Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971).

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Annis was born in London and was[convent]] educated. She began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes. Great Expectations is a Bildungsroman (a novel tracing the life of the protagonist) by Charles Dickens and first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861. ...

While becoming an increasingly well-known face on screen, she has enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. ...

She gained notoriety for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film interpretation of Macbeth particularly, her recitation of the famous sleepwalking soliloquy in the nude. Lady Macbeth was the title of Queen Gruoch of Scotland (queen consort to King Macbeth of Scotland) before her husband ascended to the throne of Scotland. ... Roman Polański at Cannes with Adrien Brody, 2002 Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is a Franco-Polish film director and actor. ... Macbeth (also known as The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a 1971 film directed by Roman Polanski, based on William Shakespeares play of the same name, concerning the Scottish lord who becomes the king through deceit, treachery and murder. ... Soliloquy is an audible oratory or conversation with oneself. ... Photograph of Audrey Munson from The American Film Company c1916. ...

She continued to be a leading television actress throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as Edward the Seventh (as Lillie Langtry, a role she reprised in Lillie), Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in which she played Kitty O'Shea. Her films have included Krull (1983) and Dune (1984). She has appeared as "Tuppence" with James Warwick as "Tommy" in the Tommy and Tuppence television films based on Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime stories. Edward the Seventh was a TV drama series, made by Granada in 13 one-hour episodes. ... Lillie Langtry [1] [2] [3] [4] (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, nicknamed the Jersey Lily) (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929) was a British actress and courtesan born on the island of Jersey in 1853. ... Lillie is a British television serial made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast in 1978. ... For the film, see Madame Bovary (1949 film) Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialised in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, resulting in a trial in January 1857 that... Katherine Parnell, variously known as Katie OShea, Kitty OShea, or Katherine Wood, (1845/1846 - 1921) was an English woman whose affair with Charles Stewart Parnell eventually caused his downfall. ... Krull is a 1983 heroic fantasy film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Ron Silverman. ... Dune is a 1984 science fiction film directed by David Lynch and based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name and containing elements from the later parts. ... Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Partners in Crime is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie. ...

In late 2005, she appeared in Epitaph for George Dillon alongside Joseph Fiennes. Poster for the 2005 production of Epitaph for George Dillon Epitaph for George Dillon is an early John Osborne play, one of two he wrote in collaboration with Anthony Creighton (the other is Personal Enemy). ... Joseph Alberic Fiennes (pronounced Fines) (born 27 May 1970) is an English actor. ...

Personal life

Annis was in a long relationship with actor, Ralph Fiennes, who left his younger wife, Alex Kingston, for the considerably older Annis. They met while performing Hamlet in 1994. Annis portrayed Gertrude with Fiennes playing Hamlet. However on February 7, 2006, Fiennes and Annis announced their separation after 11 years together. Annis has 3 children from a previous long-term relationship with Patrick Wiseman that began in 1976. Ralph Fiennes in Spider. ... Alex Kingston Alexandra Kingston (born March 11, 1963, in Surrey, England) is a British actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER. Kingston grew up in Epsom, on the outskirts of London, the eldest of three daughters of a butcher and his German... The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and is one of his best-known and most-quoted plays. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selected filmography

• The Libertine (2005)
• Copenhagen (2002)
• Wives and Daughters (1999)
• Reckless (1998)
• Onegin (1999)
• The Debt Collector (1999)
• Dune (1984)
• Partners in Crime (1983)
• Krull (1983)
• Macbeth (1971)
• Cleopatra (1963)

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External links

• Francesca Annis at the Internet Movie Database