- She was made DBE (Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama.
- Neither Flora nor any of her sisters married or had children; all her nieces and nephews derived from her two brothers. Up until her death she shared a home with her two maiden sisters Margaret and Sheila.
- She was made CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1952 King's New Year Honours List for services to drama.
- She played Queen Elizabeth I twice on-screen: in Fire Over England (1937) and The Sea Hawk (1940). Some of her scenes from Fire Over England (1937) were also featured in the WWII propaganda film, The Lion Has Wings (1939).
- Short biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
- She was cremated at Downs Crematorium, Brighton and her ashes buried in in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Brighton.
- Won the prestigious London Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her stage performance in Henry James' 'The Aspern Papers',.
- Alfred Hitchcock was so impressed by her portrayal of Ellen Dean in Wuthering Heights (1939) that he sought her for the role of Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca (1940). Ultimately, Judith Anderson won the role.
- Dame Flora Robson lived at Wykeham Terrace, Dyke Road, Brighton from 1976 to 1984 with her two sisters Margaret and Shela. There is a plaque on the wall to verify this as well as a plaque at 14 Marine Gardens, Kemptown, Brighton (her first home in Brighton) where she lived from 1961 to 1976.
- Awarded Doctorate of Letters by Durham University. Finland presented her with The Order of the White Rose and Lion.
- She was in her 30s when she was cast in the film 'I Claudius' in which she played the 80 year old Lady Livia.
- She was made a Dame in 1960 which she claimed was the proudest moment of her life,.
- Sister to John (1891-1963), Eliza (1893-1975), Helen (1895-1929), Margaret (1898-1985), David (1900-1958) and Sheila (1907-1984). All were born in South Shields, Durham with the exception of the youngest, who was born in Edmonton, Middlesex.
- She was in America when the 2nd World War broke out but she returned by sea while the battle of the Atlantic was still raging.and on the one day saw a torpedo track cross in front of the ships bows. and other ships in the convoy go down.
- Daughter of David (1864-1947), born in Dundee, Scotland, and Eliza (née McKenzie) Robson (1870-1953), born in South Shields, England.
- Her father and her uncle John were at all her first nights but her mother wasn't as she wasn't so interested in her career consequently she felt lost when her father died and he was no longer at the side of the stage but then just as she was about to go on the curtains blew out as if in a draft and she felt he was still there and that she was going to be alright,.
- Paternal granddaughter of Hugh (1836-1907), born in Kirkpatrick Durham, Scotland, and Helen (née Mather) Robson (1836-1921), born in Montrose, Scotland.
- The House by the Lake was her longest run with 736 performances.
- Her favourite play called Autumn translated from Russian which was followed by Ladies in Retirement which not only marked her Broadway debut but also the first of her many sinister roles that she would play.
- Black Chiffon was her first long run playing for a year while in her time she's played every female role in The Importance of Being Ernest, though her favourite was Miss Prism,.
- She starred in 9 films, 10 stage plays and 18 plays on the radio. While she never returned to the stage she continued working in films, television and radio.
- She originally lived at 11 Village Terrace (now part of Sunderland Road) South Shields.
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