
Anne Francis
Actor · Died January 2, 2011, aged 80 · Ossining, New York, USA
Anne Lloyd Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress, best known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956), and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West (1965–1966). She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy award for her role in Honey West. Francis holds the distinction of starring in the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 16, 1930
- January 2, 2011 (aged 80)
- Ossining, New York, USA
- Actor
- 61 on MovieCove · 147 credits in all
What are Anne Francis' films like?
Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 27
Light 7 · Serious 16 · Dark 8
A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 4
Gentle 7 · Charged 15 · Intense 9
A split, not a type: Steady 16 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 5
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 16 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 5
Resolved 26 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 6 of 10 analyzed roles.
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- Tricksteras Loretta Wilson in So Young, So Bad (1950)
- Allyas Carol Sayre in Dreamboat (1952)
- Allyas Liz Wirth in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- Allyas Anne Dadier in Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- Allyas Aggie Hall in The Rack (1956)
- Shapeshifteras Lorrie Benson in Brainstorm (1965)
- Allyas Ann Williams in The Satan Bug (1965)
- Mentoras Lisa LaMonica in The Love God? (1969)
- Allyas Bobby Jones in Impasse (1969)
- Shadowas Annette Larrier in Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Moods and endings
- Happy11
- Bittersweet15
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Anne Francis' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- Forbidden Planet (1956) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- Dreamboat (1952) · actor · free
- My First Love (1988) · actor · free
- More Dead Than Alive (1969) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- S.W.A.T. (1975) · actor · free
- Have You Seen My Son (1996) · actor · free
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor · free
- Charlie's Angels (1976) · actor · free
- +4 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor
- Banacek (1972) · actor
- Route 66 (1960) · actor
- Matlock (1986) · actor
- My First Love (1988) · actor
- Barnaby Jones (1973) · actor
- The Satan Bug (1965) · actor
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Have You Seen My Son (1996) · actor
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor
- CHiPs (1977) · actor
- +2 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- Banacek (1972) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- My First Love (1988) · actor · free
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- S.W.A.T. (1975) · actor · free
- Fantasy Island (1977) · actor · free
- Charlie's Angels (1976) · actor · free
- Lover's Knot (1995) · actor · free
- Pancho Villa (1972) · actor · free
- +1 more
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- Wonder Project, show their title on Wonder Project
Subscription and free streaming for Anne Francis' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
147 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Fantasy Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Lover's Knot(1995)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Have You Seen My Son(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Drew Carey Show(1995)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Love Can Be Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

The Double 0 Kid(1992)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Home Improvement(1991)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Little Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Wings(1990)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

My First Love(1988)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Laguna Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Jake and the Fatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

True Confessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
A Masterpiece of Murder(1986)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Crazy like a Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Partners in Crime(1984)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Finder of Lost Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Riptide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Charley's Aunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

O’Malley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Mazes and Monsters(1982)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Detour to Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Beggarman, Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Rebels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Born Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Flying High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Eddie Capra Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Little Mo(1978)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Young Runaways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Dallas(1978)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

CHiPs(1977)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all showsSurvival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Baa Baa Black Sheep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Wonder Woman(1975)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

A Girl Named Sooner(1975)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Last Survivors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

S.W.A.T.(1975)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Archer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Petrocelli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Cry Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

A Chant of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Barnaby Jones(1973)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Pancho Villa(1972)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Haunts of the Very Rich(1972)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Banacek(1972)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Fireball Forward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Mongo's Back in Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Forgotten Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Intruders(1970)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Wild Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Lost Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Weird World of Weird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

The Love God?(1969)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Hook, Line and Sinker(1969)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Impasse(1969)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
More Dead Than Alive(1969)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Funny Girl(1968)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Invaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Mission: Impossible(1966)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Further Adventures of Gallegher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Honey West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Brainstorm(1965)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Satan Bug(1965)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Temple Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Arrest and Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The New Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Girl of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Crowded Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Startime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Adventures in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Don't Go Near the Water(1957)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Hired Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

The Great American Pastime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Rack(1956)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Forbidden Planet(1956)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Scarlet Coat(1955)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Blackboard Jungle(1955)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Battle Cry(1955)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Rogue Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Susan Slept Here(1954)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Rocket Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

A Lion Is in the Streets(1953)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Ford Television Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Dreamboat(1952)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Lydia Bailey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Elopement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all filmsLux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

So Young, So Bad(1950)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Portrait of Jennie(1948)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

The Pirate(1948)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Summer Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
The After Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 145 titles, 144 of them dated from 1948 to 2002; peak year 1965.

Biggest box office
Funny Girl (1968)

Highest rated
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Most popular right now
Funny Girl (1968)
Film career
Peak 1965 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1948Screen debut· Portrait of Jennie
- 1956Breakout· Forbidden Planet
- 1956Career best· Forbidden Planet
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Anne Francis' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up16
- 50th to 74th22
- 25th to 49th18
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
32 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser32
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed14
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Anne Francis' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Anne Francis work with?
People who share at least 2 of Anne Francis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walter Pidgeon shares the most, 4.
Directors
- John SturgesShared titles: The Satan Bug (1965), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Scarlet Coat (1955)See all 3 shared titles with John Sturges

- Raoul WalshShared titles: Battle Cry (1955), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Raoul Walsh

Actors
- Walter PidgeonShared titles: Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005), Funny Girl (1968), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Rack (1956)See all 4 shared titles with Walter Pidgeon

- Warner AndersonShared titles: Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005), Blackboard Jungle (1955), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Warner Anderson

- Cloris LeachmanShared titles: A Girl Named Sooner (1975), Haunts of the Very Rich (1972), The Rack (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Cloris Leachman

- Edmond O'BrienShared titles: The Intruders (1970), The Love God? (1969), The Rack (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Edmond O'Brien

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ferris WebsterShared titles: The Satan Bug (1965), Forbidden Planet (1956), Blackboard Jungle (1955)See all 3 shared titles with Ferris Webster
- Misha SegalShared titles: Have You Seen My Son (1996), The Double 0 Kid (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Misha Segal

- Laszlo GeorgeShared titles: A Masterpiece of Murder (1986), Mazes and Monsters (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Laszlo George
- Ben ColmanShared titles: Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980), Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Colman
Producers
- Quinn MartinShared titles: Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980), The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Quinn Martin

- Aubrey SchenckShared titles: Impasse (1969), More Dead Than Alive (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Aubrey Schenck
- Hal KleinShared titles: Impasse (1969), More Dead Than Alive (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Hal Klein
- Nicholas NayfackShared titles: Forbidden Planet (1956), The Scarlet Coat (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Nayfack




