Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher

1952-05-11 Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK 102 Credits

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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 mot...

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The Wrong Paris

2025

Acting

A young woman joins a dating show thinking it's in Paris, France, but it's actually in Paris, Texas. She plots a way to get eliminated until her unexp...

Rust

Rust

2025

as Evelyn Basset

6.4
Acting

Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two mus...

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

2025

as Self

Acting

A personal look at the life, work and untimely death of celebrated indie cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed in a tragic accident...

The King Tide

The King Tide

2024

as Faye

6.9
Acting

After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into...

Desert Road

Desert Road

2024

as Homeless Woman

Acting

A young woman crashes her car and walks down the road seeking help, only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her car. As night f...

Reptile

Reptile

2023

as Camille Grady

6.7
Acting

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, a...

On Sacred Ground

On Sacred Ground

2023

as Ricky

5.3
Acting

Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Da...

This Is Not a War Story

This Is Not a War Story

2021

as Dora Casale

6.0
Acting

A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.

Awake

Awake

2021

as Doris

5.9
Acting

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jil...

Grace and Grit

Grace and Grit

2021

as Sue

4.7
Acting

The true love story of iconic philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife Treya in 1980s California as they fall madly in love and are faced with illness and ...

Holidate

Holidate

2020

as Elaine

7.0
Acting

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the w...

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

4.2
Acting

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply...

Run the Race

Run the Race

2019

as Louise

7.1
Acting

Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college...

Shrimp

Shrimp

2018

as Marie

6.5
Acting

Shrimp explores the strange, interwoven and often hilarious daily lives of the women and men who work and play in a Los Angeles BDSM den.

Marrying Mr. Darcy

Marrying Mr. Darcy

2018

as Violet Darcy

6.3
Acting

Schoolteacher Elizabeth Scott and businessman/philanthropist Donovan Darcy are blissfully in love and newly engaged. As the weeks fly by and the arran...

Another Kind of Wedding

Another Kind of Wedding

2017

as Tammy Bergman

5.2
Acting

A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.

An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win

An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win

2016

as Miss Abbot

7.7
Acting

Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times o...

A Beautiful Day

A Beautiful Day

2016

as Bev

4.7
Acting

Gene Thompson wakes up knowing that the decision he has made will change his life forever.

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

as D.E. Bristow

Acting

A docudrama that dives into the political and economic factors of 1912 that lead to the TITANIC disaster and appalling loss of life.

Love on the Run

Love on the Run

2016

as Delores

1.0
Acting

When Franny woke up this morning it was another day of possibilities to have all her dreams come true. Her optimism can't be silenced even when Rick t...

Outlaws and Angels

Outlaws and Angels

2016

as Esther

5.5
Acting

A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town. With a notorious bounty hunter hot on their trai...

Unleashing Mr. Darcy

Unleashing Mr. Darcy

2016

as Violet Darcy

5.5
Acting

Fishing for direction in life, Elizabeth gets the opportunity of showing her dog in a fancy New York dog show. The judge, Donovan Darcy, comes across ...

Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

2015

as Barbara Schoenberg

7.3
Acting

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis ...

Portrait of Love

Portrait of Love

2015

as Doll Dwyer

5.6
Acting

A prominent fashion photographer returns to her small town roots at the request of a friend. Surrounded by both memories and loved ones, she must cons...

You're Not You

You're Not You

2014

as Gwen

7.4
Acting

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

The M Word

The M Word

2014

as Carson Riley

3.0
Acting

The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".

Red Wing

Red Wing

2013

as Momma B

6.1
Acting

A socially thought-provoking and stirring love story based on the French novella, 'François Le Champi' by George Sand.

Plush

Plush

2013

as Camila

5.5
Acting

A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she soon discovers has a dark past and may be a danger ...

The Host

The Host

2013

as Maggie Stryder

6.3
Acting

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as ...

The Makeover

The Makeover

2013

as Allie Doolittle

5.5
Acting

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Bo...

Any Day Now

Any Day Now

2012

as Judge Meyerson

7.0
Acting

In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the un...

Retribution

Retribution

2012

as Betty

5.8
Acting

Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the...

