Frances Fisher
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
Credits
- 2024 · Rust as
- 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 · Watchmen as Jane Crawford
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019 · Run the Race as Louise
- 2018 · The Rookie as Evelyn Nolan
- 2018 · Shrimp as Marie
- 2018 · Marrying Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
- 2017 · Another Kind of Wedding as Tammy Bergman
- 2017 · The Sinner as Meg Muldoon
- 2016 · 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 · 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 · The Expanse as Elise Holden
- 2015 · Woman in Gold as Barbara Schoenberg
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Doll Dwyer
- 2014 · You're Not You as Gwen
- 2014 · Resurrection as Lucille Langston
- 2014 · The M Word as Carson Riley
- 2014 · Fargo as Vivian
- 2013 · 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
- 2012 · 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 as Amelia Jones
- 2012 · The Silent Thief as Candi Henderson
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2012 · Touch as Nicole Farington
- 2011 · 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
- 2010 · Jolene as Cindy
- 2010 · Janie Jones as Lily
- 2010 · Backyard Wedding as Eleanor Tyler
- 2010 · The Good Guys as
- 2009 · The Perfect Game as Betty
- 2009 · Castle as Matilda King
- 2008 · To Love and Die as
- 2008 · 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
- 2007 · Private Practice as Ruby Broome
- 2007 · In the Valley of Elah as Evie
- 2007 · The Kingdom as Elaine Flowers
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2007 · Sex and Death 101 as Hope Hartlight (#80)
- 2007 · October Road as
- 2006 · 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
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Antonia Slade
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Betty Johnson
- 2005 · Medium as Abigail Marsh
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Carrie
- 2004 · Laws of Attraction as Sara Miller
- 2003 · 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
- 2002 · The Shield as Rita Denton
- 2002 · Glory Days as Mitzi Dolan
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Passion and Prejudice as Dr. Gwen Barry
- 2001 · The Rising Place as Virginia Wilder
- 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
- 1999 · The Big Tease as Candy
- 1999 · True Crime as Cecilia Nussbaum
- 1998 · Becker as Dr. Elizabeth Carson
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1997 · Titanic as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
- 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 as
- 1995 · Strange Luck as Angie
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Cora Day
- 1995 · The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie as Carol Schaefer
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Lady Julia
- 1994 · 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
- 1993 · The X-Files as Lizzy Gill
- 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 · Law & Order as Susan Boyd
- 1990 · Sudie and Simpson as Mrs. Marge Allen
- 1989 · Cold Sassy Tree as Loma Williams
- 1989 · Heavy Petting as Self
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Dinah
- 1989 · Lost Angels as Judith Loftis
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Bum Rap as Phyllis
- 1988 · Patty Hearst as Yolanda
- 1988 · Big as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)
- 1987 · Heart as Jeannie
- 1987 · Tough Guys Don't Dance as Jessica Pond
- 1987 · Broken Vows as Maureen Phelan
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Amanda Kaufman
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Francesca
- 1983 · Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Louise
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1956 · The Edge of Night as Deborah Saxon
- Future · The Wrong Paris as