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{{Short description|English actress (1902β1984)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Dame]] | name = Flora Robson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} | image = File:Studio publicity Flora Robson.jpg | caption = Robson in a 1940s studio publicity shot | birth_name = Flora McKenzie Robson | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|03|28}} | birth_place = [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|07|07|1902|03|28}} | death_place = [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], England | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1921β1984 }} '''Dame Flora McKenzie Robson''' (28 March 1902{{spaced ndash}}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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/flora-robson-58100|title=Flora Robson β Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> Her range extended from queens to murderesses.<ref name=screenonline/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PuvCwAAQBAJ&q=Flora+robson+played+queens+and+murderesses&pg=PA148|title=Rise of the English Actress|first=Sandra|last=Richards|date=18 June 1993|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349099306|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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