Frances Fisher
96 movies · 46 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1952 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Francis Fisher
Biography
Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is a British-born American actress. She is best known for her roles as Strawberry Alice, the madame prostitute in Unforgiven (1992), directed by Clint Eastwood; and Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron. Both films won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
She is also known for her roles as Jane Crawford on the HBO series Watchmen, Mary Windsor in The Lincoln Lawyer, Evelyn Nolan (John Nolan's mother) on CBS's The Rookie, Barbara Schoenberg in Woman in Gold, Gwen in You're Not You, Lucille Langston on ABC's scifi drama Resurrection, Maggie Stryder in The Host (2013), Nicole Farmington on ABC's scifi drama Touch, Blanche Tipton on CBS's A Gifted Man, Elaine Flowers in The Kingdom (2007), The Mother on BBC's Torchwood, Eva Thorne on Syfy's Eureka, Connie Walsh in House of Sand and Fog, Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction, Junie in Gone in 60 Seconds, Donna Garcia in Striptease, Angie in FOX's Strange Luck, June in L.A. Story, and Rochelle Bossetti in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael.
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Known for
Frances Fisher: movies and TV shows
Acting (141)
- Upcoming Ruby Road
as Ruby
- Upcoming
- 2025 The Wrong Paris
as Birdie
- 2025
- 2024 Rust
as Evelyn Basset
- 2024 The King Tide
as Faye
- 2024 Desert Road
as Homeless Woman
- 2023 Reptile
as Camille Grady
- 2023 On Sacred Ground
as Ricky
- 2021 This Is Not a War Story
as Dora Casale
- 2021 Awake
as Doris
- 2021 Grace and Grit
as Sue
- 2020 Holidate
as Elaine
- 2019
- 2019 Run the Race
as Louise
- 2018
- 2018 Shrimp
as Marie
- 2018 Marrying Mr. Darcy
as Violet Darcy
- 2017 Another Kind of Wedding
as Tammy Bergman
- 2017
- 2016 An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
as Miss Abbot
- 2016 A Beautiful Day
as Bev
- 2016
- 2016 Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as D.E. Bristow
- 2016 Love on the Run
as Delores
- 2016 Outlaws and Angels
as Esther
- 2016 Unleashing Mr. Darcy
as Violet Darcy
- 2015
- 2015 Woman in Gold
as Barbara Schoenberg
- 2015 Portrait of Love
as Doll Dwyer
- 2014 You're Not You
as Gwen
- 2014
- 2014 The M Word
as Carson Riley
- 2014
- 2013 Red Wing
as Momma B
- 2013
- 2013 Plush
as Camila
- 2013
- 2013 The Host
as Maggie Stryder
- 2013 The Makeover
as Allie Doolittle
- 2012 Any Day Now
as Judge Meyerson
- 2012 Retribution
as Betty
- 2012 The Seven Year Hitch
as Mrs. Von Hoffman
- 2012 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
as Amelia Jones
- 2012 The Silent Thief
as Candi Henderson
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011 Grow Up Already
as Mom
- 2011 Golf in the Kingdom
as Eve Greene
- 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer
as Mary Windsor
- 2011 Sedona
as Tammy
- 2011 The Roommate
as Rebecca's Mom
- 2010 Jolene
as Cindy
- 2010 Janie Jones
as Lily
- 2010 Backyard Wedding
as Eleanor Tyler
- 2010
- 2009 The Perfect Game
as Betty
- 2009
- 2008 To Love and Die
as Janet
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 A Single Woman
as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
- 2008
- 2007 My Sexiest Year
as Faye
- 2007
- 2007 In the Valley of Elah
as Evie
- 2007 The Kingdom
as Elaine Flowers
- 2007
- 2007 Sex and Death 101
as Hope Hartlight (#80)
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 The Night of the White Pants
as Vivian Hagan
- 2005
- 2005 Mrs. Harris
as Marge Richey Jacobson
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Laws of Attraction
as Sara Miller
- 2003 House of Sand and Fog
as Connie Walsh
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Blue Car
as Delia
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Passion and Prejudice
as Dr. Gwen Barry
- 2001 The Rising Place
as Virginia Wilder
- 2000
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
- 2000
- 2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Junie
- 2000
- 2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story
as Ella van Heemstra
- 2000
- 1999 The Big Tease
as Candy
- 1999 True Crime
as Cecilia Nussbaum
- 1998
- 1997 Titanic
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
- 1997 Wild America
as Agnes Stouffer
- 1997 Trading Favors
as Librarian
- 1996 Female Perversions
as Annunciata
- 1996 Striptease
as Donna Garcia
- 1996
- 1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Cora Day
- 1995
- 1995 The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie
as Carol Schaefer
- 1995
- 1994 Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
as Jo Baker
- 1994 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
as Dr. Theodora Cushing
- 1994
- 1994 Molly and Gina
as Molly McKenna
- 1994 Babyfever
as Rosie
- 1993
- 1993 Praying Mantis
as Betty
- 1992 Devlin
as Maryellen
- 1992 Unforgiven
as Strawberry Alice
- 1991 Frame Up
as Jo Westlake
- 1991 Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
as Lucille Ball
- 1991 L.A. Story
as June
- 1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Rochelle Bossetti
- 1990 A Promise to Keep
as Sara
- 1990
- 1990 Sudie and Simpson
as Mrs. Marge Allen
- 1989 Cold Sassy Tree
as Loma Williams
- 1989 Pink Cadillac
as Dinah
- 1989 Lost Angels
as Judith Loftis
- 1988
- 1988 Bum Rap
as Phyllis
- 1988 Patty Hearst
as Yolanda
- 1988 Big
as Billy's Mother (uncredited)
- 1987 Heart
as Jeannie
- 1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Jessica Pond
- 1987 Broken Vows
as Maureen Phelan
- 1986
- 1985
- 1983 Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Louise
- 1982
- 1956
Behind the camera (2)
- Upcoming Ruby Road
Executive Producer
- 1992 Wild Blue Moon
Writer, Director
Talk shows and appearances (12)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2019
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2001 Good Day Live
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1994
- 1989
- 1988