Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944 or 1945 in Kensington ) is a British actress .

Life

Francesca Annis originally wanted to enter a convent, but then decided to take up acting. She had engagements on many stages in England as an actress in spoken theater and musicals.

Annis became known to a wide audience for her numerous roles in feature films. As a teenager, she appeared in British productions such as the comedy Carry on Teacher . Her first international production was the monumental epic Cleopatra (1963), in which she played the faithful slave of Cleopatra ( Elizabeth Taylor ) as Eiras . She then played leading roles such as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polański's adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth or Lady Jessica Atreides in David Lynch's feature film version of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune - The Desert Planet . Annis was often seen in film adaptations of Agatha Christie's detective novels . While she played a supporting role as a young actress at Margaret Rutherford's side in Four Women and a Murder in 1964 , she sparked off in the film adaptation of Why Didn't You Ask Evans? (1980, with John Gielgud among others ) as Lady Frances Derwent herself in the murder case. In 1983 she played the leading role of Tuppence Beresford in a crime series based on Agatha Christie, the Blunt detective agency . In addition, she was repeatedly in guest roles in television series such as B. Magnum and Simon Templar can be seen.

Annis was in a relationship with the photographer Patrick Wiseman for over 22 years, with whom she has three children (two daughters, one son). Between 1995 and 2006, fellow actor and Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes was her partner. On February 8, 2006, the 18-year-old Fiennes announced the breakup after a year-long affair between him and a singer became public.

Movie and TV

Movies

• 1959: The Cat Gang
• 1959: It's crazy - lots of lovable teachers (Carry On Teacher)
• 1960: The Young Jacobites
• 1961: The Afterthought (TV movie)
• 1961: His and Hers
• 1961: No Kidding
• 1962: Wednesday's Child (TV movie)
• 1963: Cleopatra
• 1963: West 11
• 1964: Four Women and One Murder (Murder Most Foul)
• 1964: Saturday Night Out
• 1964: The Eyes of Annie Jones
• 1964: New Adventure with Flipper (Flipper's New Adventure)
• 1964: Crooks in Cloisters
• 1965: Alexander Graham Bell (TV movie)
• 1965: The Pleasure Girls
• 1966: The Five-Nineteen (TV movie)
• 1966: Run with the Wind
• 1970: The Sky Pirate
• 1970: Die Krücke (The Walking Stick)
• 1971: Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
• 1974: Penny Gold
• 1978: The Comedy of Errors (TV movie)
• 1980: Why didn't you ask Evans? ( Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Movie made for TV)
• 1982: Gulag 2 ( Coming Out of the Ice , TV movie)
• 1983: The Secret Adversary (pilot for the Blunt detective agency )
• 1983: Krull
• 1984: Dune - The Desert Planet (Dune)
• 1986: El río de oro
• 1986: Under the Cherry Moon - Under the Cherry Moon (Under the Cherry Moon)
• 1988: Onassis, the richest man in the world ( Onassis: The Richest Man in the World , TV movie)
• 1990: Romeo Juliet (voice)
• 1992: Weep No More, My Lady (TV movie)
• 1993: A Haunting Harmony (TV movie)
• 1994: Doomsday Gun ( Doomsday Gun , TV movie)
• 1997: Deadly Summer (TV movie)
• 1998: Reckless: The Movie (TV movie)
• 1999: The Debt Collector
• 1999: Milk
• 1999: Onegin - A love in St. Petersburg (Onegin)
• 2000: Deceit (TV movie)
• 2002: Copenhagen (TV movie)
• 2004: The Libertine
• 2005: revolver
• 2008: Shifty
• 2012: Loving Miss Hatto (TV movie)
• 2018: One Last Job (King of Thieves)

TV Shows

• 1960: BBC Sunday-Night Play (one episode)
• 1961: Harpers West One (an episode)
• 1961: Ghost Squad , a episode
• 1961–1962: ITV Television Playhouse (two episodes)
• 1962: Sir Francis Drake (an episode)
• 1962–1966: ITV Play of the Week (three episodes)
• 1963: Drama 61-67 (one episode)
• 1963: Suspense (an episode)
• 1964: Comedy Playhouse (one episode)
• 1964: Dr. Finlay's Casebook (an episode)
• 1964: Love Story (an episode)
• 1964: Armchair Theater (one episode)
• 1964: The Human Jungle (an episode)
• 1964–1965: Secret assignment for John Drake ( Danger Man , two episodes)
• 1965: Our Man at St. Mark's (an episode)
• 1966: This Man Craig (an episode)
• 1966: Simon Templar ( The Saint , an episode)
• 1967: Great Expectations (seven episodes)
• 1967: No Hiding Place (an episode)
• 1967: The Golden Age (an episode)
• 1967, 1974: BBC Play of the Month (two episodes)
• 1968: Theater 625 (one episode)
• 1968–1974: ITV Playhouse (three episodes)
• 1970: ITV Saturday Night Theater (one episode)
• 1971: Heritage (two episodes)
• 1972: Stage 2 (one episode)
• 1973: A Pin to See the Peepshow (four episodes)
• 1973: Orson Welles narrated ( Great Mysteries , an episode)
• 1974: Thriller (one episode)
• 1975: Edward VII (two episodes)
• 1975: Madame Bovary (miniseries, four episodes)
• 1977: Play for Today (an episode)
• 1978: Lillie (miniseries, 13 episodes)
• 1983: Shades of Darkness (an episode)
• 1983–1984: Detective Agency Blunt ( Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime , 10 episodes)
• 1985: Magnum ( Magnum, pi , one episode)
• 1986: Inside Story (six episodes)
• 1987: I'll Take Manhattan (miniseries)
• 1991: Parnell & the Englishwoman (mini-series, four episodes)
• 1991: performance (one episode)
• 1991: The Gravy Train Goes East (mini-series, four episodes)
• 1993: Between the Lines (eight episodes)
• 1994: Headhunters (three episodes)
• 1996: Dalziel and Pascoe (one episode)
• 1996: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , a series)
• 1997: Reckless (miniseries, six episodes)
• 1999: Wives and Daughters (mini-series, four episodes)
• 2005: Jericho - The Attack ( Jericho , an episode)
• 2006: Jane Eyre (four-part)
• 2007: Agatha Christie's Marple (an episode)
• 2007–2009: Cranford (six episodes)
• 2010: Playhouse: Live (an episode)
• 2010: The Little House (two episodes)

Web links

Commons : Francesca Annis  - Collection of Images

• Francesca Annis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Francesca Annis in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Francesca Annis fansite ( Memento from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Francesca Annis in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Francesca Annis. In: Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 16, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Francesca Annis Biography (1944? -). In: filmreference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Francesca Annis. In: Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 16, 2015 .