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
- 2025 · The Wrong Paris as Birdie
- 2025 · Rust as Evelyn Basset
- 2024 · The King Tide as Faye
- 2024 · Desert Road as Homeless Woman
- 2023 · Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Reptile as Camille Grady
- 2023 · On Sacred Ground as Ricky
- 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)
- 2018 · The Rookie as Evelyn Nolan
- 2018 · Shrimp as Marie
- 2017 · The Sinner as Meg Muldoon
- 2016 · Swedish Dicks as Warden Johnson
- 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
- 2014 · You're Not You as Gwen
- 2014 · Resurrection as Lucille Langston
- 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
- 2012 · Any Day Now as Judge Meyerson
- 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 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2012 · Touch as Nicole Farington
- 2011 · A Gifted Man as Blanche Tipton
- 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 · The Good Guys as Helen Traynor
- 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 · Sons of Anarchy as Honey
- 2007 · 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 as
- 2006 · Torchwood as The Mother
- 2006 · Eureka as Eva Thorne
- 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
- 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
- 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 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Wild America as Agnes Stouffer
- 1997 · Trading Favors as Librarian
- 1996 · Female Perversions as Annunciata
- 1996 · Striptease as Donna Garcia
- 1995 · Strange Luck as Angie
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Cora Day
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Lady Julia
- 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
- 1993 · The X-Files as Lizzy Gill
- 1992 · Devlin as Maryellen
- 1992 · Unforgiven as Strawberry Alice
- 1991 · L.A. Story as June
- 1990 · Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Rochelle Bossetti
- 1990 · Law & Order as Susan Boyd
- 1989 · Cold Sassy Tree as Loma Williams
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Dinah
- 1989 · Lost Angels as Judith Loftis
- 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 Nancy Proctor
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Amanda Kaufman
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Francesca
- 1982 · Newhart as
- Future · Ruby Road as Ruby
- 2025 · Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna as Self
- 2021 · This Is Not a War Story as Dora Casale
- 2019 · Run the Race as Louise
- 2018 · Marrying Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
- 2017 · Another Kind of Wedding as Tammy Bergman
- 2016 · An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win as Miss Abbot
- 2016 · A Beautiful Day as Bev
- 2016 · Titanic: Sinking the Myths as D.E. Bristow
- 2016 · Love on the Run as Delores
- 2015 · Portrait of Love as Doll Dwyer
- 2014 · The M Word as Carson Riley
- 2013 · The Makeover as Allie Doolittle
- 2012 · Retribution as Betty
- 2012 · The Silent Thief as Candi Henderson
- 2011 · Grow Up Already as Mom
- 2011 · Golf in the Kingdom as Eve Greene
- 2010 · Backyard Wedding as Eleanor Tyler
- 2008 · A Single Woman as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
- 2006 · The Night of the White Pants as Vivian Hagan
- 2002 · Glory Days as Mitzi Dolan
- 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
- 1996 · O. Henry's Christmas as
- 1995 · The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie as Carol Schaefer
- 1994 · Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up as Jo Baker
- 1994 · Molly and Gina as Molly McKenna
- 1994 · Babyfever as Rosie
- 1993 · Praying Mantis as Betty
- 1991 · Frame Up as Jo Westlake
- 1991 · Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Lucille Ball
- 1990 · A Promise to Keep as Sara
- 1990 · Sudie and Simpson as Mrs. Marge Allen
- 1989 · Heavy Petting as Self
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1983 · Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Louise
- 1956 · The Edge of Night as Deborah Saxon