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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. [1]
The material success of Hollywood played a part in her much deserved honor as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 and her ascension as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1960.
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- South Shields, Durham, England, UK
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- Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Dame Flora Robson (born March 28, 1902, South Shields, Durham, Eng.—died July 7, 1984, Brighton, East Sussex) was a British actress renowned for the excellence of her performances on the stage and in motion pictures.
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The material success of Hollywood played a part in her much deserved honor as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952 and her ascension as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1960.
- March 28, 1902
- July 7, 1984
- Doyenne of The British Stage
- Character Roles
- Made A Dame in 1960
- Well Loved Locally
After WWII. many stage and screen actors and actresses came to live in Brighton.. Among them was Flora Robson, doyenne of the British stage and screen for many decades. Flora was an actress renowned as one of the great character players, and one of Britain’s theatrical grandes dames. She was born in South Shields, Durham, England and made her stage...
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). Although she had great film success in Hollywood, it was the stage w...
She was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1952, and raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1960, an award which was partly for her charity work, largely unnoticed, which she carried on until her death, often for small and rather obscure charities rather than the grand ones which would have given her more publicity. She was ...
Never showy or stuck up, Dame Flora was well loved in her adopted town. She lived in Marine Gardens during the sixties and seventies when she was still active on the stage. Later she moved to Wykeham Terrace near the Clock Tower, and seldom turned down an invitation to open a fete or garden party in aid of charity. She was also a regular bingo play...
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. [1]
Jul 8, 1984 · Dame Flora Robson, one of Britain's leading actresses who also won acclaim in the United States, died Saturday in a hospital in the English seaside resort of Brighton. She was 82 years old.
