Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Birthday: 1902-03-28
Deathday: 1984-07-07
Place of birth: South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
Also know as: Dame 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.

Filmography

Murder at the Gallop

1963

As Miss Milchrest

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

1965

As Mother Superior

Clash of the Titans

1981

As A Stygian Witch

Eye of the Devil

1966

As Countess Estelle

Wuthering Heights

1939

As Ellen Dean

Les Misérables

1978

As the Prioress

Fire Over England

1937

As Queen Elizabeth I of England

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

As Ftatateeta

The Sea Hawk

1940

As Queen Elizabeth

Two Thousand Women

1944

As Miss Manningford

55 Days at Peking

1963

As Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934

As Empress Elisabeth

Guns at Batasi

1964

As Miss Barker-Wise

Black Narcissus

1947

As Sister Philippa

Saratoga Trunk

1945

As Angelique Buiton

The Lion Has Wings

1939

As Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

7 Women

1966

As Miss Binns

The Beast in the Cellar

1970

As Joyce Ballantyne

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

As Countess Clara Platen

Frieda

1947

As Nell Dawson

Romeo and Juliet

1954

As Nurse

Bahama Passage

1941

As Mrs. Ainsworth

The Years Between

1946

As Nanny

Sin

1971

As Antigone

Young Cassidy

1965

As Mrs. Cassidy

Dominique

1980

As Mrs. Davis

High Tide at Noon

1957

As Donna MacKenzie

The Epic That Never Was

1969

As Herself (Livia) (as Dame Flora Robson)

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

1958

As Mrs. Haggard

Innocent Sinners

1958

As Olivia Chesney

Great Day

1945

As Mrs. Liz Ellis

We Are Not Alone

1939

As Jessica Newcome

Holiday Camp

1947

As Esther Harman

Smith

1939

As Mrs. Smith

Tall Headlines

1952

As Mary Rackham

Poison Pen

1939

As Mary Rider

Gauguin the Savage

1980

As Sister Allandre

Malta Story

1953

As Melita Gonzar

No Time for Tears

1957

As Sister Birch

Farewell Again

1937

As Lucy Blair

A Tale of Two Cities

1980

As Miss Pross

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

As Queen of Hearts

The Shuttered Room

1967

As Aunt Agatha

Dance Pretty Lady

1931

As Mrs. Raeburn

Fragment of Fear

1970

As Lucy Dawson

The Canterville Ghost

1974

As Mrs. Umney

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

As Sister Luke

Good-Time Girl

1948

As Miss Thorpe

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

As Self (archive footage)

Invisible Stripes

1939

As Mrs. Taylor

One Precious Year

1933

As Julia Skene

The Big Black Sow

1971

As La Nonna