Flora Robson
Born: 1902-03-28 in South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
Died: 1984-07-07
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1988
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
1981
- Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
1980
- Dominique as Mrs. Davis
- A Tale of Two Cities as Miss Pross
- Gauguin the Savage as Sister Allandre
1979
- A Man Called Intrepid as Sister Luke
1978
- Les Misérables as the Prioress
1974
- The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
- Heidi as Grandmother
1972
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
1971
- Sin as Antigone
- Film '72 as Self
- The Big Black Sow as La Nonna
- The Beast in the Cellar as Joyce Ballantyne
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
- David Copperfield as Betsey Trotwood
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as May Beringer
- Young Cassidy as Mrs. Cassidy
- 7 Women as Miss Binns
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as Mother Superior
1964
- Guns at Batasi as Miss Barker-Wise
1963
- The Human Jungle as Dorothy Wyley
- 55 Days at Peking as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
- Murder at the Gallop as Miss Milchrest
1958
- Innocent Sinners as Olivia Chesney
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Mrs. Haggard
1957
- No Time for Tears as Sister Birch
- High Tide at Noon as Donna MacKenzie
1955
- Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
1954
- Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
1953
- Malta Story as Melita Gonzar
1952
- Tall Headlines as Mary Rackham
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Saraband for Dead Lovers as Countess Clara Platen
- Good-Time Girl as Miss Thorpe
1947
- Frieda as Nell Dawson
- Black Narcissus as Sister Philippa
- Holiday Camp as Esther Harman
1946
- The Years Between as Nanny
1945
- Great Day as Mrs. Liz Ellis
- Caesar and Cleopatra as Ftatateeta
- 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
- Invisible Stripes as Mrs. Taylor
- Wuthering Heights as Ellen Dean
- Poison Pen as Mary Rider
- Smith as Mrs. Smith
- We Are Not Alone as Jessica Newcome
- The Lion Has Wings as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
1937
- Fire Over England as Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Farewell Again as Lucy Blair
1934
- The Rise of Catherine the Great as Empress Elisabeth
1933
- One Precious Year as Julia Skene
1931
- Dance Pretty Lady as Mrs. Raeburn