Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Known for

Acting

Born

March 28, 1902

Birthplace

South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

Died

July 7, 1984 (aged 82)

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.

Best known work

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

1981

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1939

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

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

1965

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

1963

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940

7 Women

7 Women

1965

Eye of the Devil

Eye of the Devil

1966

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

Filmography

2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1981
Clash of the Titans
as A Stygian Witch
1980
A Tale of Two Cities
as Miss Pross
1980
Gauguin the Savage
as Sister Allandre
1980
Dominique
as Mrs. Davis
1979
A Man Called IntrepidTV
as Sister Luke (3 episodes)
1978
Les Misérables
as the Prioress
1974
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1974
HeidiTV
as Grandmother (4 episodes)
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts
1971
Film '72TV
as Self (1 episode)
1971
The Beast in the Cellar
as Joyce Ballantyne
1971
The Big Black Sow
as La Nonna
1971
Sin
as Antigone
1970
Fragment of Fear
as Lucy Dawson
1969
The Epic That Never Was
as Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
1967
The Shuttered Room
as Aunt Agatha
1966
Eye of the Devil
as Countess Estelle
1966
David CopperfieldTV
as Betsey Trotwood (8 episodes)
1965
7 Women
as Miss Binns
1965
BBC Play of the MonthTV
as May Beringer (1 episode)
1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreTV
as Mrs. Frobisher (1 episode)
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Mother Superior
1965
Young Cassidy
as Mrs. Cassidy