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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.
A highly respected performer, in 1979, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, playing Lily Langtry in the miniseries Lillie (1978). She appeared with James Warwick as husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in the television series Partners in Crime (1983) .
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Reckless: The Sequel. 1998 Nominee BAFTA TV Award. Best Actress. Reckless. 1979 Winner BAFTA TV Award. Best Actress. Lillie. The Comedy of Errors. 1976 Nominee BAFTA TV Award.
- May 14, 1945
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- She's been a MASTERPIECE star in six decades. It’s likely that MASTERPIECE fans are no strangers to the talents of Flesh and Blood star Francesca Annis.
- She almost took a drastically different path in life. Though she began her acting career young and never looked back, Annis almost took a very different path in life — one devoted to her faith.
- She spent the first seven years of her life in Brazil. During the early years of Annis’ childhood, her parents ran a nightclub on Copacabana Beach. The family spent years there before moving to England, and Annis still has vivid memories of her time in Brazil.
- Her big break was starring alongside a Hollywood icon! Though Annis’ first on-screen role came at the age of 14 as the lead in the 1958 film The Cat Gang, about a group of children who stumble across a smuggling ring, her big break would come just five years later in 1963 as Eiras, a handmaiden, in the hit film Cleopatra, starring big-screen legends Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
A highly respected performer, in 1979, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, playing Lily Langtry in the miniseries Lillie (1978). She appeared with James Warwick as husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in the television series Partners in Crime (1983).
- May 14, 1945
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Sep 1, 2021 · September 1, 2021 6:11am. 46 Comments. As the world gears up to take in Dune ’s anticipated reboot at the Venice Film Festival, I sat down with British actress Francesca Annis, star of the...
1. She's been a MASTERPIECE star in six decades. It’s likely that MASTERPIECE fans are no strangers to the talents of Flesh and Blood star Francesca Annis. Since her very first appearance on...
