Plaque

Dame Flora Robson - N14

Erection date: 25/4/2010

Inscription

Dame Flora Robson, 1902 - 1984, actress, lived here, 1910 - 1921.
Southgate District Civic Trust
Palmers Green High School

Unveiled by girls studying drama at Palmers Green High School, Flora's old school. From Enfield: "Flora Robson moved with her family from South Shields to 76 Devonshire Road in Palmers Green in 1907, when she was nearly five, before living at The Lawe from 1910 to 1921. Flora attended Palmers Green High School from the age of 13, and went on in 1919 to the [Royal] Academy of Dramatic Art, of which she later became President."

Site: Dame Flora Robson - N14 (1 memorial)

N14, The Mall, The Lawe, 65

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Dame Flora Robson

Actor. Born Flora McKenzie Robson in South Shields, County Durham. She made h...

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