Editing Flora Robson (section)

==Awards and honours==
She was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] as Angelique Buiton, a [[Haitians|Haitian]] maid, in ''[[Saratoga Trunk]]'' (1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/aa46.html|title=1946 Academy Awards® Winners and History|website=www.filmsite.org}}</ref>

She was created a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1952 New Year Honours]], and raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in the [[1960 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/276322|title=Flora Robson|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> She was also the first famous name to become president of the [[Brighton]] Little Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stage and screen actress |url=https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/tours/where-they-lived/flora-robson |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=My Brighton and Hove |language=en}}</ref> She has a road named after her in her birthplace of South Shields.

On 4 July 1958, she received an honorary DLitt from [[Durham University]] at a congregation in [[Durham Castle]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://dre.durham.gov.uk/pgDre.aspx?SEARCH=By+Keyword&TERM=Durham+University&ID=DRE2500|title=The Durham Record|date=2 October 2014|via=dre.durham.gov.uk}}</ref>