Cast & creator
Francesca Annis
Best known for Jane Eyre, The Saint, BBC Play of the Month
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.
Also known as: Франческа Аннис
55
film credits
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television credits
99
1956–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
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Jane Eyre
Lady Ingram
2006
The Saint
Maria
1962
BBC Play of the Month
Manuela von Meinhardis
1965BBC Play of the Month
Helen
1965
ITV Playhouse
Jill
1967ITV Playhouse
Roxane
1967ITV Playhouse
Elaine
1967
Tales from the Crypt
Sharon Bannister
1989
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lady Selina Hazy
2004
Theatre 625
Helen
1964
Dalziel and Pascoe
Bonnie Fielding
1996
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Nicole Zachary
1973
Performance
Elizabeth Collier
1991
Danger Man
Judy
1960
Dune
Lady Jessica
1984Drama 61-67
Sally
1961
Between the Lines
Angela Berridge
1992
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Tuppence Beresford (née Cowley)
1983
The Forsytes
Ann Forsyte
2025
Sir Francis Drake
Mariella
1961
Showtrial
Dame Harriet Kenny
2021
The Human Jungle
Mary
1963
Cranford
Lady Ludlow
2007
Cleopatra
Eiras
1963
Ooh La La!
Christiane
1968
Home Fires
Joyce Cameron
2015
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Hyacinth Gibson (née Kirkpatrick)
1999
King of Thieves
Lyn Reader
2018
Krull
Widow of the Web
1983
Ghost Squad
Ethel Rice (uncredited)
1961
Revolver
Lily Walker
2005
Lillie
Emilie 'Lillie' Le Breton
1978
Bancroft
Carol Bancroft
2017
Armchair Theatre
Amy Racey
1956
Jericho
Lady Clare Wellesley
2005
The Libertine
Countess
2004
Shades of Darkness
Catherine Frode
1983
Reckless
Anna Fairley
1997
The Gravy Train Goes East
Katya Princip
1991
Madame Bovary
Emma Bovary (née Rouault)
1975
Great Expectations
Estella Havisham
1967
Flesh and Blood
Vivien
2020
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1971
Murder Most Foul
Sheila Upward
1964Stage 2
Solveig
1971Inside Story
Paula Croxley
1986
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Jacqueline Kennedy
1988
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Lady Frances Derwent
1980
Under the Cherry Moon
Mrs. Wellington
1986
Absolute Hell
Elizabeth Collier
1991
Short Cut to Haifa
Sister Clare
1972
El río de oro
Dubarry
1986The Little House
Elizabeth
2010
The Walking Stick
Arabella Dainton
1970
Onegin
Katiusha (uncredited)
1999
I'll Take Manhattan
Lily Amberville
1987
Flipper's New Adventure
Gwen
1964
Doomsday Gun
Sophie
1994
Romeo.Juliet
Juliet (voice)
1990
Peer Gynt
Solveig
1972
Carry On Teacher
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1959
Coming Out of the Ice
Galina
1982
The Young Jacobites
Jean
1963Headhunters
Sally Hall
1994
The Eyes of Annie Jones
Annie Jones
1964
Weep No More, My Lady
Leila
1992
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Self
2014
The Secret Adversary
Tuppence
1983
The Pleasure Girls
Sally
1965
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
Self
2018Parnell & the Englishwoman
Katharine O'Shea
1991
Hamlet
Ghost
2024
Copenhagen
Margrethe Bohr
2002
Destination Dune
Self
1983
No Kidding
Priscilla
1960
Milk
Harriet
1999The Briny
2015
Penny Gold
Delphi / Diane
1973
His and Hers
Wanda
1961
The Comedy of Errors
Luciana
1978Run with the Wind
Jean Parker
1966
The Debt Collector
Val Dryden
1999
The Maze
Catherine Frode
1983
Crooks in Cloisters
June
1964
Saturday Night Out
Jean
1964
Reckless: The Sequel
Anna Fairley
1998
Sign It Death
Tracy Conway
1974
Polanski Meets Macbeth
Self
1972
Shifty
Valerie
2008Deceit
Ellen Richmond
2000
The Cat Gang
Sylvia
1959
West 11
Phyl
1963
Stronger Than the Sun
Kate Crowley
1978
Loving Miss Hatto
Joyce Hatto
2012
The Sky Pirate
Uptight Girl
1969
A Haunting Harmony
David's Mother
1993The Explorer
Jill
1968
The Young Jacobites
Jean
1960
The Wood Demon
Helen
1974