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.

Known For

Miss Milchrest

Murder at the Gallop

Countess Estelle

Eye of the Devil

Ellen Dean

Wuthering Heights

A Stygian Witch

Clash of the Titans

Mother Superior

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

the Prioress

Les Misérables

Queen Elizabeth I of England

Fire Over England

Ftatateeta

Caesar and Cleopatra

Queen Elizabeth

The Sea Hawk

Miss Manningford

Two Thousand Women

Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

55 Days at Peking

Empress Elisabeth

The Rise of Catherine the Great

Miss Barker-Wise

Guns at Batasi

Sister Philippa

Black Narcissus

Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

The Lion Has Wings

Angelique Buiton

Saratoga Trunk

Julia Skene

One Precious Year

Miss Binns

7 Women

Joyce Ballantyne

The Beast in the Cellar

Countess Clara Platen

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Nell Dawson

Frieda

Nurse

Romeo and Juliet

Mrs. Ainsworth

Bahama Passage

Nanny

The Years Between

Antigone

Sin

Mrs. Cassidy

Young Cassidy

La Nonna

La grande scrofa nera

Mrs. Davis

Dominique

Mrs. Liz Ellis

Great Day

Olivia Chesney

Innocent Sinners

Donna MacKenzie

High Tide at Noon

Mrs. Haggard

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

The Epic That Never Was

Jessica Newcome

We Are Not Alone

Esther Harman

Holiday Camp

Mrs. Smith

Smith

Mary Rackham

Tall Headlines

Mary Rider

Poison Pen

Sister Allandre

Gauguin the Savage

Melita Gonzar

Malta Story

Sister Birch

No Time for Tears

Lucy Blair

Farewell Again

Miss Pross

A Tale of Two Cities

Queen of Hearts

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Aunt Agatha

The Shuttered Room

Mrs. Raeburn

Dance Pretty Lady

Lucy Dawson

Fragment of Fear

Mrs. Umney

The Canterville Ghost

Miss Thorpe

Good-Time Girl

Self (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Mrs. Taylor

Invisible Stripes

Nurse

Romeo and Juliet

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

52

Gender

Female

Birthday

1902-03-28

Place of Birth

South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

Also Known As

Dame Flora Robson