Flora Robson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 28, 1902

Day of Death

1984-07-07

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Also Known As

Dame Flora Robson

Flora McKenzie Robson

Флора Робсон

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

BBC Play of the Month

Clash of the Titans

The Human Jungle

Wuthering Heights

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Black Narcissus

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

Les Misérables

Filmography

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1981
Clash of the Titans
as A Stygian Witch
1980
A Tale of Two Cities
as Miss Pross
Gauguin the Savage
as Sister Allandre
Dominique
as Mrs. Davis
1979
A Man Called Intrepid
as Sister Luke
1978
Les Misérables
as the Prioress
1974
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts
1971
The Big Black Sow
as La Nonna
Sin
as Antigone
1970
Fragment of Fear
as Lucy Dawson
The Beast in the Cellar
as Joyce Ballantyne
1969
The Epic That Never Was
as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
1967
The Shuttered Room
as Aunt Agatha
1966
Eye of the Devil
as Countess Estelle
1965
7 Women
as Miss Binns
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Mother Superior
Young Cassidy
as Mrs. Cassidy
1964
Guns at Batasi
as Miss Barker-Wise
1963
Murder at the Gallop
as Miss Milchrest
55 Days at Peking
as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
1958
Innocent Sinners
as Olivia Chesney
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Mrs. Haggard
1957
No Time for Tears
as Sister Birch
High Tide at Noon
as Donna MacKenzie
1954
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1953
Malta Story
as Melita Gonzar
1952
Tall Headlines
as Mary Rackham
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Countess Clara Platen
Good-Time Girl
as Miss Thorpe
1947
Holiday Camp
as Esther Harman
Frieda
as Nell Dawson
Black Narcissus
as Sister Philippa
1946
The Years Between
as Nanny
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Ftatateeta
Saratoga Trunk
as Angelique Buiton
Great Day
as Mrs. Liz Ellis
1944
Two Thousand Women
as Miss Manningford
1941
Bahama Passage
as Mrs. Ainsworth
1940
The Sea Hawk
as Queen Elizabeth
1939
Invisible Stripes
as Mrs. Taylor
We Are Not Alone
as Jessica Newcome
The Lion Has Wings
as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
Poison Pen
as Mary Rider
Smith
as Mrs. Smith
Wuthering Heights
as Ellen Dean
1937
Fire Over England
as Queen Elizabeth I of England
Farewell Again
as Lucy Blair
1934
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Empress Elisabeth
1933
One Precious Year
as Julia Skene
1931
Dance Pretty Lady
as Mrs. Raeburn