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Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Birthday: 1902-03-28 | Place of Birth: South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

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

Year
Title

Role

1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as    Miss Pross

1980
Dominique

as    Mrs. Davis

1971
Fragment of Fear

as    Lucy Dawson

1970
The Beast in the Cellar

as    Joyce Ballantyne

1969
The Epic That Never Was

as    Herself (Livia) (as Dame Flora Robson)

1967
The Shuttered Room

as    Aunt Agatha

1966
7 Women

as    Miss Binns

1964
Guns at Batasi

as    Miss Barker-Wise

1963
55 Days at Peking

as    Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

1957
High Tide at Noon

as    Donna MacKenzie

1954
Romeo and Juliet

as    Nurse

1953
Malta Story

as    Melita Gonzar

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers

as    Countess Clara Platen

1948
Holiday Camp

as    Esther Harman

1948
Good-Time Girl

as    Miss Thorpe

1947
Frieda

as    Nell Dawson

1947
Black Narcissus

as    Sister Philippa

1946
Caesar and Cleopatra

as    Ftatateeta

1946
The Years Between

as    Nanny

1945
Saratoga Trunk

as    Angelique Buiton

1944
Two Thousand Women

as    Miss Manningford

1941
Bahama Passage

as    Mrs. Ainsworth

1940
The Sea Hawk

as    Queen Elizabeth

1939
Wuthering Heights

as    Ellen Dean

1939
We Are Not Alone

as    Jessica Newcome

1939
Invisible Stripes

as    Mrs. Taylor

1939
The Lion Has Wings

as    Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

1937
Fire Over England

as    Queen Elizabeth I of England

1934
The Rise of Catherine the Great

as    Empress Elisabeth