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Acting

Flora Robson

Career: Active from 1931 to 1980, busiest in 1939 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Murder at the Gallop
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Flora Robson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.3, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 8
British Cinema 5
Political Intrigue 5
Period Piece 5
Character-Driven 5
Coming-of-Age 4
Post-War Drama 3
Classic Cinema 3
Historical Conflict 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 3
Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 60

Clash of the Titans

66

as A Stygian Witch

A Tale of Two Cities

64

as Miss Pross

Dominique

52

as Mrs. Davis

Gauguin the Savage

as Sister Allandre

1970s

10 titles · average score 54

A Man Called Intrepid

69

TV show · as Sister Luke

Les Misérables

72

as the Prioress

TV show · as Narrator

The Canterville Ghost

as Mrs. Umney

Heidi

TV show · as Grandmother

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

56

as Queen of Hearts

The Beast in the Cellar

27

as Joyce Ballantyne

Sin

51

as Antigone

The Big Black Sow

as La Nonna

Fragment of Fear

52

as Lucy Dawson

1960s

12 titles · average score 67

The Shuttered Room

59

as Aunt Agatha

Eye of the Devil

61

as Countess Estelle

David Copperfield

TV show · as Betsey Trotwood

7 Women

62

as Miss Binns

Young Cassidy

58

as Mrs. Cassidy

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as May Beringer

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Mrs. Frobisher

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

74

as Mother Superior

Guns at Batasi

73

as Miss Barker-Wise

55 Days at Peking

60

as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

Murder at the Gallop

86

as Miss Milchrest

The Human Jungle

80

TV show · as Dorothy Wyley

1950s

9 titles · average score 63

Innocent Sinners

72

as Olivia Chesney

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

57

as Mrs. Haggard

No Time for Tears

as Sister Birch

High Tide at Noon

as Donna MacKenzie

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Miss. Pringle

Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

Romeo and Juliet

57

as Nurse

Malta Story

63

as Melita Gonzar

Tall Headlines

as Mary Rackham

1940s

12 titles · average score 69

Saraband for Dead Lovers

64

as Countess Clara Platen

Good-Time Girl

64

as Miss Thorpe

Black Narcissus

85

as Sister Philippa

Holiday Camp

67

as Esther Harman

Frieda

63

as Nell Dawson

The Years Between

67

as Nanny

Saratoga Trunk

59

as Angelique Buiton

Caesar and Cleopatra

69

as Ftatateeta

Great Day

69

as Mrs. Liz Ellis

Two Thousand Women

67

as Miss Manningford

Bahama Passage

as Mrs. Ainsworth

The Sea Hawk

86

as Queen Elizabeth

1930s

12 titles · average score 60

Poison Pen

66

as Mary Rider

Wuthering Heights

68

as Ellen Dean

as Mrs. Smith

We Are Not Alone

70

as Jessica Newcome

Invisible Stripes

60

as Mrs. Taylor

The Lion Has Wings

45

as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

Fire Over England

58

as Queen Elizabeth I of England

Farewell Again

as Lucy Blair

I, Claudius

as Livia

The Rise of Catherine the Great

56

as Empress Elisabeth

One Precious Year

as Julia Skene

Dance Pretty Lady

as Mrs. Raeburn