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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 .
Francesca Annis. Actress: Dune. English actress Francesca Annis, who has enjoyed a career spanning seven decades in movies, television and the theater, was born in London six days after V-E Day, on 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.
Francesca Annis. Actress: Dune. English actress Francesca Annis, who has enjoyed a career spanning seven decades in movies, television and the theater, was born in London six days after V-E Day, on May 14, 1945. Her father, Lester, was English, but her mother, Mariquita (aka Mara Purcell), was of Brazilian-French heritage. From the time she was a year old to the age of seven, the family lived ...
- May 14, 1945
Sep 1, 2021 · (L-R) Francesca Annis, Kyle MacLachlan and Frank Herbert on the “Dune” set. We’re on the eve of the new Dune’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Denis Villeneuve’s film is one ...
- Andreas Wiseman
Five Surprising Facts About Francesca Annis You may know her now as the loving family matriarch Vivien in Flesh and Blood , but leading lady Francesca Annis has been an on-screen star for decades. Learn about the inspiring life of the actress and her many MASTERPIECE roles over the years, her thrilling youth, and the Hollywood icon that she was lucky enough to call a mentor.
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May 14, 2015 · So it’s safe to say that TV Times was a wee bit daunted at the prospect of chatting to Francesca about the hit ITV wartime drama Home Fires (Sunday, ITV, 9pm) and her long and varied career. We needn’t have worried though because the friendly, glamorous and surprisingly intrepid actress, who turned 70 on 14 May, couldn’t be less like steely Joyce if she tried…
