Portrait of Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Acting

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.

Born: March 28, 1902

Place of Birth: South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

Filmography

1988
1981
Clash of the Titans

as A Stygian Witch

1980
1980
Gauguin the Savage

as Sister Allandre

1980
Dominique

as Mrs. Davis

1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as Sister Luke

1978
Les Misérables

as the Prioress

1974
1974
Heidi

as Grandmother

1972
1971
The Beast in the Cellar

as Joyce Ballantyne

1971
1971
Sin

as Antigone

1970
Fragment of Fear

as Lucy Dawson

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

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as May Beringer

1965
Young Cassidy

as Mrs. Cassidy

1964
Guns at Batasi

as Miss Barker-Wise

1963
Murder at the Gallop

as Miss Milchrest

1963
55 Days at Peking

as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

1963
The Human Jungle

as Dorothy Wyley

1958
Innocent Sinners

as Olivia Chesney

1958
1957
No Time for Tears

as Sister Birch

1957
High Tide at Noon

as Donna MacKenzie

1955
1954
1953
Malta Story

as Melita Gonzar

1952
Tall Headlines

as Mary Rackham

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Countess Clara Platen

1948
Good-Time Girl

as Miss Thorpe

1947
Holiday Camp

as Esther Harman

1947
Frieda

as Nell Dawson

1947
Black Narcissus

as Sister Philippa

1946
1945
1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Angelique Buiton

1945
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

1939
We Are Not Alone

as Jessica Newcome

1939
The Lion Has Wings

as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

1939
Poison Pen

as Mary Rider

1939
Wuthering Heights

as Ellen Dean

1937
Fire Over England

as Queen Elizabeth I of England

1937
Farewell Again

as Lucy Blair

1934
1933
One Precious Year

as Julia Skene

1931
Dance Pretty Lady

as Mrs. Raeburn