
Anne Francis
Highest Rated: 97% Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Lowest Rated: 43% Susan Slept Here (1954)
Birthday: Sep 16, 1930
Birthplace: Ossining, New York, USA
Smoldering sex symbol Anne Francis is most remembered for her role in the sci-fi movie "Forbidden Planet" and her title part in the detective show "Honey West." Born in 1930 in Ossining, New York, Francis began work as a model as a young girl and made her Broadway debut at just 11 years old. She starting appearing as beautiful blondes in motion pictures in the late '40s, an archetype that continued into the mid-'50s when she starred opposite Spencer Tracy in the thriller "Bad Day at Black Rock" as the only kind soul in an inhospitable town. Francis took the lead in the '55 juvenile delinquent classic "Blackboard Jungle" before journeying to the future with Leslie Nielsen's hero in "Forbidden Planet," playing one of the alien world's few surviving inhabitants. In the '60s, Francis began to act extensively on the small screen, and took the starring role in "Honey West"; she played a comely private eye who solves her cases with the help of hi-tech gadgets, sex appeal, and her pet ocelot, Bruce. Although she rarely appeared in feature films during subsequent decades, Francis maintained an active career on television well into her 70s; she died in 2011 at age 80.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lover's Knot | Marian Hunter (Character) | $5K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have You Seen My Son? | Catherine Pritcher (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 13% | The Double O Kid | Maggie Lomax (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Vegas | Martha (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder by Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My First Love | Terry (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laguna Heat | Helene Long (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Poor Little Rich Girl | Marjorie Post Hutton (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Masterpiece of Murder | Ruth Beekman (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return | Eileen Sedgeley (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Mazes and Monsters | Ellie (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detour to Terror | Sheila (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Mo | Sophie Fisher (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born Again | Patty Colson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young Runaways | Marian Lockhart (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Abide With Me | Winnie Mason (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banjo Hackett | Flora Dobbs (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Survival | Anne (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Girl Named Sooner | Selma Goss (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Survivors | Helen Dixon (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Horse of a Slightly Different Color | Katherine Wells (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry Panic | Julie (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy No. 1 | Colette (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Life | Midge Ross (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chant of Silence | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fireball Forward | Helen Sawyer (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Pancho Villa | Flo (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Haunts of the Very Rich | Annette Larrier (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August: The Jealousy Factor | Nina Porter (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mongo's Back in Town | Angel (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forgotten Man | Marie Hardy Forrest (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Women | Jean Marshek (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Leora Garrison (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 48% | More Dead Than Alive | Monica Alton (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Love God? | Lisa LaMonica (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Hook, Line & Sinker | Nancy Ingersoll (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost Flight | Gina Talbott (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Impasse | Bobby Jones (Character) | - | 1969 |
93% | 85% | Funny Girl | Georgia James (Character) | $223.3K | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Brainstorm | Lorrie Benson (Character) | - | 1965 |
50% | 44% | The Satan Bug | Ann Williams (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The Crowded Sky | Kitty Foster (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl of the Night | Robin "Bobbie" Williams (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hired Gun | Ellen Beldon (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 15% | Don't Go Near the Water | Lt. Alice Tomlen (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Rack | Aggie Hall (Character) | - | 1956 |
96% | 85% | Forbidden Planet | Altaira Morbius (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great American Pastime | Betty Hallerton (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Battle Cry | Rae (Character) | - | 1955 |
76% | 77% | Blackboard Jungle | Anne Dadier (Character) | - | 1955 |
97% | 88% | Bad Day at Black Rock | Liz Wirth (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 36% | The Scarlet Coat | Sally Cameron (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Rogue Cop | Nancy Corlane (Character) | - | 1954 |
43% | 63% | Susan Slept Here | Isabella Alexander (Character) | - | 1954 |
80% | 12% | A Lion Is in the Streets | Flamingo McManamee (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lydia Bailey | Lydia Bailey (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Dreamboat | Carol Sayre (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Jean (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elopement | Jacqueline 'Jake' Osborne (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 33% | So Young, So Bad | Loretta Wilson (Character) | - | 1950 |
71% | 43% | Summer Holiday | Elsie Rand (Character) | - | 1948 |
83% | 85% | Portrait of Jennie | Teenager in art gallery (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Honey Best (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Trudy McMann (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | Sarah - Health Instructor (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Mama Jo (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980-1981 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Liz Adams (Guest Star) | 1978 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Peggy Angel (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo | Nurse Sharon Martin (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Assignment: Vienna | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Sarah (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Nina Porter (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Unknown (Character) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Felice Greer (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honey West | Honey West (Character) | 1965-1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 1963 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Gloria Fowler (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Valley Days | Pearl Hart (Character) | 1964 |
82% | 95% | The Twilight Zone | Marsha White (Character) | 1963 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The David Niven Show | Marna Edwards (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1949 |
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