Age, Biography and Wiki
Francesca Annis is a British actress who has been active in the entertainment industry since the 1960s. She is best known for her roles in films such as Dune (1984), The Return of the Soldier (1982), and The Avengers (1998). She has also appeared in television series such as Wives and Daughters (1999), Cranford (2007), and The Durrells (2016).
Annis was born on 14 May 1945 in Kensington, London, England. She is the daughter of Josephine Elizabeth (née Grieve) and Lester William Anthony Annis. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1962.
Annis has been married three times. Her first marriage was to actor Paul Janson in 1965. They divorced in 1971. She then married actor Ralph Fiennes in 1993, but they divorced in 1997. She is currently married to the actor and director Justin Chadwick, whom she married in 2003.
Annis has two children, a son, actor Jack Fox, and a daughter, actress Daisy Fiennes.
Annis has an estimated net worth of $3 million. She has earned her wealth through her successful acting career.
| Popular As |
Francesca Maria P. Annis |
| Occupation |
actress |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
14 May 1945 |
| Birthday |
14 May |
| Birthplace |
Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 78 years old group.
Francesca Annis Height, Weight & Measurements
At 78 years old, Francesca Annis height
is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
5' 4" (1.63 m) |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
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| Children |
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Francesca Annis Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Francesca Annis worth at the age of 78 years old? Francesca Annis’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Francesca Annis's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actress |
Francesca Annis Social Network
Timeline
Former long-term companion was British actor Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient (1996)). They met while performing the play "Hamlet" in 1994. She portrayed Gertrude, he played Hamlet. The couple broke up in February 2006.
She appeared with James Warwick as husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in the television series Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence: Partners in Crime (1983).
A highly respected performer, in 1979, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, playing Lily Langtry in the miniseries Lillie (1978).
Although she played Joanna David's mother in Lillie (1978), she is only a year and a half, her senior, in real life.
She played the English stage actress Lily Langtry in both Edward the King (1975) and Lillie (1978).
Her most famous roles are as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's version of Macbeth (1971), in which she had a notorious nude sleepwalking scene, and as Kyle MacLachlan (Paul Atreides)' mother Lady Jessica in David Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1984).
She played Ophelia to Nicol Williamson's famous Hamlet (1969), directed by Tony Richardson, in both London at the Roundhouse and on Broadway. Richardson cast Marianne Faithfull in the film version made that same year. When Roman Polanski was casting Macbeth (1971) a year later, he vetoed co-screenwriter Kenneth Tynan's suggestion of Williamson for the title role and nixed Faithfull for the role of Lady Macbeth that went to Annis due to her heroin addiction. A generation later, Annis played the role of Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, to her then-lover Ralph Fiennes 1995 Hamlet in London and Broadway.
She began acting in bit parts in the 1950s, working her way up to better roles. In addition to appearing on the big and little screens, she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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 in Brazil. The young Francesca spoke Portuguese, that country's language, as a child. Educated at a convent school, she dreamed of becoming a nun but trained as a ballet dancer before studying drama at the Corona Theatre School.
Daughter of actor Leslie William Anthony "Anthony" Annis (1914-2001) and actress Mara Purcell, and brother of Tony Annis.
She played Lily Langtry between the ages of 15 (in 1868) and 75 (in 1929) in Lillie (1978).
