Frances Sternhagen
Biography
Frances Hussey Sternhagen (January 13, 1930 – November 27, 2023) was an American actress. Sternhagen appeared on and off Broadway, in movies, and on TV beginning in the 1950s, won a Tony, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Acting History
2014
And So It Goes as Claire
2012Pearl as Pearl
2011Prohibition as Reader (voice)
2011Dolphin Tale as Gloria Forrest
2010Parenthood as Blanche Braverman
2009Julie & Julia as Irma Rombauer
2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
2007The Mist as Irene Reppler
2005The Closer as Willie Ray Johnson
2003Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star as Self - Actress
2003Misery Loves Company as Self
2002Highway as Mrs. Murray
2002The Laramie Project as Marge Murray
1998Curtain Call as Amy
1998Sex and the City as Bunny MacDougal
1998To Live Again as Constance Holmes
1998The Con as Hadabelle
1995The Outer Limits as Jean Anderson
1994Reunion as Tobie Yates
1994ER as Millicent Carter
1994Vault of Horror I as Effie Gluckman (archive footage)
1994The Road Home as Charlotte Babineaux
1993Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story as Mary Rafferty
1992The Donner Party as voice
1992Raising Cain as Dr. Lynn Waldheim
1992She Woke Up as Noelle DuVausant
1991Doc Hollywood as Lillian, Welcoming Committee
1991Golden Years as Gina Williams
1991Golden Years as Gina Williams
1991Coney Island as (voice)
1990Misery as Virginia
1990Sibling Rivalry as Rose Turner
1990Law & Order as Margaret Langdon
1990Law & Order as Estelle Muller
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1990Follow Your Heart as Cloe Sixbury
1989The Simpsons as Mrs. Bellamy (voice)
1989Communion as Dr. Janet Duffy
1989Tales from the Crypt as Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
1989See You in the Morning as Neenie
1988American Experience as (voice)
1988American Experience as Self (voice)
1988Bright Lights, Big City as Clara
1987The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Dora
1987At Mother's Request as Berenice Bradshaw
1986Resting Place as Eudora McCallister
1984Spencer
1984The Dining Room as Various
1983Prototype as Dorothy Forrester
1983Romantic Comedy as Blanche Dailey
1983Independence Day as Carla Taylor
1982Cheers as Esther Clavin
1981Outland as Dr. Lazarus
1980The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg as Mary Richards
1980Mother and Daughter: The Loving War as Mrs. Lloyd
1979Starting Over as Marva Potter
1978Who'll Save Our Children? as Nellie Henderson
1978Fedora as Miss Balfour
1977The Andros Targets as Mrs. Mason
1974Enemies as Paulina
1973Two People as Mrs. McCluskey
1972The Rimers of Eldritch as Wilma Atkins
1971The Hospital as Mrs. Cushing
1971Great Performances as Wilma Atkins
1971Great Performances as Paulina
1967Up the Down Staircase as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
1967Soldier in Love as Abigail
1964Profiles in Courage as Miss Koeller
1964Another World
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards as Self - Winner
1954The Secret Storm
1952Omnibus
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Abigail
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. McAlister
1951Love of Life
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Mrs. Who
1948Studio One as Betty - Secretary
1948Studio One as Mary