---
name: "Ann Firbank"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ann-firbank"
fi1m_id: "ann-firbank"
imdb_id: "nm0278615"
tmdb_id: 17161
wikidata_id: "Q2850382"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 January 1933"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T14:50:43.846403+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ann Firbank

## Identity

Ann Firbank

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ann-firbank
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ann-firbank
- **IMDb ID:** nm0278615
- **TMDB ID:** 17161
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2850382
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Firbank, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2850382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17161

Actor. Born 9 January 1933 in Secunderabad, Andhra, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 January 1933, Secunderabad, Andhra, India
- **Active:** 1963–1984
- **Also known as:** Annie Firbank
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 80 (2), 1980s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Firbank, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2850382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17161

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Servant*](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md) (89)

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## Biography

Ann Firbank, also credited as Annie Firbank, is a British actress. Born on 9 January 1933 in Secunderabad, British India, she is a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate who made her stage debut in 1954.

She has appeared in numerous films and television productions, including *The Servant* (1963) as a society woman, *Carry On Nurse* (1959) as Staff Nurse Helen Lloyd, and *A Passage to India* (1984). One of her more notable roles is Anne Elliot in the 1971 ITV serial *Persuasion*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *A Passage to India* (1984), Fi1m 71, as Mrs. Callendar — [page](https://film.one/film/a-passage-to-india.md)
- *The Servant* (1963), Fi1m 89, as People in Restaurant: Society Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Darling* (1965), Fi1m 70, as Sybil Martin (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022), as Elderly Teacher
- *True Things* (2022), as Nan
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Ithlinne — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as Tatooine Elder — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Intrigo: Samaria* (2019), as Irma Kuentzer (as Annie Firbank)
- *Les Misérables* (2018), series, as Old Lady
- *The Little Stranger* (2018), as Aunt Cissie
- *The Crucible* (2014), as Rebecca Nurse
- *White Lie* (2013), as Mrs. Davies
- *It Happened in Saint-Tropez* (2013), as Dame anglaise
- *Shoot Me!* (2012), as Therapist
- *In Love with Alma Cogan* (2011), as Mrs Craske
- *Kingdom* (2007), series, as Grace
- *Elizabeth I* (2005), series, as Lady Anne
- *Photo Finish* (2004), as Mrs Balbinski
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Nancy Evans
- *Anna and the King* (1999), as Lady Bradley
- *An Evil Streak* (1999), series, as Consultant
- *What's a Carry On?* (1998), as Nurse Helen Lloyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Felicity Law — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Treasure Seekers* (1996), as Emily
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Margaret Jackson
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as London Nurse
- *All or Nothing at All* (1993), series, as Elizabeth
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Agnes Tripp
- *The Unkindest Cut* (1990), as Alison
- *Strapless* (1989), as Daphne Brodie
- *Surgical Spirit* (1989), series, as Elaine Fawcett
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Ellie Henderson
- *Heart of the Country* (1987), series, as Jane Wandle
- *Foreign Body* (1986), as Mrs Plumb
- *Hotel du Lac* (1986), as Penelope Milne
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Penelope Milne
- *A Passage to India* (1984), as Mrs. Callendar — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/a-passage-to-india.md)
- *A Flame to the Phoenix* (1983), Actor
- *The Scarlet Pimpernel* (1982), as Countess de Tournay
- *Findings on a Late Afternoon* (1981), as Mother
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Sheila King
- *Weekend* (1979), as Liz Perrin
- *Stories from a Flying Trunk* (1979), as The Mother
- *That's Carry On!* (1977), as Nurse Helen Lloyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Premiere* (1977), series, as Liz Perrin
- *Brief Encounter* (1976), as Melanie Harvey
- *Space: 1999* (1975), series, as Consul Varda
- *The Nearly Man* (1974), as Alice Tomlinson
- *The Nearly Man* (1974), series, as Alice Collinson
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Mother
- *Asylum* (1972), as Anna
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Sara Gibson, Sarah Gibson QC
- *The Lotus Eaters* (1972), series, as Lorna Clive
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), as Party Guest
- *Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee* (1971), as Joanna
- *Persuasion* (1971), series, as Anne Elliot
- *One of Those Things* (1971), as Sonja Melchior
- *A Severed Head* (1971), as Rosemary Lynch-Gibbon
- *Strange Report* (1969), series, as Miss Betty Collingford
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Mary
- *The Root of All Evil?* (1968), series, as Maureen Benton
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, as Beatrice Hastings
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Rosalind
- *Accident* (1967), as Laura
- *Satisfaction Guaranteed* (1966), as Dr. Inge Jensen
- *Dead Man's Chest* (1965), as Mildred Jones
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Sally Dix, Sheila
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Dr. Inge Jensen
- *Knock on Any Door* (1965), series, as Victoria Rayne
- *Darling* (1965), as Sybil Martin (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *Story Parade* (1964), series, as Eve Lord
- *The Servant* (1963), as People in Restaurant: Society Woman — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Grace Charlton
- *Nothing Barred* (1961), as Lady Katherine
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Bobb
- *Edgar Wallace Mysteries* (1959), series, as Mildred Jones
- *Carry On Nurse* (1959), as Nurse Helen Lloyd
- *Behind the Mask* (1958), as Mrs. Judson
- *Thark* (1957), as Kitty Stratton
- *Kenilworth* (1957), series, as Amy Robsart
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Elizabeth Daymer, Joanna
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Mary Quartermain

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