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Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Actor · Died July 7, 1984, aged 82 · South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Her range extended from queens to murderesses.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 28, 1902
Died
July 7, 1984 (aged 82)
From
South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England
Works as
Actor
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 1% in 30 days

What are Flora Robson's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Bonds
23%
Self
15%
Survival
11%
Power
11%
Society
8%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 14

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 13 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 23 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 20 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 5 of 16 analyzed roles.

Mentor
5 of 16
Ally
4 of 16
Shadow
4 of 16
Threshold guardian
3 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
14
Dread
5
Romantic
5
Hopeful
7
Other
14

How their films linger

Haunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Flora Robson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Flora Robson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

58 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Clash of the Titans(1981)

    as A Stygian Witch

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • A Tale of Two Cities(1980)

    as Miss Pross

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Gauguin the Savage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Sister Allandre

  • Dominique(1979)

    as Mrs. Davis

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Intrepid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · as Sister Luke

  • Les Miserables(1978)

    as the Prioress

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Canterville Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Mrs. Umney

  • Heidi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 4 episodes · as Grandmother

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972)

    as Queen of Hearts

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Beast in the Cellar(1971)

    as Joyce Ballantyne

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Big Black Sow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as La Nonna

  • Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Antigone

  • Fragment of Fear(1970)

    as Lucy Dawson

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Shuttered Room(1967)

    as Aunt Agatha

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Eye of the Devil(1966)

    as Countess Estelle

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 8 episodes · as Betsey Trotwood

  • 7 Women(1965)

    as Miss Binns

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as May Beringer

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Frobisher

  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes(1965)

    as Mother Superior

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Young Cassidy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Mrs. Cassidy

  • Guns at Batasi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Miss Barker-Wise

  • Murder at the Gallop(1963)

    as Miss Milchrest

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • 55 Days at Peking(1963)

    as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Human Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Dorothy Wyley

  • Innocent Sinners(1958)

    as Olivia Chesney

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Gypsy and the Gentleman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Mrs. Haggard

  • No Time for Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Sister Birch

  • High Tide at Noon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Donna MacKenzie

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss. Pringle

  • Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Nurse

  • Romeo and Juliet(1954)

    as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Malta Story(1953)

    as Melita Gonzar

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Tall Headlines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Mary Rackham

  • Saraband(1948)

    as Countess Clara Platen

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Good-Time Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Miss Thorpe

  • Holiday Camp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Esther Harman

  • Frieda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Nell Dawson

  • Black Narcissus(1947)

    as Sister Philippa

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Years Between (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Nanny

  • Caesar and Cleopatra(1945)

    as Ftatateeta

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Saratoga Trunk(1945)

    as Angelique Buiton

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Great Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Mrs. Liz Ellis

  • Two Thousand Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Miss Manningford

  • Bahama Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mrs. Ainsworth

  • The Sea Hawk(1940)

    as Queen Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Invisible Stripes(1939)

    as Mrs. Taylor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • We Are Not Alone(1939)

    as Jessica Newcome

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Lion Has Wings(1939)

    as Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Poison Pen(1939)

    as Mary Rider

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Smith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Smith

  • Wuthering Heights(1939)

    as Ellen Dean

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Fire Over England(1937)

    as Queen Elizabeth I of England

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Farewell Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Lucy Blair

  • I, Claudius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Livia

  • The Rise of Catherine the Great(1934)

    as Empress Elisabeth

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • One Precious Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Julia Skene

  • Dance Pretty Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Raeburn

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles from 1931 to 1981; peak year 1964.

Biggest box office

Clash of the Titans (1981)

$41M worldwide

Highest rated

Black Narcissus (1947)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Film career

19311981

Peak 1964 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting58 of 58: 58 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1930s12 · acting1940s12 · acting1950s9 · acting1960s12 · acting1970s9 · acting1980s4 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 19 roles
374767

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Flora Robson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

52nd percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Black Narcissus (1947)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Flora Robson's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 22 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 2 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Flora Robson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Flora Robson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexander Korda shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles