
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-05-11
Place of Birth
Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
Frances Fisher
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
Acting History
2025
The Wrong Paris as Birdie
2025Rust as Evelyn Basset
2025Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna as Self
2024The King Tide as Faye
2024Desert Road as Homeless Woman
2023Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)
2023Reptile as Camille Grady
2023On Sacred Ground as Ricky
2021This Is Not a War Story as Dora Casale
2021Awake as Doris
2021Grace and Grit as Sue
2020Holidate as Elaine
2019Watchmen as Jane Crawford
2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019Run the Race as Louise
2018The Rookie as Evelyn Nolan
2018Shrimp as Marie
2018Marrying Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
2017Another Kind of Wedding as Tammy Bergman
2017The Sinner as Meg Muldoon
2016An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win as Miss Abbot
2016A Beautiful Day as Bev
2016Swedish Dicks as Warden Johnson
2016Titanic: Sinking the Myths as D.E. Bristow
2016Love on the Run as Delores
2016Outlaws and Angels as Esther
2016Unleashing Mr. Darcy as Violet Darcy
2015The Expanse as Elise Holden
2015Woman in Gold as Barbara Schoenberg
2015Portrait of Love as Doll Dwyer
2014You're Not You as Gwen
2014Resurrection as Lucille Langston
2014The M Word as Carson Riley
2014Fargo as Vivian
2013Red Wing as Momma B
2013Masters of Sex as Edna Eshelman
2013Plush as Camila
2013Rectify as Peggy
2013The Host as Maggie Stryder
2013The Makeover as Allie Doolittle
2012Any Day Now as Judge Meyerson
2012Retribution as Betty
2012The Seven Year Hitch as Mrs. Von Hoffman
2012Reflections on Titanic as Self
2012Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! as Amelia Jones
2012The Silent Thief as Candi Henderson
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012Touch as Nicole Farington
2011A Gifted Man as Blanche Tipton
2011Grow Up Already as Mom
2011Golf in the Kingdom as Eve Greene
2011The Lincoln Lawyer as Mary Windsor
2011Sedona as Tammy
2011The Roommate as Rebecca's Mom
2010Jolene as Cindy
2010Janie Jones as Lily
2010Backyard Wedding as Eleanor Tyler
2010The Good Guys as Helen Traynor
2009The Perfect Game as Betty
2009Castle as Matilda King
2008To Love and Die as Janet
2008To Love and Die
2008Childrens Hospital as Headmistress
2008The Mentalist as Victoria Abner
2008A Single Woman as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
2008Sons of Anarchy as Honey
2007My Sexiest Year as Faye
2007Private Practice as Ruby Broome
2007In the Valley of Elah as Evie
2007The Kingdom as Elaine Flowers
2007Saving Grace as Aunt Cathy
2007Sex and Death 101 as Hope Hartlight (#80)
2007October Road
2006Torchwood as The Mother
2006Eureka as Eva Thorne
2006The Night of the White Pants as Vivian Hagan
2006Mrs. Harris as Marge Richey Jacobson
2005Criminal Minds as Antonia Slade
2005Grey's Anatomy as Betty Johnson
2005Medium as Abigail Marsh
2004Boston Legal as Carrie
2004Laws of Attraction as Sara Miller
2003House of Sand and Fog as Connie Walsh
2003Cold Case as Rachel West (2008)
2003The Lyon's Den as Brit Hanley
2003Two and a Half Men as Priscilla Honeycutt
2003Blue Car as Delia
2002The Shield as Rita Denton
2002Glory Days as Mitzi Dolan
2001Good Day Live as Self
2001Passion and Prejudice as Dr. Gwen Barry
2001The Rising Place as Virginia Wilder
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Joanna Sapphire
2000Gone in Sixty Seconds as Junie
2000The Audrey Hepburn Story as Ella van Heemstra
2000Titus as Juanita Titus
1999The Big Tease as Candy
1999True Crime as Cecilia Nussbaum
1998Becker as Dr. Elizabeth Carson
1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
1997Titanic as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
1997The View as Self
1997Wild America as Agnes Stouffer
1997Trading Favors as Librarian
1997Female Perversions as Annunciata
1996Striptease as Donna Garcia
1996O. Henry's Christmas
1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Cora Day
1995Strange Luck as Angie
1995The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie as Carol Schaefer
1995The Outer Limits as Lady Julia
1994Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up as Jo Baker
1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
1994Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman as Dr. Theodora Cushing
1994ER as Helen Kingsley
1994Molly and Gina as Molly McKenna
1994Babyfever as Rosie
1993The X-Files as Lizzy Gill
1993Praying Mantis as Betty
1992Devlin as Maryellen
1992Unforgiven as Strawberry Alice
1991Frame Up as Jo Westlake
1991Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Lucille Ball
1991L.A. Story as June
1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael as Rochelle Bossetti
1990A Promise to Keep as Sara
1990Law & Order as Susan Boyd
1990Sudie and Simpson as Mrs. Marge Allen
1989Cold Sassy Tree as Loma Williams
1989Heavy Petting as Self
1989Pink Cadillac as Dinah
1989Lost Angels as Judith Loftis
1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988Roseanne
1988Bum Rap as Phyllis
1988Patty Hearst as Yolanda
1988Big as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)
1987Heart as Jeannie
1987Tough Guys Don't Dance as Jessica Pond
1987Broken Vows as Maureen Phelan
1986Matlock as Nancy Proctor
1985The Equalizer as Amanda Kaufman
1985The Equalizer as Francesca
1983Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Louise
1982Newhart
1956The Edge of Night as Deborah Saxon
—Ruby Road as Ruby









