Fanny Rowe (26 June 1913 – 31 August 1988) was an English film and television actress.
Her real name was Frances Rowe, although she became Frances Morton after marrying the actor Clive Morton. She was born in Preston, Lancashire and educated at Channing School For Girls in Highgate and then went on to study at Newnham College, Cambridge.
Rowe's career started in the Marlowe Society, Cambridge. She then went on to rep at Newcastle, Coventry, Harrogate, Worthing, Dundee and Windsor.
She appeared in many theatrical productions both in London's West End and also in the USA. In 1951 she was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award (her real name Frances Rowe is listed). She played the part of Alex Cornwall in the play called Who Goes There!
Her television work included Love Story, Rogues' Gallery, Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial) playing Martha 'Mrs Bute' Crawley, The Mill on the Floss (1965 TV adaptation of the book) and as Emily Forsyte in the long running late 1960s TV series Forsyte Saga. Probably her most famous role was that of Nancy Penrose, the mother of Hester played by Julia McKenzie in the British Sitcom Fresh Fields
Her father was a parson.