Flora Robson

Dame Flora Robson (March 28, 1902 – July 7, 1984) was a British actress renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britain's theatrical grandes dames.

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March 28 - 1902 - July 7 - 1984 - Actress

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She was born in South Shields, England and made her stage debut in 1921 at the age of 19. Lacking the glamorous looks of a leading lady, she specialised in character roles, notably that of Queen Elizabeth I in both Fire over England (1937) and The Sea Hawk (1940). At the age of 32, Robson played the old Empress Elizabeth in Alexander Korda's Catherine the Great (1934).

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South Shields - England - 1921 - Queen Elizabeth I - 1937 - 1940 - Alexander Korda

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After the war, demonstrating her range, she appeared in Holiday Camp (1947), the first of a series of films which featured the very ordinary Huggett family; as the Mother Superior in Black Narcissus (1947); as a magistrate in Goodtime Girl (1948); as a prospective Labour MP in Frieda (1947); and in costume melodrama, Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948).

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Black Narcissus - Melodrama

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It was her success in Hollywood that brought her recognition, and in 1960 she was created a Dame of the British Empire. She died in Brighton.

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1960 - Dame of the British Empire - Brighton

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