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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

97% 87% Bad Day at Black Rock
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95% 85% Funny Girl Watchlist
94% 85% Forbidden Planet
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93% 85% Portrait of Jennie
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74% 78% Blackboard Jungle
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71% 38% Summer Holiday
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67% 25% A Lion Is in the Streets
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57% 45% The Satan Bug
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43% 61% Susan Slept Here
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Little Mo
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have You Seen My Son? Catherine Pritcher (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lover's Knot Marian Hunter (Character) $5.0K 1996
No Score Yet 13% The Double O Kid Maggie Lomax (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Double 0 Kid Mrs. 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 84% Poor Little Rich Girl Marjorie Post Hutton (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laguna Heat Helene Long (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 Banjo Hackett Flora Dobbs (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abide With Me Winnie Mason (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 Cry Panic Julie (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Horse of a Slightly Different Color Katherine Wells (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 40% Pancho Villa Flo (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Desafío de Pancho Villa Unknown (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fireball Forward Helen Sawyer (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 33% Haunts of the Very Rich Annette Larrier (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mongo's Back in Town Angel (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August: The Jealousy Factor Nina Porter (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Forgotten Man Marie Hardy Forrest (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Intruders Leora Garrison (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Women Jean Marshek (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 38% Hook, Line & Sinker Nancy Ingersoll (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 57% More Dead Than Alive Monica Alton (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 59% The Love God? Lisa LaMonica (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 0% Impasse Bobby Jones (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost Flight Gina Talbott (Character) - 1969
95% 85% Funny Girl Georgia James (Character) $223.3K 1968
57% 45% The Satan Bug Ann Williams (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 47% Brainstorm Lorrie Benson (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl of the Night Robin "Bobbie" Williams (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 12% The Crowded Sky Kitty Foster (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 21% Don't Go Near the Water Lt. Alice Tomlen (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hired Gun Ellen Beldon (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great American Pastime Betty Hallerton (Character) - 1956
94% 85% Forbidden Planet Altaira Morbius (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% The Rack Aggie Hall (Character) - 1956
74% 78% Blackboard Jungle Anne Dadier (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 46% Battle Cry Rae (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 40% The Scarlet Coat Sally Cameron (Character) - 1955
97% 87% Bad Day at Black Rock Liz Wirth (Character) - 1955
43% 61% Susan Slept Here Isabella Alexander (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 36% Rogue Cop Nancy Corlane (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rocket Man June Brown (Character) - 1954
67% 25% A Lion Is in the Streets Flamingo McManamee (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 46% Dreamboat Carol Sayre (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lydia Bailey Lydia Bailey (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Elopement Jacqueline 'Jake' Osborne (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 60% The Whistle at Eaton Falls Jean (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 36% So Young, So Bad Loretta Wilson (Character) - 1950
93% 85% Portrait of Jennie Teenager in art gallery (uncredited) (Character) - 1948
71% 38% Summer Holiday Elsie Rand (Character) - 1948

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No Score Yet 75% 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 89% Murder, She Wrote Lee Haley (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) 1980 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Angel Barkley (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) 1978 1980-1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1978 1980
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) 1976 1978
100% 82% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1973 1975
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Katherine Wells (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Peggy Angel (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Nurse Sharon Martin (Guest Star) 1972-1973
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) 1968 1970
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) 1963 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Victoria Greenly (Guest Star) 1964
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
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Marsha White (Character) 1960 1963
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Nyla Foster (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 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