. Elsa Schneider opposite Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Doody was in the film in the film 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. In Hollywood Doody moved to. The actress later became Flannery the agent of Charlie Sheen as well as girlfriend for Major League II. She had been chosen as the replacement for Cybill Shepherd who was once L'Oreal's spokeswoman. Doody's first appearance on the big screen took place in 2003 when Michael Caine played Doody in an uncredited role. In 2004, she starred alongside Patrick Swayze as a television adaptation of King Solomon's Mines. She was also in Benjamin's Struggle, a 2005 pamphlet on the Holocaust. Doody filming a character in Danny Dyer's film The Rapture. The Clinic, a medical drama that aired on RTE. The Asphyx was her 2011 remake. Pam Jefferson was her character in the E4 comedy Beaver Falls for two seasons. The following year, she appeared as Pam Jefferson on We Still Kill the Old Way. In November 2018, she won the Almeria award for best film as well as a star on the Walk of Fame in Almeria.