Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Nascimento : 1902-03-28, South Shields, (which was then in County Durham), England

Morte : 1984-07-07

História

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.

Perfil

Flora Robson
Flora Robson
Flora Robson
Flora Robson

Filmes

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(archive footage)
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Fúria de Titãs
A Stygian Witch
Deuses do Olimpo, terríveis monstros mitológicos e heróis mortais fazem deste espetáculo de imaginação uma aventura imperdível. Harry Hamlin é Perseu, o filho mortal de Zeus (Laurence Olivier), que luta para salvar a vida da princesa Andrômeda (Judi Bowker) do monstro marinho Kraken. Para tal, ele precisa de uma arma tão letal quanto difícil de conseguir: A cabeça de Medusa! Acompanhado de um grupo de corajosos guerreiros e montado no fabuloso Pegasus, o cavalo alado, Perseu parte em uma aventura sem precedentes pelas terras fantásticas da mitologia grega.
A Tale of Two Cities
Miss Pross
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.
Gauguin the Savage
Sister Allandre
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.
A Man Called Intrepid
Sister Luke
During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.
Dominique
Mrs. Davis
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Les Misérables
the Prioress
Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney
The ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the family can release him - if she dares.
As Aventuras de Alice no Mundo das Maravilhas
Queen of Hearts
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Sin
Antigone
When Orestes returns to his Greek island homeland after several years in London to settle his late father's estate, he begins an affair with Elena, who is married to his childhood friend Yanni. Their adultery soon leads to violence and tragedy.
Fragment of Fear
Lucy Dawson
A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
The Beast in the Cellar
Joyce Ballantyne
Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes ...
The Epic That Never Was
Herself (Livia) (as Dame Flora Robson)
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Herdeiro do Medo
Aunt Agatha
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.
O Olho do Diabo
Countess Estelle
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
7 Mulheres
Miss Binns
Em 1935, sete mulheres missionárias estão na fronteira da China com a Mongólia, tentando se proteger contra o avanço dos guerreiros mongolianos liderados por Tunga Khan.
Esses Maravilhosos Homens e suas Máquinas Voadoras
Mother Superior
Uma corrida aérea internacional é sinônimo de aventura nas alturas e fantástica diversão! Esta versão extraordinariamente hilária da histórica corrida aérea Londres-Paris de 1910 apresenta os maiores aviadores de todo o mundo. Eles se reúnem quando um editor jornalístico pedante, mas muito rico, decide patrocinar uma corrida aérea através do Canal da Mancha, oferecendo o prêmio de 10 mil libras ao vencedor. As proezas das equipes americana, britânica, francesa, alemã, italiana e japonesa dão origem às mais ousadas e hilárias acrobacias aéreas já registradas em filme.
O Rebelde Sonhador
Mrs. Cassidy
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.
Os Rifles de Batasi
Miss Barker-Wise
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
A Velha Descobre o Crime
Miss Milchrest
Miss Marple e Stringer são testemunhas da morte por ataque cardíaco de idosos, ricos, Enderby. No entanto, eles têm dúvidas sobre o que aconteceu. A polícia não acredita neles, levando Miss Marple a investigar novamente por si mesma.
55 Dias em Pequim
Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
Na Pequim de 1900, durante a rebelião dos Boxers (revolta de uma facção do povo chinês contra a presença ocidental na China), é organizada uma comissão que reúne diplomatas, ministros do exército e outros representantes de dezenas de nações. A idéia é encontrar uma solução amigável e diplomática, mas há o evidente conflito de interesses entre os países presentes e o Império Chinês.
Innocent Sinners
Olivia Chesney
A neglected girl (June Archer) in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Mrs. Haggard
About to enter a marriage he wants no part of, rich nobleman Mitchell takes up with gypsy Mecouri. They marry, but she soon discovers he's deeply in debt. (TCM)
No Time for Tears
Sister Birch
No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who enter this most demanding yet rewarding of professions – from routine operations to more serious conditions, from anxious, sometimes hostile parents to workplace romance. The lives of the staff and patients of Mayfield Children's Hospital are inextricably woven together with the laughter, tears and devotion that lie behind the work of restoring children to health and happiness.
High Tide at Noon
Donna MacKenzie
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -- the rebel (Patrick McGoohan), the steadfast friend (Michael Craig) and the poetry-quoting newcomer (William Sylvester). As the local lobster supply dwindles due to overfishing, the island's inhabitants encounter economic difficulties.
