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English actress

Film & TV

Kensington, London, England, UK

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).…

Known for

  • The Forsytes — Ann Forsyte2025
  • Hamlet — Ghost2024
  • Showtrial — Dame Harriet Kenny2021
  • Flesh and Blood — Vivien2020
  • King of Thieves — Lyn Reader2018
  • The London Studios: Home of the Stars — Self2018
  • Bancroft — Carol Bancroft2017
  • The Briny2015
  • Home Fires — Joyce Cameron2015
  • Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' — Self2014

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945-05-14

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Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress, known for her film and television appearances, most recently in the BBC series Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and Deceit. Annis was born in Kensington, London in 1945 to an English father, Lester William Anthony Annis (1914–2001) and a Brazilian-French mother, Mariquita Purcell (1913–2009). She has two brothers, Quenton D. and Tony P. Annis. Her family moved to Brazil when Annis was a year old, spending six years there before returning to

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Instance of
human
Given name
Francesca
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Kensington
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Image
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Number of children
3
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date of birth
1944-05-14
Commons category
Francesca Annis
start of work period
1959-00-00
name in native language
Francesca Annis
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