Flora Robson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1902-03-28 – 1984-07-07
Place of birth: South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
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.
Known for
Murder at the Gallop
1963Miss Milchrest
Eye of the Devil
1966Countess Estelle
Wuthering Heights
1939Ellen Dean
Clash of the Titans
1981A Stygian Witch
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965Mother Superior
Les Misérables
1978the Prioress
Fire Over England
1937Queen Elizabeth I of England
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945Ftatateeta
The Sea Hawk
1940Queen Elizabeth
Two Thousand Women
1944Miss Manningford
55 Days at Peking
1963Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934Empress Elisabeth
Guns at Batasi
1964Miss Barker-Wise
Black Narcissus
1947Sister Philippa
The Lion Has Wings
1939Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
Saratoga Trunk
1945Angelique Buiton
One Precious Year
1933Julia Skene
7 Women
1965Miss Binns
The Beast in the Cellar
1971Joyce Ballantyne