Flora Robson
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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
Clash of the Titans
A Stygian Witch
Guns at Batasi
Miss Barker-Wise
The Sea Hawk
Queen Elizabeth
The Beast in the Cellar
Joyce Ballantyne
Les Misérables
the Prioress
Tall Headlines
Mary Rackham
Gauguin the Savage
Sister Allandre
Black Narcissus
Sister Philippa
The Big Black Sow
La Nonna
Dominique
Mrs. Davis
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
We Are Not Alone
Jessica Newcome
Innocent Sinners
Olivia Chesney
The Epic That Never Was
Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Eye of the Devil
Countess Estelle
The Years Between
Nanny
Invisible Stripes
Mrs. Taylor
55 Days at Peking
Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
Film '72
Self
Great Day
Mrs. Liz Ellis
The Human Jungle
Dorothy Wyley
Fragment of Fear
Lucy Dawson
Young Cassidy
Mrs. Cassidy
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Mother Superior
David Copperfield
Betsey Trotwood
Dance Pretty Lady
Mrs. Raeburn
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
7 Women
Miss Binns
No Time for Tears
Sister Birch
Murder at the Gallop
Miss Milchrest
Caesar and Cleopatra
Ftatateeta
The Shuttered Room
Aunt Agatha
Good-Time Girl
Miss Thorpe
Poison Pen
Mary Rider
Fire Over England
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Sin
Antigone
Two Thousand Women
Miss Manningford
Frieda
Nell Dawson
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Countess Clara Platen
A Tale of Two Cities
Miss Pross
Saratoga Trunk
Angelique Buiton
Malta Story
Melita Gonzar
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
One Precious Year
Julia Skene
A Man Called Intrepid
Sister Luke
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Heidi
Grandmother
Bahama Passage
Mrs. Ainsworth
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Mrs. Haggard
The Lion Has Wings
Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
Farewell Again
Lucy Blair
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Empress Elisabeth
High Tide at Noon
Donna MacKenzie
Holiday Camp
Esther Harman
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self