Dame Flora McKenzie Robson DBE (28 March 1902–7 July 1984) was an English actress, renowned as a character actress, who played roles ranging from queens to villainesses.
She was born in South Shields, of Scottish descent. Many of her forebears were engineers, mostly in shipping. Her father was a ship's engineer, prior to retiring and moving from South Shields to Welwyn Garden City. She had seven siblings.
Her father discovered that Flora had a ta...
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Dame Flora McKenzie Robson DBE (28 March 1902–7 July 1984) was an English actress, renowned as a character actress, who played roles ranging from queens to villainesses.
She was born in South Shields, of Scottish descent. Many of her forebears were engineers, mostly in shipping. Her father was a ship's engineer, prior to retiring and moving from South Shields to Welwyn Garden City. She had seven siblings.
Her father discovered that Flora had a talent for recitation and from the age of six, she was taken around by horse and carriage to recite, and to compete in recitations. She was educated at the Palmers Green High School.
This established a pattern which remained with her. She acted late into life, latterly for American television films, including a lavish production of A Tale of Two Cities (in which she played Miss Pross). She also gave performances for British television, including The Shrimp and the Anemone. She also continued to act in the West End, in such plays as Ring Round...
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