Flora Robson

Actor Mar 28 (died age 82) South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England 1931–1988 (57 year career)

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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

Film

Black Narcissus

Sister Philippa

Film

Clash of the Titans

A Stygian Witch

Film

Wuthering Heights

Ellen Dean

Film

Murder at the Gallop

Miss Milchrest

Film

The Sea Hawk

Queen Elizabeth

Film

55 Days at Peking

Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

Film

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Mother Superior

Film

7 Women

Miss Binns

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (53)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Clash of the Titans

as A Stygian Witch

A Tale of Two Cities

as Miss Pross

Dominique

as Mrs. Davis

Gauguin the Savage

as Sister Allandre

Les Misérables

1978

as the Prioress

7.1

The Canterville Ghost

1974

as Mrs. Umney

6.0

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

as Queen of Hearts

6.2

The Big Black Sow

1971

as La Nonna

The Beast in the Cellar

as Joyce Ballantyne

Sin

as Antigone

Fragment of Fear

as Lucy Dawson

The Epic That Never Was

1969

as Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

The Shuttered Room

as Aunt Agatha

Eye of the Devil

as Countess Estelle

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

Young Cassidy

as Mrs. Cassidy

Guns at Batasi

as Miss Barker-Wise

55 Days at Peking

as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

Murder at the Gallop

as Miss Milchrest

Innocent Sinners

as Olivia Chesney

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

as Mrs. Haggard

No Time for Tears

as Sister Birch

High Tide at Noon

as Donna MacKenzie

Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

Malta Story

as Melita Gonzar

Tall Headlines

as Mary Rackham

Good-Time Girl

as Miss Thorpe

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

as Countess Clara Platen

Black Narcissus

as Sister Philippa

Frieda

as Nell Dawson

Holiday Camp

as Esther Harman

The Years Between

as Nanny

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Ftatateeta

Great Day

as Mrs. Liz Ellis

Saratoga Trunk

as Angelique Buiton

Two Thousand Women

as Miss Manningford

Bahama Passage

as Mrs. Ainsworth

The Sea Hawk

as Queen Elizabeth

Wuthering Heights

as Ellen Dean

Poison Pen

as Mary Rider

Invisible Stripes

as Mrs. Taylor

The Lion Has Wings

as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

Smith

as Mrs. Smith

We Are Not Alone

as Jessica Newcome

Fire Over England

as Queen Elizabeth I of England

Farewell Again

as Lucy Blair

I, Claudius

as Livia

The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934

as Empress Elisabeth

5.6

One Precious Year

1933

as Julia Skene

Dance Pretty Lady

1931

as Mrs. Raeburn

Television (8)

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

as Sister Luke

Heidi

as Grandmother

Film '72

as Self

David Copperfield

as Betsey Trotwood

BBC Play of the Month

as May Beringer

The Human Jungle

as Dorothy Wyley

Armchair Theatre

as Miss. Pringle

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self