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Flora Robson

Acting Born Mar 28, 1902 South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as May Beringer
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Mrs. Frobisher
  • The Human Jungle (1963) as Dorothy Wyley
  • Wuthering Heights (1939) as Ellen Dean
  • Clash of the Titans (1981) as A Stygian Witch
  • Les Misérables (1978) as the Prioress
  • Fire Over England (1937) as Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • Black Narcissus (1947) as Sister Philippa
  • 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as Mother Superior
  • David Copperfield (1966) as Betsey Trotwood
  • The Sea Hawk (1940) as Queen Elizabeth
  • 7 Women (1965) as Miss Binns
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Miss. Pringle
  • A Man Called Intrepid (1979) as Sister Luke
  • Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Miss Milchrest
  • Invisible Stripes (1939) as Mrs. Taylor
  • Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) as Ftatateeta
  • Heidi (1974) as Grandmother
  • A Tale of Two Cities (1980) as Miss Pross
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) as Queen of Hearts
  • Malta Story (1953) as Melita Gonzar