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Frances Fisher

Acting 73 years old Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK ★ 3.8
Born: May 11, 1952

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

Titanic
Titanic Ruth DeWitt Bukater 1997
Big
Big Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited) 1988
Unforgiven
Unforgiven Strawberry Alice 1992
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds Junie 2000
Reptile
Reptile Camille Grady 2023

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Holidate
Holidate Elaine 2020

Filmography

Acting Credits (150)

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

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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