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Francesca Annis Biography

Birth Name:
Francesca Maria P. Annis
Birth Place:
Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Spent six years of her childhood in Brazil, where her parents managed a nightclub on Copacabana Beach
  • Attended school at a convent
  • Wanted to become a Carmelite nun when she was young
  • Trained as a ballet dancer
  • Studied drama at the Corona Theatre School
  • Got her big break playing Elizabeth Taylor's handmaiden in Cleopatra (1963)

Relationships

  • Charlotte Emily Wiseman -- Daughter
  • Taran Wiseman -- Daughter
  • Patrick Wiseman -- Ex-significant Other
  • Lester William Anthony Annis -- Father
  • Mariquita (Mara) Purcell -- Mother
  • Andreas Wiseman -- Son