Francesca Annis

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 contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Marple

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Tales from the Crypt

Dalziel and Pascoe

Theatre 625

ITV Playhouse

All Movies (55)

• Hamlet2024 · as Ghost
• The London Studios: Home of the Stars2018 · as Self
• King of Thieves2018 · as Lyn Reader
• The Briny2015
• Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'2014 · as Self
• Loving Miss Hatto2012 · as Joyce Hatto
• Shifty2008 · as Valerie
• Revolver2005 · as Lily Walker
• The Libertine2004 · as Countess
• Copenhagen2002 · as Margrethe Bohr
• Onegin1999 · as Katiusha (uncredited)
• The Debt Collector1999 · as Val Dryden
• Milk1999 · as Harriet
• Reckless: The Sequel1998 · as Anna Fairley
• Doomsday Gun1994 · as Sophie
• A Haunting Harmony1993 · as David's Mother
• Weep No More, My Lady1992 · as Leila
• Absolute Hell1991 · as Elizabeth Collier
• Romeo.Juliet1990 · as Juliet (voice)
• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988 · as Jacqueline Kennedy
• Under the Cherry Moon1986 · as Mrs. Wellington
• El río de oro1986 · as Dubarry
• Dune1984 · as Lady Jessica
• The Secret Adversary1983 · as Tuppence
• Krull1983 · as Widow of the Web
• The Maze1983 · as Catherine Frode
• Destination Dune1983 · as Self
• Coming Out of the Ice1982 · as Galina
• Why Didn't They Ask Evans?1980 · as Lady Frances Derwent
• The Comedy of Errors1978 · as Luciana
• Stronger Than the Sun1978 · as Kate Crowley
• The Wood Demon1974 · as Helen
• Sign It Death1974 · as Tracy Conway
• Penny Gold1973 · as Delphi / Diane
• Peer Gynt1972 · as Solveig
• Polanski Meets Macbeth1972 · as Self
• Short Cut to Haifa1972 · as Sister Clare
• Macbeth1971 · as Lady Macbeth
• The Walking Stick1970 · as Arabella Dainton
• The Sky Pirate1969 · as Uptight Girl
• The Explorer1968 · as Jill
• Run with the Wind1966 · as Jean Parker
• The Pleasure Girls1965 · as Sally
• Flipper's New Adventure1964 · as Gwen
• The Eyes of Annie Jones1964 · as Annie Jones
• Saturday Night Out1964 · as Jean
• Murder Most Foul1964 · as Sheila Upward
• Crooks in Cloisters1964 · as June
• West 111963 · as Phyl
• Cleopatra1963 · as Eiras
• His and Hers1961 · as Wanda
• No Kidding1960 · as Priscilla
• The Young Jacobites1960 · as Jean
• Carry On Teacher1959 · as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
• The Cat Gang1959 · as Sylvia

All TV Shows (40)

• The Forsytes2025 · as Ann Forsyte
• Showtrial2021 · as Dame Harriet Kenny
• Flesh and Blood2020 · as Vivien
• Bancroft2017 · as Carol Bancroft
• Home Fires2015 · as Joyce Cameron
• The Little House2010 · as Elizabeth
• Cranford2007 · as Lady Ludlow
• Jane Eyre2006 · as Lady Ingram
• Jericho2005 · as Lady Clare Wellesley
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Lady Selina Hazy
• Deceit2000 · as Ellen Richmond
• Wives and Daughters1999 · as Mrs Hyacinth Gibson (née Kirkpatrick)
• Reckless1997 · as Anna Fairley
• Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · as Bonnie Fielding
• Between the Lines1992 · as Angela Berridge
• The Gravy Train Goes East1991 · as Katya Princip
• Performance1991 · as Elizabeth Collier
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Sharon Bannister
• I'll Take Manhattan1987 · as Lily Amberville
• Inside Story1986 · as Paula Croxley
• Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime1983 · as Tuppence Cowley
• Shades of Darkness1983 · as Catherine Frode
• Lillie1978 · as Emilie 'Lillie' Le Breton
• Madame Bovary1975 · as Emma Bovary (née Rouault)
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Nicole Zachary
• Ooh La La!1968 · as Christiane
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Jill
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Roxane
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Elaine
• Great Expectations1967 · as Estella Havisham
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Manuela von Meinhardis
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Helen
• Theatre 6251964 · as Helen
• The Young Jacobites1963 · as Jean
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Mary
• The Saint1962 · as Maria
• Sir Francis Drake1961 · as Mariella
• Drama 61-671961 · as Sally
• Danger Man1960 · as Judy
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Amy Racey