Frances Fisher
Date of birth: 1952-05-11
Place of birth: Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Francis Fisher, 弗朗西丝·费雪
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.
Movie Credits
Unforgiven
1992-08-07
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help suppo
The Kingdom
2007-08-22
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the M
Laws of Attraction
2004-04-04
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
The Big Tease
1999-11-26
Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford
House of Sand and Fog
2003-12-19
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again,
Rust
2025-05-01
Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convi
In the Valley of Elah
2007-09-14
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's d
Striptease
1996-06-28
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of
Devlin
1992-09-12
A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.
Female Perversions
1997-04-25
Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But belo
The Audrey Hepburn Story
2000-03-27
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch balleri
Lost Angels
1989-05-05
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill
Wild America
1997-07-02
Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life o
The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie
1995-04-17
Carol (Fisher) has had a rough time - a recent divorce, 2 young boys to raise, and close call with c
Blue Car
2003-04-25
Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster,
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011-03-17
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan
Patty Hearst
1988-09-23
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time s
To Love and Die
2008-12-30
Hildy Young, a fun-loving 30-something with abandonment issues, becomes convinced that her dating pr
The Host
2013-03-22
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her rac
Janie Jones
2010-09-17
When a fading musician (Alessandro Nivola) learns he has a teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) from a
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1994-09-28
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987-09-18
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his
Golf in the Kingdom
2011-07-28
In 1956, American philosophy student Michael Murphy is on his way to an ashram in India when he stop
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012-09-03
When Papi, Chloe, the pups, Uncle Pedro, and their owners move to a hotel, the smallest pup Rosa fee
The Rising Place
2001-02-01
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpos
Sudie and Simpson
1990-09-11
A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black
The King Tide
2024-04-26
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their
Heart
1987-11-13
Eddie Brennan is a down-and out fighter with nowhere to go but up... and with just the right combina
Sedona
2011-02-19
A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visit
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995-09-15
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox fi
Broken Vows
1987-01-28
When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he beco
The Makeover
2013-01-26
This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characte
Retribution
2012-11-10
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and l
Grow Up Already
2011-09-16
After being dumped by his girlfriend Winnie, Andy Mott is determined to win her back -- the only pro
The Seven Year Hitch
2012-10-13
Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for m
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998-01-01
Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How
Reptile
2023-09-29
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover t
Plush
2013-09-13
A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she s
Red Wing
2013-10-04
A socially thought-provoking and stirring love story based on the French novella, 'François Le Champ
The M Word
2014-04-30
The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".
Hello Actors Studio
1988-11-09
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the
Backyard Wedding
2010-07-13
Kim Tyler grew up loving her next-door neighbor, Evan Slauson. Now she's all set to have the wedding
Cold Sassy Tree
1989-10-16
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to we
You're Not You
2014-10-10
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college studen
Praying Mantis
1993-08-11
A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligen
Trading Favors
1997-06-04
A seductive woman with a violent lover steals a car and entices a teenage boy to join her on a crime
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
1994-12-27
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--h
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a
Portrait of Love
2015-03-14
A prominent fashion photographer returns to her small town roots at the request of a friend. Surroun
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000-06-09
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brothe
Desert Road
2024-03-10
A young woman crashes her car and walks down the road seeking help, only to find no matter which way
On Sacred Ground
2023-01-13
Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs throug
A Promise to Keep
1990-10-01
Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.
The Night of the White Pants
2006-04-27
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daug
Jolene
2010-10-29
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991-02-10
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000-11-04
Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy a
Big
1988-06-03
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to f
Unleashing Mr. Darcy
2016-01-23
Fishing for direction in life, Elizabeth gets the opportunity of showing her dog in a fancy New York
Woman in Gold
2015-03-20
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world f
Pink Cadillac
1989-05-26
A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Outlaws and Angels
2016-01-25
A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town
The Silent Thief
2012-04-15
Brennan is an outcast drifter who threatens to destroy a family's unity by displacing their son, Mik
Love on the Run
2016-07-26
When Franny woke up this morning it was another day of possibilities to have all her dreams come tru
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
2016-09-01
A docudrama that dives into the political and economic factors of 1912 that lead to the TITANIC disa
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016-10-21
Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to
A Beautiful Day
2016-09-18
Gene Thompson wakes up knowing that the decision he has made will change his life forever.
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
1990-10-12
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her
The Roommate
2011-02-04
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit
True Crime
1999-03-19
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's fa
Frame Up
1991-06-27
In the small American town of Orton Creek, David Farmer is accidentally killed by Don Curran, son of
Mrs. Harris
2006-02-25
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly
Babyfever
1994-05-04
Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a
Molly and Gina
1994-05-18
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed th
Another Kind of Wedding
2017-12-01
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
A Single Woman
2008-09-21
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected
Marrying Mr. Darcy
2018-06-02
Schoolteacher Elizabeth Scott and businessman/philanthropist Donovan Darcy are blissfully in love an
Shrimp
2018-09-22
Shrimp explores the strange, interwoven and often hilarious daily lives of the women and men who wor
Run the Race
2019-02-22
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glor
O. Henry's Christmas
1996-06-03
Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and
Sex and Death 101
2007-06-15
A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with an
Heavy Petting
1989-09-22
Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comed
Bum Rap
1988-09-26
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three day
Holidate
2020-10-27
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all
Awake
2021-06-09
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, c
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983-09-10
Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just lef
Passion and Prejudice
2001-07-22
When prim and proper New England college professor Gwen Barry (Titanic's Frances Fisher) hires hands
The Perfect Game
2009-11-09
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to
L.A. Story
1991-02-08
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an Engl
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994-12-11
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film
Grace and Grit
2021-06-04
The true love story of iconic philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife Treya in 1980s California as they
Reflections on Titanic
2012-09-10
An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the las
This Is Not a War Story
2021-10-28
A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
Any Day Now
2012-12-14
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and
The Wrong Paris
2025-09-11
Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an e
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019-02-27
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert
Titanic
1997-11-18
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A y
My Sexiest Year
2007-10-17
A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 ye
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
2025-03-11
A personal look at the life, work and untimely death of celebrated indie cinematographer Halyna Hutc
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
2023-12-05
James Cameron, Jon Landau, and Kate Winslet reflect on the making of Titanic, sharing unseen footage
Ruby Road
A terminally ill former coal-truck and school-bus driver sets off in her yellow mini-bus through the