Romeu e Julieta
Nurse
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Heróis de Malta
Melita Gonzar
In 1942 Britain was clinging to the island of Malta since it was critical to keeping Allied supply lines open. The Axis also wanted it for their own supply lines. Plenty of realistic reenactments and archival combat footage as the British are beseiged and try to fight off the Luftwaffe. Against this background, a RAF reconnaissance photographer's romance with a local girl is endangered as he tries to plot enemy movements.
Tall Headlines
Mary Rackham
A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Countess Clara Platen
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Good-Time Girl
Miss Thorpe
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
Holiday Camp
Esther Harman
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
Frieda
Nell Dawson
A young German girl marries an Englishman and moves into his family's household during the last days of World War II. The family and community have conflicting feelings about her presence in the community, and as a result, the family is forced to face their own moral code as they deal with their own prejudices and fears about the seemingly innocent German girl. The war ends, and she finally seems to be accepted into the family and community when her Nazi brother shows up to create havoc.
Narciso Negro
Sister Philippa
Um grupo de freiras lideradas pela jovem e inexperiente Irmã Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) tem a missão de estabelecer um novo convento no alto do Himalaia. Em meio a um povo majoritariamente não cristão, as freiras dão aulas e oferecem atendimento médico, mas a presença constante de um homem (David Farrar) começa a tirá-las do sério, provocando sérios tormentos, sentimentos incontroláveis e ações inesperadas.
The Years Between
Nanny
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
César e Cleópatra
Ftatateeta
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
Mulher Exótica
Angelique Buiton
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Great Day
Mrs. Liz Ellis
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
2.000 Mulheres
Miss Manningford
During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
Bahama Passage
Mrs. Ainsworth
A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the satisfaction of its 250 native residents. He is married to a woman who stays away from the island because she is lonely when there. Adrian doesn't want Carol or her father there, and they don't want to be there. Romance can't be lurking far behind the beautiful sunset.
O Gavião do Mar
Queen Elizabeth
Enquanto a Espanha prepara um exército para invadir a Inglaterra, o pirata britânico Geoffrey Thorpe embarca em uma missão para saquear barcos espanhóis. Quando ele captura o barco que transportava o embaixador Don Jose Alvarez de Cordoba, o vistoso capitão apaixona-se por sua sobrinha, a bela Dona Maria, que se instala confortavelmente na Inglaterra. Dedicado a proteger os interesses ingleses, Thorpe vai para o mar em uma perigosa expedição que pode determinar o destino do país.
Homens Marcados
Mrs. Taylor
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
We Are Not Alone
Jessica Newcome
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
The Lion Has Wings
Queen Elizabeth I (archive footage)
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Poison Pen
Mary Rider
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Smith
Mrs. Smith
John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the Embankment Fellowship Centre, a charity that provides hostelling, retraining and help finding work for men in his position.
O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes
Ellen Dean
Humilhado por seu irmão de criação Hindley (Hugh Williams), Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier) torna-se um homem rico e em busca de vingança. Ao mesmo tempo, porém, o rebelde nutre grande paixão por Cathy (Merle Oberon), irmã do homem que deseja matar e que, durante os anos em que esteve ausente da Inglaterra, casou-se com o nobre Edgar (David Niven). Certo dia, o Sr. Earnshaw retorna de viagem da cidade, trazendo consigo o pequeno órfão chamado Heathcliff. Porém, o filho de Earnshaw, Hindley, sente ciúmes do garoto, enquanto Catherine, sua filha, torna-se a paixão infantil e logo o amor de Heathcliff. As coisas mudam quando os pais dos garotos morrem, e Heathcliff começa a ser tratado como mero empregado. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Fogo Sobre a Inglaterra
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Durante o reino da Rainha Elizabeth I, na Inglaterra, as tensões militares com a Espanha são evidentes. Em meio a um ambiente de amor e guerra, um espião é enviado à Península Ibérica para investigar possíveis suspeitos e futuros ataques ao seu país.
Farewell Again
Lucy Blair
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
A Rainha Imortal
Empress Elisabeth
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Dance Pretty Lady
Mrs. Raeburn
During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.