Francesca Annis

Actor May 14 (age 81) Kensington, London, England, UK 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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Biography

Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in Reckless (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Deceit (2000) and Cranford (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial Lillie. Her film appearances include Krull (1983), Dune (1984), The Debt Collector (1999) and The Libertine (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Francesca Annis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contr…

Known For

Film

Dune

Lady Jessica

Film

Cleopatra

Eiras

Film

Revolver

Lily Walker

Film

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Film

Krull

Widow of the Web

Film

Jane Eyre

Lady Ingram

Film

The Libertine

Countess

Film

Murder Most Foul

Sheila Upward

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (55)

Hamlet

as Ghost

King of Thieves

as Lyn Reader

The London Studios: Home of the Stars

2018

as Self

The Briny

2015

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

as Self

Loving Miss Hatto

as Joyce Hatto

Shifty

as Valerie

Revolver

as Lily Walker

The Libertine

as Countess

Copenhagen

as Margrethe Bohr

Onegin

as Katiusha (uncredited)

The Debt Collector

as Val Dryden

Milk

as Harriet

Reckless: The Sequel

as Anna Fairley

Doomsday Gun

as Sophie

A Haunting Harmony

as David's Mother

Weep No More, My Lady

as Leila

Absolute Hell

as Elizabeth Collier

Romeo.Juliet

as Juliet (voice)

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

1988

as Jacqueline Kennedy

6.6

El río de oro

1986

as Dubarry

3.7

Under the Cherry Moon

as Mrs. Wellington

Dune

as Lady Jessica

Krull

as Widow of the Web

The Secret Adversary

as Tuppence

The Maze

as Catherine Frode

Destination Dune

1983

as Self

5.0

Coming Out of the Ice

1982

as Galina

7.0

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

as Lady Frances Derwent

6.6

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Luciana

8.8

Stronger Than the Sun

1978

as Kate Crowley

Sign It Death

1974

as Tracy Conway

7.5

The Wood Demon

1974

as Helen

Penny Gold

1973

as Delphi / Diane

5.7

Polanski Meets Macbeth

1972

as Self

Short Cut to Haifa

1972

as Sister Clare

5.0

Peer Gynt

1972

as Solveig

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

The Walking Stick

as Arabella Dainton

The Sky Pirate

as Uptight Girl

The Explorer

as Jill

Run with the Wind

1966

as Jean Parker

The Pleasure Girls

1965

as Sally

5.6

Flipper's New Adventure

as Gwen

Murder Most Foul

as Sheila Upward

Saturday Night Out

as Jean

Crooks in Cloisters

as June

The Eyes of Annie Jones

as Annie Jones

Cleopatra

as Eiras

West 11

as Phyl

His and Hers

as Wanda

The Young Jacobites

as Jean

No Kidding

1960

as Priscilla

5.6

Carry On Teacher

1959

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

6.4

The Cat Gang

1959

as Sylvia

6.0

Television (37)

The Forsytes

2025

as Ann Forsyte

6.4

Showtrial

2021

as Dame Harriet Kenny

Flesh and Blood

as Vivien

Bancroft

as Carol Bancroft

Home Fires

as Joyce Cameron

The Little House

as Elizabeth

Cranford

as Lady Ludlow

Jane Eyre

as Lady Ingram

Jericho

as Lady Clare Wellesley

6.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lady Selina Hazy

Deceit

as Ellen Richmond

Wives and Daughters

as Mrs Hyacinth Gibson (née Kirkpatrick)

Reckless

as Anna Fairley

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Bonnie Fielding

Between the Lines

as Angela Berridge

Performance

as Elizabeth Collier

The Gravy Train Goes East

as Katya Princip

Tales from the Crypt

as Sharon Bannister

I'll Take Manhattan

as Lily Amberville

Inside Story

as Paula Croxley

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

as Tuppence Cowley

Shades of Darkness

as Catherine Frode

Lillie

as Emilie 'Lillie' Le Breton

8.3

Madame Bovary

1975

as Emma Bovary (née Rouault)

4.7

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

as Nicole Zachary

6.8

Ooh La La!

1968

as Christiane

ITV Playhouse

1967

as Jill

7.0

Great Expectations

1967

as Estella Havisham

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Manuela von Meinhardis

Theatre 625

as Helen

The Human Jungle

as Mary

The Young Jacobites

as Jean

The Saint

as Maria

Sir Francis Drake

as Mariella

Drama 61-67

as Sally

Danger Man

as Judy

Armchair Theatre

as Amy Racey