Flora Robson
Acting
Born: 1902-03-28 in South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
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
May Beringer
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mrs. Frobisher
Clash of the Titans
A Stygian Witch
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
55 Days at Peking
Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
The Human Jungle
Dorothy Wyley
The Sea Hawk
Queen Elizabeth
Black Narcissus
Sister Philippa
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Mother Superior
Caesar and Cleopatra
Ftatateeta
A Man Called Intrepid
Sister Luke
7 Women
Miss Binns
Murder at the Gallop
Miss Milchrest
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
Heidi
Grandmother
Eye of the Devil
Countess Estelle
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Innocent Sinners
Olivia Chesney
Les Misérables
the Prioress
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Poison Pen
Mary Rider
Fire Over England
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Armchair Theatre
Miss. Pringle
Guns at Batasi
Miss Barker-Wise
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Empress Elisabeth
Invisible Stripes
Mrs. Taylor
A Tale of Two Cities
Miss Pross
I, Claudius
Livia
Young Cassidy
Mrs. Cassidy
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Countess Clara Platen
The Shuttered Room
Aunt Agatha
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Self (archive footage)
Fragment of Fear
Lucy Dawson
Good-Time Girl
Miss Thorpe
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney
Saratoga Trunk
Angelique Buiton