Flora Robson

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

BBC Play of the Month

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Human Jungle

Clash of the Titans

Wuthering Heights

Black Narcissus

55 Days at Peking

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

All Movies (53)

• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Clash of the Titans1981 · as A Stygian Witch
• A Tale of Two Cities1980 · as Miss Pross
• Gauguin the Savage1980 · as Sister Allandre
• Dominique1980 · as Mrs. Davis
• Les Misérables1978 · as the Prioress
• The Canterville Ghost1974 · as Mrs. Umney
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1972 · as Queen of Hearts
• The Beast in the Cellar1971 · as Joyce Ballantyne
• The Big Black Sow1971 · as La Nonna
• Sin1971 · as Antigone
• Fragment of Fear1970 · as Lucy Dawson
• The Epic That Never Was1969 · as Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
• The Shuttered Room1967 · as Aunt Agatha
• Eye of the Devil1966 · as Countess Estelle
• 7 Women1965 · as Miss Binns
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965 · as Mother Superior
• Young Cassidy1965 · as Mrs. Cassidy
• Guns at Batasi1964 · as Miss Barker-Wise
• Murder at the Gallop1963 · as Miss Milchrest
• 55 Days at Peking1963 · as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
• Innocent Sinners1958 · as Olivia Chesney
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman1958 · as Mrs. Haggard
• No Time for Tears1957 · as Sister Birch
• High Tide at Noon1957 · as Donna MacKenzie
• Romeo and Juliet1955 · as Nurse
• Romeo and Juliet1954 · as Nurse
• Malta Story1953 · as Melita Gonzar
• Tall Headlines1952 · as Mary Rackham
• Saraband for Dead Lovers1948 · as Countess Clara Platen
• Good-Time Girl1948 · as Miss Thorpe
• Holiday Camp1947 · as Esther Harman
• Frieda1947 · as Nell Dawson
• Black Narcissus1947 · as Sister Philippa
• The Years Between1946 · as Nanny
• Caesar and Cleopatra1945 · as Ftatateeta
• Saratoga Trunk1945 · as Angelique Buiton
• Great Day1945 · as Mrs. Liz Ellis
• Two Thousand Women1944 · as Miss Manningford
• Bahama Passage1941 · as Mrs. Ainsworth
• The Sea Hawk1940 · as Queen Elizabeth
• Invisible Stripes1939 · as Mrs. Taylor
• We Are Not Alone1939 · as Jessica Newcome
• The Lion Has Wings1939 · as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
• Poison Pen1939 · as Mary Rider
• Smith1939 · as Mrs. Smith
• Wuthering Heights1939 · as Ellen Dean
• Fire Over England1937 · as Queen Elizabeth I of England
• Farewell Again1937 · as Lucy Blair
• I, Claudius1937 · as Livia
• The Rise of Catherine the Great1934 · as Empress Elisabeth
• One Precious Year1933 · as Julia Skene
• Dance Pretty Lady1931 · as Mrs. Raeburn

All TV Shows (8)

• A Man Called Intrepid1979 · as Sister Luke
• Heidi1974 · as Grandmother
• Film '721971 · as Self
• David Copperfield1966 · as Betsey Trotwood
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as May Beringer
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Dorothy Wyley
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Miss. Pringle
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self