Francesca Annis
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).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4 |
| Birthday | 1945-05-14 |
| Place of Birth | Kensington, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1983
Krull
6.051/518
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
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Krull
2005
Revolver
6.364/1312
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner...
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Revolver
1971
Macbeth
7.1/264
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but al...
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Macbeth
2009
Shifty
5.6/30
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer d...
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Shifty
2004
The Libertine
5.901/438
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn p...
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The Libertine
1963
Cleopatra
7.066/709
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...
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Cleopatra
1986
Under the Cherry Moon
5.8/48
Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inhe...
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Under the Cherry Moon
1964
Saturday Night Out
5.7/3
Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
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Saturday Night Out
1999
The Debt Collector
6.4/17
Mean, gritty, dirty and low, and that's just the policeman Gary Keltie, out for retribution for the horrendous crimes against the helpless people of E...
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The Debt Collector
1965
The Pleasure Girls
4.4/5
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swi...
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The Pleasure Girls
2002
Copenhagen
7.5/10
No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen -- the...
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Copenhagen
1980
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
6.2/13
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the myst...
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2012
Loving Miss Hatto
7.2/4
Drama inspired by the true story of classical pianist Joyce Hatto. Victoria Wood's new strange-but-true drama about musical deception and enduring lov...
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Loving Miss Hatto
1964
Crooks in Cloisters
5.5/14
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disuse...
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Crooks in Cloisters
1982
Coming Out of the Ice
7/6
A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.
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Coming Out of the Ice
1991
Absolute Hell
5.7/3
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, le...
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Absolute Hell
1992
Weep No More, My Lady
3.8/4
When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect is her husband Ted. Adapted from the novel by Mary Higg...
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Weep No More, My Lady
1964
The Eyes of Annie Jones
6/5
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
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The Eyes of Annie Jones
1983
The Secret Adversary
6.8/8
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue...
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The Secret Adversary
1959
The Cat Gang
6/2
The Cat Gang is a group of precocious British kids. They have a habit of hanging around a grown-up customs official who wishes that they'd beat it....
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The Cat Gang
1961
His and Hers
4.8/8
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charle...
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His and Hers
1964
Flipper's New Adventure
6.9/28
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains...
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Flipper's New Adventure
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
6.3/10
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy...
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1984
Dune
6.185/2835
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...
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Dune
1978
Stronger Than the Sun
0/0
Kate works in the nuclear industry. She is concerned about the way things are being run. So she smuggles out some Plutonium to prove how easy it is. S...
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Stronger Than the Sun
1974
Penny Gold
5.6/7
While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
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Penny Gold
1966
Run with the Wind
0/0
A young woman is unable to decide between a boxer and folk singer, and ends up losing both.
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Run with the Wind
2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
5/1
A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer...
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Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
1972
Polanski Meets Macbeth
0/0
A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.
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Polanski Meets Macbeth
1972
Big Truck and Sister Clare
5/1
A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pretty nun, gets stuck and are forced to wait to be re...
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Big Truck and Sister Clare
1969
The Sky Pirate
1/1
Low-budget film illustrates the various factors which have lead a man to hijack a plane to Cuba.
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The Sky Pirate
1999
Milk
2/1
Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly dies...
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Milk
1998
Reckless: The Sequel
0/0
One year on in their lives, Owen and Anna plan to marry. But Anna's ex-husband may have an other idea. He schemes to rip the couple apart. Can Anna an...
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Reckless: The Sequel
1986
El río de oro
3.7/7
During a long summer, the tranquility of a couple and their three children resting in a country house is altered with the arrival of the children's un...
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El río de oro
1970
The Walking Stick
7.6/5
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into...
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The Walking Stick
2018
King of Thieves
5.504/406
London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to perpetrate the biggest and boldest heist in Britis...
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King of Thieves
1990
Romeo.Juliet
0/0
The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been...
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Romeo.Juliet
1964
Murder Most Foul
6.961/141
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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Murder Most Foul
1963
West 11
6.7/10
Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description...
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West 11
1993
A Haunting Harmony
0/0
A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.
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A Haunting Harmony
1960
No Kidding
6/7
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the k...
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No Kidding
2018
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
0/0
The end of an era as the studios where ITV filmed its many shows for 45 years closes its doors for the last time.
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The London Studios: Home of the Stars
1978
The Comedy of Errors
8.8/4
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together...
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The Comedy of Errors
1999
Onegin
6.165/97
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat – a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from...
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Onegin
1974
The Wood Demon
0/0
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden ol...
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The Wood Demon
1974
Sign it Death
7/1
A young woman schemes to marry a wealthy businessman by becoming his secretary.
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Sign it Death
1983
The Maze
0/0
A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.
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The Maze
1994
Doomsday Gun
5.5/13
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When...
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Doomsday Gun
1960
The Young Jacobites
0/0
The story of Highland children who help Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape to France after the battle of Culloden. Serial in 8 episodes: 1. Journey into...
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The Young Jacobites
1959
Carry On Teacher
6.2/48
Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils h...
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Carry On Teacher
2024
Hamlet
7.8/5
A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller...
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Hamlet
1968
The Explorer
0/0
Drama about the emotional problems left behind by a young explorer murdered in the Matto Grosso jungle in South America. (Shotlist)Work historyTV play...
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