Name
Frances Fisher
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-05-11 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
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- 1992 Unforgiven as Strawberry Alice
- 2007 The Kingdom as Elaine Flowers
- 2004 Laws of Attraction as Sara Miller
- 1999 The Big Tease as Candy
- 2003 House of Sand and Fog as Connie Walsh
- 2024 Rust as Evelyn Basset
- 2007 In the Valley of Elah as Evie
- 1996 Striptease as Donna Garcia
- 1992 Devlin as Maryellen
- 1996 Female Perversions as Annunciata
- 2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story as Ella van Heemstra
- 1989 Lost Angels as Judith Loftis
- 1997 Wild America as Agnes Stouffer
- 1995 The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie as Carol Schaefer
- 2003 Blue Car as Delia
- 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer as Mary Windsor
- 1988 Patty Hearst as Yolanda
- 2008 To Love and Die as Janet
- 2013 The Host as Maggie Stryder
- 2010 Janie Jones as Lily
- 1994 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman as Dr. Theodora Cushing
- 1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance as Jessica Pond
- 2011 Golf in the Kingdom as Eve Greene
- 2012 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! as Amelia Jones
- 2001 The Rising Place as Virginia Wilder
- 1990 Sudie and Simpson as Mrs. Marge Allen
- 2024 The King Tide as Faye
- 1987 Heart as Jeannie
- 2011 Sedona as Tammy
- 1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Cora Day
- 1987 Broken Vows as Maureen Phelan
- 2013 The Makeover as Allie Doolittle
- 2012 Retribution as Betty
- 2011 Grow Up Already as Mom
- 2012 The Seven Year Hitch as Mrs. Von Hoffman
- 1998 Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 2023 Reptile as Camille Grady
- 2013 Plush as Camila
- 2013 Red Wing as Momma B
- 2014 The M Word as Carson Riley
- 1988 Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 2010 Backyard Wedding as Eleanor Tyler
- 1989 Cold Sassy Tree as Loma Williams
- 2014 You're Not You as Gwen
- 1993 Praying Mantis as Betty
- 1997 Trading Favors as Librarian
- 1994 Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up as Jo Baker
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2015 Portrait of Love as Doll Dwyer
- 2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds as Junie
- 2024 Desert Road as Homeless Woman
- 2023 On Sacred Ground as Ricky
- 1990 A Promise to Keep as Sara
- 2006 The Night of the White Pants as Vivian Hagan
- 2010 Jolene as Cindy
- 1991 Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Lucille Ball
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
- 1988 Big as Billy's Mother (uncredited)
- 2016 Unleashing Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
- 2015 Woman in Gold as Barbara Schoenberg
- 1989 Pink Cadillac as Dinah
- 2016 Outlaws and Angels as Esther
- 2012 The Silent Thief as Candi Henderson
- 2016 Love on the Run as Delores
- 2016 Titanic: Sinking the Myths as D.E. Bristow
- 2016 An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win as Miss Abbot
- 2016 A Beautiful Day as Bev
- 1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Rochelle Bossetti
- 2011 The Roommate as Rebecca's Mom
- 1999 True Crime as Cecilia Nussbaum
- 1991 Frame Up as Jo Westlake
- 2005 Mrs. Harris as Marge Richey Jacobson
- 1994 Babyfever as Rosie
- 1994 Molly and Gina as Molly McKenna
- 2017 Another Kind of Wedding as Tammy Bergman
- 2008 A Single Woman as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
- 2018 Marrying Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
- 2018 Shrimp as Marie
- 2019 Run the Race as Louise
- 1996 O. Henry's Christmas
- 2007 Sex and Death 101 as Hope Hartlight (#80)
- 1989 Heavy Petting as Self
- 1988 Bum Rap as Phyllis
- 2020 Holidate as Elaine
- 2021 Awake as Doris
- 1983 Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Louise
- 2001 Passion and Prejudice as Dr. Gwen Barry
- 2009 The Perfect Game as Betty
- 1991 L.A. Story as June
- 1994 Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
- 2021 Grace and Grit as Sue
- 2012 Reflections on Titanic as Self
- 2021 This Is Not a War Story as Dora Casale
- 2012 Any Day Now as Judge Meyerson
- 2025 The Wrong Paris as Birdie
- 2019 Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 1997 Titanic as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
- 2007 My Sexiest Year as Faye
- 2025 Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna as Self
- 2023 Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Ruby Road as Ruby
- 2011 Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate" as Self
- 2011 The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars as Self
- 2025 Out of the Woods
- Soon The Call
- 2005 Medium ( 1 episode ) as Abigail Marsh
- 2000 Titus ( 3 episodes ) as Juanita Titus
- 2007 October Road ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Susan Boyd
- 2002 The Shield ( 4 episodes ) as Rita Denton
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Joanna Sapphire
- 2006 Torchwood ( 10 episodes ) as The Mother
- 1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Nancy Proctor
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Rachel West (2008)
- 2003 Two and a Half Men ( 1 episode ) as Priscilla Honeycutt
- 1988 Roseanne ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Newhart ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Lizzy Gill
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Amanda Kaufman
- 2006 Eureka ( 8 episodes ) as Eva Thorne
- 1956 The Edge of Night ( 306 episodes ) as Deborah Saxon
- 1998 Becker ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Elizabeth Carson
- 2003 The Lyon's Den ( 13 episodes ) as Brit Hanley
- 2008 To Love and Die ( 1 episode )
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Helen Kingsley
- 2002 Glory Days ( 9 episodes ) as Mitzi Dolan
- 2004 Boston Legal ( 1 episode ) as Carrie
- 2007 Saving Grace ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Cathy
- 1995 Strange Luck ( 17 episodes ) as Angie
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Lady Julia
- 2010 The Good Guys ( 1 episode ) as Helen Traynor
- 2011 A Gifted Man ( 16 episodes ) as Blanche Tipton
- 2014 Resurrection ( 21 episodes ) as Lucille Langston
- 2009 Castle ( 1 episode ) as Matilda King
- 2018 The Rookie ( 2 episodes ) as Evelyn Nolan
- 2008 Sons of Anarchy ( 1 episode ) as Honey
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Victoria Abner
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Betty Johnson
- 2017 The Sinner ( 8 episodes ) as Meg Muldoon
- 2016 Swedish Dicks ( 1 episode ) as Warden Johnson
- 2014 Fargo ( 1 episode ) as Vivian
- 2008 Childrens Hospital ( 1 episode ) as Headmistress
- 2013 Rectify ( 1 episode ) as Peggy
- 2001 Good Day Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Masters of Sex ( 4 episodes ) as Edna Eshelman
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Antonia Slade
- 2015 The Expanse ( 2 episodes ) as Elise Holden
- 2019 Watchmen ( 5 episodes ) as Jane Crawford
- 2012 Touch ( 5 episodes ) as Nicole Farington
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 2 episodes ) as Francesca
- 2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Ruby Broome
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis ( 2 episodes ) as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
