Actor
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Frances Fisher
Born 1952-05-11
📍 Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography 143
The Wrong Paris
as Birdie
2025
Rust
as Evelyn Basset
2025
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
as Self
2025
The King Tide
as Faye
2024
Desert Road
as Homeless Woman
2024
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Reptile
as Camille Grady
2023
On Sacred Ground
as Ricky
2023
This Is Not a War Story
as Dora Casale
2021
Awake
as Doris
2021
Grace and Grit
as Sue
2021
Holidate
as Elaine
2020
Watchmen
as Jane Crawford
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
Run the Race
as Louise
2019
The Rookie
as Evelyn Nolan
2018
Shrimp
as Marie
2018
Marrying Mr. Darcy
as Violet Darcy
2018
Another Kind of Wedding
as Tammy Bergman
2017
The Sinner
as Meg Muldoon
2017
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
as Miss Abbot
2016
A Beautiful Day
as Bev
2016
Swedish Dicks
as Warden Johnson
2016
Love on the Run
as Delores
2016
Outlaws and Angels
as Esther
2016
Unleashing Mr. Darcy
as Violet Darcy
2016
The Expanse
as Elise Holden
2015
Woman in Gold
as Barbara Schoenberg
2015
Portrait of Love
as Doll Dwyer
2015
You're Not You
as Gwen
2014
Resurrection
as Lucille Langston
2014
The M Word
as Carson Riley
2014
Fargo
as Vivian
2014
Red Wing
as Momma B
2013
Masters of Sex
as Edna Eshelman
2013
Plush
as Camila
2013
Rectify
as Peggy
2013
The Host
as Maggie Stryder
2013
The Makeover
as Allie Doolittle
2013
Any Day Now
as Judge Meyerson
2012
Retribution
as Betty
2012
The Seven Year Hitch
as Mrs. Von Hoffman
2012
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
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
Touch
as Nicole Farington
2012
A Gifted Man
as Blanche Tipton
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
2011
Jolene
as Cindy
2010
Janie Jones
as Lily
2010
Backyard Wedding
as Eleanor Tyler
2010
The Good Guys
as Helen Traynor
2010
The Perfect Game
as Betty
2009
Castle
as Matilda King
2009
To Love and Die
as Janet
2008
Childrens Hospital
as Headmistress
2008
The Mentalist
as Victoria Abner
2008
A Single Woman
as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Honey
2008
My Sexiest Year
as Faye
2007
Private Practice
as Ruby Broome
2007
In the Valley of Elah
as Evie
2007
The Kingdom
as Elaine Flowers
2007
Saving Grace
as Aunt Cathy
2007
Sex and Death 101
as Hope Hartlight (#80)
2007
October Road
2007
Torchwood
as The Mother
2006
Eureka
as Eva Thorne
2006
The Night of the White Pants
as Vivian Hagan
2006
Mrs. Harris
as Marge Richey Jacobson
2006
Criminal Minds
as Antonia Slade
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Betty Johnson
2005
Medium
as Abigail Marsh
2005
Boston Legal
as Carrie
2004
Laws of Attraction
as Sara Miller
2004
House of Sand and Fog
as Connie Walsh
2003
Cold Case
as Rachel West (2008)
2003
The Lyon's Den
as Brit Hanley
2003
Two and a Half Men
as Priscilla Honeycutt
2003
Blue Car
as Delia
2003
The Shield
as Rita Denton
2002
Glory Days
as Mitzi Dolan
2002
The Rising Place
as Virginia Wilder
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Joanna Sapphire
2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Junie
2000
The Audrey Hepburn Story
as Ella van Heemstra
2000
Titus
as Juanita Titus
2000
The Big Tease
as Candy
1999
True Crime
as Cecilia Nussbaum
1999
Becker
as Dr. Elizabeth Carson
1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1998
Titanic
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Wild America
as Agnes Stouffer
1997
Trading Favors
as Librarian
1997
Female Perversions
as Annunciata
1996
Striptease
as Donna Garcia
1996
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Cora Day
1995
Strange Luck
as Angie
1995
The Outer Limits
as Lady Julia
1995
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
as Jo Baker
1994
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
1994
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
as Dr. Theodora Cushing
1994
ER
as Helen Kingsley
1994
Molly and Gina
as Molly McKenna
1994
Babyfever
as Rosie
1994
The X-Files
as Lizzy Gill
1993
Praying Mantis
as Betty
1993
Devlin
as Maryellen
1992
Unforgiven
as Strawberry Alice
1992
Frame Up
as Jo Westlake
1991
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
as Lucille Ball
1991
L.A. Story
as June
1991
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Rochelle Bossetti
1990
A Promise to Keep
as Sara
1990
Law & Order
as Susan Boyd
1990
Sudie and Simpson
as Mrs. Marge Allen
1990
Cold Sassy Tree
as Loma Williams
1989
Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
Pink Cadillac
as Dinah
1989
Lost Angels
as Judith Loftis
1989
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Roseanne
1988
Bum Rap
as Phyllis
1988
Patty Hearst
as Yolanda
1988
Big
as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)
1988
Heart
as Jeannie
1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Jessica Pond
1987
Broken Vows
as Maureen Phelan
1987
Matlock
as Nancy Proctor
1986
The Equalizer
as Amanda Kaufman
1985
The Equalizer
as Francesca
1985
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Louise
1983
Newhart
1982
The Edge of Night
as Deborah Saxon
1956