Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 11, 1952
Place of Birth:
Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
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Frances 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rust | Evelyn Basset |
| 2025 | The Wrong Paris | |
| 2025 | Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna | Self |
| 2024 | The King Tide | Faye |
| 2024 | Desert Road | Homeless Woman |
| 2023 | Reptile | Camille Grady |
| 2023 | On Sacred Ground | Ricky |
| 2021 | Awake | Doris |
| 2021 | Grace and Grit | Sue |
| 2021 | This Is Not a War Story | Dora Casale |
| 2020 | Holidate | Elaine |
| 2019 | Run the Race | Louise |
| 2019 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Actress (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Marrying Mr. Darcy | Violet Darcy |
| 2018 | Shrimp | Marie |
| 2017 | Another Kind of Wedding | Tammy Bergman |
| 2016 | Unleashing Mr. Darcy | Violet Darcy |
| 2016 | Outlaws and Angels | Esther |
| 2016 | Love on the Run | Delores |
| 2016 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | D.E. Bristow |
| 2016 | An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win | Miss Abbot |
| 2016 | A Beautiful Day | Bev |
| 2015 | Portrait of Love | Doll Dwyer |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Barbara Schoenberg |
| 2014 | The M Word | Carson Riley |
| 2014 | You're Not You | Gwen |
| 2013 | The Host | Maggie Stryder |
| 2013 | The Makeover | Allie Doolittle |
| 2013 | Plush | Camila |
| 2013 | Red Wing | Momma B |
| 2012 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 | Amelia Jones |
| 2012 | Retribution | Betty |
| 2012 | The Seven Year Hitch | Mrs. Von Hoffman |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Silent Thief | Candi Henderson |
| 2012 | Reflections on Titanic | Self |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Judge Meyerson |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Mary Windsor |
| 2011 | Golf in the Kingdom | Eve Greene |
| 2011 | Sedona | Tammy |
| 2011 | Grow Up Already | Mom |
| 2011 | The Roommate | Rebecca's Mom |
| 2010 | Janie Jones | Lily |
| 2010 | Backyard Wedding | Eleanor Tyler |
| 2010 | Jolene | Cindy |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game | Betty |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | Janet |
| 2008 | A Single Woman | Narrator (voice) / Suffragist |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Elaine Flowers |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Evie |
| 2007 | Sex and Death 101 | Hope Hartlight (#80) |
| 2007 | My Sexiest Year | Faye |
| 2006 | The Night of the White Pants | Vivian Hagan |
| 2006 | Mrs. Harris | Marge Richey Jacobson |
| 2005 | $200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video) | Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Titanic: Behind The Scenes | Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Laws of Attraction | Sara Miller |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Connie Walsh |
| 2003 | Blue Car | Delia |
| 2001 | The Rising Place | Virginia Wilder |
| 2001 | Passion and Prejudice | Dr. Gwen Barry |
| 2000 | The Audrey Hepburn Story | Ella van Heemstra |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Junie |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss |
| 1999 | The Big Tease | Candy |
| 1999 | True Crime | Cecilia Nussbaum |
| 1998 | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self |
| 1997 | Female Perversions | Annunciata |
| 1997 | Wild America | Agnes Stouffer |
| 1997 | Trading Favors | Librarian |
| 1997 | Titanic | Ruth DeWitt Bukater |
| 1996 | Striptease | Donna Garcia |
| 1996 | O. Henry's Christmas | |
| 1995 | The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie | Carol Schaefer |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Cora Day |
| 1994 | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Dr. Theodora Cushing |
| 1994 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Jo Baker |
| 1994 | Babyfever | Rosie |
| 1994 | Molly and Gina | Molly McKenna |
| 1994 | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self |
| 1993 | Praying Mantis | Betty |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Strawberry Alice |
| 1992 | Devlin | Maryellen |
| 1991 | Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter | Lucille Ball |
| 1991 | Frame Up | Jo Westlake |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | June |
| 1990 | Sudie and Simpson | Mrs. Marge Allen |
| 1990 | A Promise to Keep | Sara |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Rochelle Bossetti |
| 1989 | Lost Angels | Judith Loftis |
| 1989 | Cold Sassy Tree | Loma Williams |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Dinah |
| 1989 | Heavy Petting | Self |
| 1988 | Patty Hearst | Yolanda |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self |
| 1988 | Big | Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Bum Rap | Phyllis |
| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Jessica Pond |
| 1987 | Heart | Jeannie |
| 1987 | Broken Vows | Maureen Phelan |
| 1983 | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Louise |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Watchmen | Jane Crawford |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Evelyn Nolan |
| 2017 | The Sinner | Meg Muldoon |
| 2016 | Swedish Dicks | Warden Johnson |
| 2015 | The Expanse | Elise Holden |
| 2014 | Resurrection | Lucille Langston |
| 2014 | Fargo | Vivian |
| 2013 | Rectify | Peggy |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Edna Eshelman |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Touch | Nicole Farington |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man | Blanche Tipton |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | |
| 2009 | Castle | Matilda King |
| 2008 | To Love and Die | |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Honey |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Victoria Abner |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Headmistress |
| 2007 | October Road | |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Ruby Broome |
| 2006 | Torchwood | The Mother |
| 2006 | Eureka | Eva Thorne |
| 2005 | Medium | Abigail Marsh |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Betty Johnson |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Antonia Slade |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Carrie |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Rachel West (2008) |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Priscilla Honeycutt |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Brit Hanley |
| 2002 | The Shield | Rita Denton |
| 2002 | Glory Days | Mitzi Dolan |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 2000 | Titus | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joanna Sapphire |
| 1998 | Becker | Dr. Elizabeth Carson |
| 1997 | The View | |
| 1995 | Strange Luck | Angie |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Lady Julia |
| 1994 | ER | Helen Kingsley |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Lizzy Gill |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Susan Boyd |
| 1988 | Roseanne | |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Amanda Kaufman |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Francesca |
| 1982 | Newhart | |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night | Deborah Saxon |