Annis played 1963 Cleopatra's handmaiden in the motion picture Cleopatra. She played the female lead in British films such as The Eyes of Annie Jones in 1964, Run with the Wind 1966.
In 1971 she played Woman Macbeth in Roman Polanski directed the film, The Tragedy of Macbeth. Afterwards, she was on the actors in a number of British television films and television collection such as the English King Edward VII's girlfriend Lillie Langtry in Edward the Seventh, or Lillie 1975.
In 1984, Francesca Annis played the female lead as "Lady Jessica" in sci-fi as well as fantasy film Dune, written and also routed by David Lynch.
Fransesca Annis likewise made lots of essential supporting functions in British as well as American TV series as well as television films, including I'll Take Manhattan, The Saint and the Magnum, which she plays the worthy Penelope St. Clair. The years 1983 and 1984 solved her murder secrets starring as Tuppence Beresford in ten independent tv episodes based upon Agatha Christie's writings. The year before, 1982, she had had the lead function as Tuppence Cowley in the for-TV recorded Christie murder secret The Secret Opponent. She is likewise understood from the television collection [In between the Lines, Cranford, and Deceit.
Our collection contains 38 quotes who is written / told by Francesca, under the main topic Dating.
"I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want"
"I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour"
"I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself"
"I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me"
"I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it"
"I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret"
"I do find acting cathartic"
"I didn't choose to be an actress"
"I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring"
"I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology"
"I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in"
"I am pretty self-indulgent"
"I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either"
"I am not a fanatic about anything. I do what I can do when I've got the time"
"However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them"
"Having children with someone is the real bond"
"Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive"
"As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted"
"I'm an actress, not a pin-up"
"I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap"
"I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol"
"I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one"
"I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks"
"The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part"
"The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time"
"Thank God we're not like America: everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women. I think men revere older women"
"Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private"
"You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself"
"You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change"
"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer"
"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family"
"If people think I look good, it's the make-up"
"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious"
"I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation"
"I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside"
"I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is"
"I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here"
"I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims"