Biography
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Born
14 May 1945 (age 79)
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Born In
Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress, known for her film and television appearances, most recently in the BBC series Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and Deceit. Annis was born in Kensington, London in 1945 to an English father, Lester William Anthony Annis (1914–2001) and a Brazilian-French mother, Mariquita Purcell (1913–2009). She has two brothers, Quenton D. and Tony P. Annis. Her family moved to Brazil when Annis was a year old, spending six years there before returning to England when she was 7. There she was educated at a convent school. She trained as a ballet dancer and then studied drama at the Corona Theatre School.
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