--- name: "Francesca Annis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/francesca-annis" fi1m_id: "francesca-annis" imdb_id: "nm0000768" tmdb_id: 12513 wikidata_id: "Q436769" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 May 1945" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 75 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T21:03:55.023051+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." --- # Francesca Annis ## Identity Francesca Annis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francesca-annis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** francesca-annis - **IMDb ID:** nm0000768 - **TMDB ID:** 12513 - **Wikidata ID:** Q436769 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Annis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12513 Actor. Born 14 May 1945 in Kensington, London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 May 1945, Kensington, London, England, UK - **Active:** 1963–2008 - **Also known as:** Франческа Аннис - **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 63 (1), 2000s 80 (2) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $58m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Annis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12513 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Shifty*](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Francesca Annis is an English actress born on 14 May 1945 in Kensington, London. She trained as a ballet dancer and studied drama at the Corona Theatre School before beginning her career in the late 1950s with bit parts in film and television. She has worked extensively in theatre, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Annis is known for film roles including Lady Macbeth in *Macbeth* (1971), the Widow of the Web in *Krull* (1983), Lady Jessica in *Dune* (1984), the Countess in *The Libertine* (2004) and Valerie in *Shifty* (2008). On television she has appeared as Mrs Hyacinth Gibson in *Wives and Daughters* (1999), Lady Selina Hazy in *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004) and Lady Ludlow in *Cranford* (2007). She won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for *Lillie* and received five further BAFTA TV Award nominations. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Shifty* (2008), Fi1m 77, as Valerie — [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) - *Cranford* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Lady Ludlow — [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md) - *Cleopatra* (1963), Fi1m 63, as Eiras — [page](https://film.one/film/cleopatra.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Forsytes* (2025), series, as Ann Forsyte - *Hamlet* (2024), as Ghost - *Showtrial* (2021), series, as Dame Harriet Kenny - *Flesh and Blood* (2020), series, as Vivien - *King of Thieves* (2018), as Lyn Reader - *Bancroft* (2017), series, as Carol Bancroft - *The Briny* (2015), Actor - *Home Fires* (2015), series, as Joyce Cameron - *Loving Miss Hatto* (2012), as Joyce Hatto - *The Little House* (2010), series, as Elizabeth - *Shifty* (2008), as Valerie — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) - *Cranford* (2007), series, as Lady Ludlow — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/cranford.md) - *Jane Eyre* (2006), series, as Lady Ingram - *Jericho* (2005), series, as Lady Clare Wellesley - *Revolver* (2005), as Lily Walker - *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Lady Selina Hazy - *The Libertine* (2004), as Countess - *Copenhagen* (2002), as Margrethe Bohr - *Deceit* (2000), series, as Ellen Richmond - *Onegin* (1999), as Katiusha (uncredited) - *Wives and Daughters* (1999), series, as Mrs Hyacinth Gibson (née Kirkpatrick) - *The Debt Collector* (1999), as Val Dryden - *Milk* (1999), as Harriet - *Reckless: The Sequel* (1998), as Anna Fairley - *Reckless* (1997), series, as Anna Fairley - *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Bonnie Fielding - *Doomsday Gun* (1994), as Sophie - *Headhunters* (1994), series, as Sally Hall - *A Haunting Harmony* (1993), as David's Mother - *Between the Lines* (1992), series, as Angela Berridge - *Weep No More, My Lady* (1992), as Leila - *The Gravy Train Goes East* (1991), series, as Katya Princip - *Absolute Hell* (1991), as Elizabeth Collier - *Performance* (1991), series, as Elizabeth Collier - *Parnell & the Englishwoman* (1991), series, as Katharine O'Shea - *Romeo.Juliet* (1990), as Juliet (voice) - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Sharon Bannister - *Onassis: The Richest Man in the World* (1988), as Jacqueline Kennedy - *I'll Take Manhattan* (1987), series, as Lily Amberville - *Inside Story* (1986), series, as Paula Croxley - *Under the Cherry Moon* (1986), as Mrs. Wellington - *El río de oro* (1986), as Dubarry - *Dune* (1984), as Lady Jessica - *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, as Tuppence Beresford (née Cowley) - *The Secret Adversary* (1983), as Tuppence - *Krull* (1983), as Widow of the Web - *Shades of Darkness* (1983), series, as Catherine Frode - *The Maze* (1983), as Catherine Frode - *Coming Out of the Ice* (1982), as Galina - *Why Didn't They Ask Evans?* (1980), as Lady Frances Derwent - *The Comedy of Errors* (1978), as Luciana - *Lillie* (1978), series, as Emilie 'Lillie' Le Breton - *Stronger Than the Sun* (1978), as Kate Crowley - *Madame Bovary* (1975), series, as Emma Bovary (née Rouault) - *The Wood Demon* (1974), as Helen - *Sign It Death* (1974), as Tracy Conway - *Orson Welles' Great Mysteries* (1973), series, as Nicole Zachary - *Penny Gold* (1973), as Delphi / Diane - *Peer Gynt* (1972), as Solveig - *Short Cut to Haifa* (1972), as Sister Clare - *Macbeth* (1971), as Lady Macbeth - *Stage 2* (1971), series, as Solveig - *The Walking Stick* (1970), as Arabella Dainton - *The Sky Pirate* (1969), as Uptight Girl - *The Explorer* (1968), as Jill - *Ooh La La!* (1968), series, as Christiane - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Jill, Roxane, Elaine - *Great Expectations* (1967), series, as Estella Havisham - *Run with the Wind* (1966), as Jean Parker - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Manuela von Meinhardis, Helen - *The Pleasure Girls* (1965), as Sally - *Flipper's New Adventure* (1964), as Gwen - *The Eyes of Annie Jones* (1964), as Annie Jones - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Helen - *Saturday Night Out* (1964), as Jean - *Murder Most Foul* (1964), as Sheila Upward - *Crooks in Cloisters* (1964), as June - *West 11* (1963), as Phyl - *The Young Jacobites* (1963), series, as Jean - *Cleopatra* (1963), as Eiras — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/cleopatra.md) - *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Mary - *The Saint* (1962), series, as Maria - *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, as Mariella - *Ghost Squad* (1961), series, as Ethel Rice (uncredited) - *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Sally - *His and Hers* (1961), as Wanda - *No Kidding* (1960), as Priscilla - *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Judy - *The Young Jacobites* (1960), as Jean - *Carry On Teacher* (1959), as Schoolgirl (uncredited) - *The Cat Gang* (1959), as Sylvia - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Amy Racey --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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