Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1902-03-28
Place of Birth
South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
Flora Robson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dame Flora McKenzie Robson, DBE (28 March 1902 – 7 July 1984) was an English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, particularly renowned for her performances in plays demanding dramatic and emotional intensity. Her range extended from queens to murderesses.
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Known For
Acting History
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
1981Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
1980A Tale of Two Cities as Miss Pross
1980Gauguin the Savage as Sister Allandre
1980Dominique as Mrs. Davis
1979A Man Called Intrepid as Sister Luke
1978Les Misérables as the Prioress
1974The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
1974Heidi as Grandmother
1972Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
1971Film '72 as Self
1971The Beast in the Cellar as Joyce Ballantyne
1971The Big Black Sow as La Nonna
1971Sin as Antigone
1970Fragment of Fear as Lucy Dawson
1969The Epic That Never Was as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
1967The Shuttered Room as Aunt Agatha
1966Eye of the Devil as Countess Estelle
1966David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
19657 Women as Miss Binns
1965BBC Play of the Month as May Beringer
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Mother Superior
1965Young Cassidy as Mrs. Cassidy
1964Guns at Batasi as Miss Barker-Wise
1963Murder at the Gallop as Miss Milchrest
196355 Days at Peking as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
1963The Human Jungle as Dorothy Wyley
1958Innocent Sinners as Olivia Chesney
1958The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Mrs. Haggard
1957No Time for Tears as Sister Birch
1957High Tide at Noon as Donna MacKenzie
1955Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
1954Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
1953Malta Story as Melita Gonzar
1952Tall Headlines as Mary Rackham
1948Saraband for Dead Lovers as Countess Clara Platen
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948Good-Time Girl as Miss Thorpe
1947Holiday Camp as Esther Harman
1947Frieda as Nell Dawson
1947Black Narcissus as Sister Philippa
1946The Years Between as Nanny
1945Caesar and Cleopatra as Ftatateeta
1945Saratoga Trunk as Angelique Buiton
1945Great Day as Mrs. Liz Ellis
1944Two Thousand Women as Miss Manningford
1941Bahama Passage as Mrs. Ainsworth
1940The Sea Hawk as Queen Elizabeth
1939Invisible Stripes as Mrs. Taylor
1939We Are Not Alone as Jessica Newcome
1939The Lion Has Wings as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
1939Poison Pen as Mary Rider
1939Smith as Mrs. Smith
1939Wuthering Heights as Ellen Dean
1937Fire Over England as Queen Elizabeth I of England
1937Farewell Again as Lucy Blair
1934The Rise of Catherine the Great as Empress Elisabeth
1933One Precious Year as Julia Skene
1931Dance Pretty Lady as Mrs. Raeburn