Flora Robson Net Worth is $1.9 Million Flora Robson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Flora Robson knew she was no beauty, but her wise and sympathetic face would become a familiar - indeed, shining - ornament of the 1930s and 40s silver screen. Though not sure of acting as a career in her early years, she nevertheless appeared on stage for the first time at 5 years old. She was educated at Palmer's Green High School and went on ...
Date Of Birth March 28, 1902 Died 1984-07-07 Place Of Birth South Shields, County Durham, England, United Kingdom Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Profession Actress, Soundtrack Spouse None Star Sign Aries
# Fact 1 Awarded Doctorate of Letters by Durham University. Finland presented her with The Order of the White Rose and Lion. 2 Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance in Henry James' 'The Aspern Papers',. 3 She played Queen Elizabeth I twice on-screen: in Fire Over England (1937) and The Sea Hawk (1940). Some of her scenes from Fire Over England (1937) were also featured in the WWII propaganda film, The Lion Has Wings (1939). 4 Short biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen. 5 Buried in St Nicholas churchyard, Brighton, UK. 6 She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1952 King's New Year Honours List for her services to drama. 7 She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. 8 Never married or had children.
Actress Title Year Status Character An Invitation to Remember 1990 TV Series Clash of the Titans 1981 A Stygian Witch A Tale of Two Cities 1980 TV Movie Miss Pross Gauguin the Savage 1980 TV Movie Sister Allandre (as Dame Flora Robson) Oresteia 1979 TV Mini-Series Kilissa Dominique 1979 Mrs. Davis A Man Called Intrepid 1979 TV Mini-Series Sister Luke Les Miserables 1978 TV Movie The Prioress Eustace and Hilda 1977 TV Series Miss Fothergill Aquarius 1975 TV Series A Legacy 1975 TV Series Narrator The Canterville Ghost 1975 TV Movie Mrs. Umney Heidi 1974 TV Mini-Series Grandmother Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972 Queen of Hearts Thirty-Minute Theatre 1971 TV Series Mrs. Frobisher La grande scrofa nera 1971 The Beloved 1971 Antigone Fragment of Fear 1970 Lucy Dawson The Beast in the Cellar 1970 Joyce Ballantyne BBC Play of the Month 1968 TV Series May Beringer Cry in the Wind 1967 Anna The Shuttered Room 1967 Aunt Agatha Eye of the Devil 1967 Countess Estell David Copperfield 1966 TV Series Betsey Trotwood 7 Women 1966 Miss Binns - Head of British Mission ITV Play of the Week 1958-1965 TV Series Mother / Nurse Edith Cavell Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes 1965 Mother Superior Young Cassidy 1965 Mrs. Cassidy The Human Jungle 1964 TV Series Dorothy Wyley Guns at Batasi 1964 Miss Barker-Wise Murder at the Gallop 1963 Miss Milchrest 55 Days at Peking 1963 Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi World Theatre 1959 TV Mini-Series Anna Fierling BBC Sunday-Night Theatre 1955-1958 TV Series Mrs. Newby / Sister Agatha / Lilly Moffat / ... Innocent Sinners 1958 Olivia Chesney The Gypsy and the Gentleman 1958 Mrs. Haggard No Time for Tears 1957 Sister Birch High Tide at Noon 1957 Donna MacKenzie Armchair Theatre 1957 TV Series Catherine Brooke / Miss. Pringle Lilli Palmer Theatre 1955 TV Series Jane Romeo and Juliet 1954 Nurse Malta Story 1953 Melita Gonzar, Maria's Mum The Frightened Bride 1952 Mary Rackham Saraband 1948 Countess Platen Good-Time Girl 1948 Miss Thorpe Holiday Camp 1947 Esther Harman Frieda 1947 Nell Black Narcissus 1947 Sister Philippa The Years Between 1946 Nanny Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Ftatateeta Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco 1945 Short Saratoga Trunk 1945 Angelique Buiton Great Day 1945 Mrs. Liz Ellis Two Thousand Women 1944 Miss Manningford Bahama Passage 1941 Mrs. Ainsworth The Sea Hawk 1940 Queen Elizabeth Invisible Stripes 1939 Mrs. Taylor We Are Not Alone 1939 Jessica Newcome Poison Pen 1939 Mary Rider Smith 1939 Short Mary Smith Wuthering Heights 1939 Ellen Dean I, Claudius 1937 Livia Troopship 1937 Lucy Blair Theatre Parade 1937 TV Series Anna Christopherson Fire Over England 1937 Queen Elizabeth I of England Anna Christie 1936 TV Short Anna Christopherson The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934 Empress Elisabeth One Precious Year 1933 Julia Skene Dance Pretty Lady 1931 Mrs. Raeburn A Gentleman of Paris 1931 uncredited
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972 performer: "Off With Their Heads", "Off With Their Heads Reprise"
Self Title Year Status Character Women of Our Century 1984 TV Series documentary Herself - Subject Omnibus 1983 TV Series documentary Herself The British Greats 1980 TV Series Herself - Interviewee This Is Your Life 1978-1980 TV Series documentary Herself Looks Familiar 1973 TV Series Herself - Guest The Morecambe & Wise Show 1970-1972 TV Series Herself The Epic That Never Was 1965 TV Movie documentary Herself / Livia A King's Story 1965 Documentary Queen Mary (voice) Out of This World 1962 Documentary short Herself - Commentator Look Here 1958 TV Mini-Series Herself - Interviewee Words and Music 1958 TV Series Herself Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z 1957 TV Series Herself Korda Interviews 1956 TV Movie documentary Interviewee The Ed Sullivan Show 1950 TV Series Herself This Is Show Business 1950 TV Series Herself - Guest Actress
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1947 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Known for movies Black Narcissus (1947) as Sister Philippa
Wuthering Heights (1939) as Ellen Dean
Clash of the Titans (1981) as A Stygian Witch
The Sea Hawk (1940) as Queen Elizabeth