The Seven Year Hitch

The Seven Year Hitch

2012

as Mrs. Von Hoffman

5.9
Acting

Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her chea...

Reflections on Titanic

Reflections on Titanic

2012

as Self

7.3
Acting

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew sp...

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

2012

as Amelia Jones

6.3
Acting

When Papi, Chloe, the pups, Uncle Pedro, and their owners move to a hotel, the smallest pup Rosa feels like she doesn't fit in, and Papi wants to make...

The Silent Thief

The Silent Thief

2012

as Candi Henderson

5.5
Acting

Brennan is an outcast drifter who threatens to destroy a family's unity by displacing their son, Mike, while he is away at college. The Silent Thief i...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Grow Up Already

Grow Up Already

2011

as Mom

Acting

After being dumped by his girlfriend Winnie, Andy Mott is determined to win her back -- the only problem is, he's got a LOT of growing up to do.

Golf in the Kingdom

Golf in the Kingdom

2011

as Eve Greene

4.0
Acting

In 1956, American philosophy student Michael Murphy is on his way to an ashram in India when he stops off in Scotland for one last game of golf. He me...

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

as Mary Windsor

7.2
Acting

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty cro...

Sedona

Sedona

2011

as Tammy

5.6
Acting

A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric chara...

The Roommate

The Roommate

2011

as Rebecca's Mom

5.4
Acting

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy room...

Jolene

Jolene

2010

as Cindy

6.3
Acting

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.

Janie Jones

Janie Jones

2010

as Lily

6.2
Acting

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Backyard Wedding

Backyard Wedding

2010

as Eleanor Tyler

6.3
Acting

Kim Tyler grew up loving her next-door neighbor, Evan Slauson. Now she's all set to have the wedding of her dreams to stable Jeffrey in her parents' b...

The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game

2009

as Betty

7.1
Acting

Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

To Love and Die

To Love and Die

2008

as Janet

5.9
Acting

Hildy Young, a fun-loving 30-something with abandonment issues, becomes convinced that her dating problems will be resolved if she can only track down...

A Single Woman

A Single Woman

2008

as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist

7.0
Acting

A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and...

My Sexiest Year

My Sexiest Year

2007

as Faye

1.5
Acting

A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired th...

In the Valley of Elah

In the Valley of Elah

2007

as Evie

6.8
Acting

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of d...

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

2007

as Elaine Flowers

6.7
Acting

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Sex and Death 101

Sex and Death 101

2007

as Hope Hartlight (#80)

6.2
Acting

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets wors...

The Night of the White Pants

The Night of the White Pants

2006

as Vivian Hagan

5.5
Acting

The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

as Marge Richey Jacobson

5.9
Acting

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean ...

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

2005

as Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)

Acting

A light-hearted documentary dedicated to the cast and crew of Titanic, created by directors of photography, Ed W. Marsh, and Anders Falk.

Titanic: Behind The Scenes

2005

as Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)

Acting

Behind the scenes featurettes on the making of Titanic, included in the special features of the DVD and Blu-ray release.

Laws of Attraction

Laws of Attraction

2004

as Sara Miller

5.8
Acting

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

2003

as Connie Walsh

7.2
Acting

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. ...

Blue Car

Blue Car

2003

as Delia

6.2
Acting

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and enc...

Passion and Prejudice

2001

as Dr. Gwen Barry

8.0
Acting

When prim and proper New England college professor Gwen Barry (Titanic's Frances Fisher) hires handsome young prison inmate Dalton Roy (Derwin Jordan)...

The Rising Place

The Rising Place

2001

as Virginia Wilder

6.0
Acting

The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injust...

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2000

as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss

Acting

Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy and life after Camelot.

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

as Junie

6.4
Acting

Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" R...

The Audrey Hepburn Story

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000

as Ella van Heemstra

6.0
Acting

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and...

The Big Tease

The Big Tease

1999

as Candy

5.7
Acting

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the ev...

True Crime

True Crime

1999

as Cecilia Nussbaum

6.5
Acting

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row ...

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

as Self

3.0
Acting

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does mar...

Titanic

Titanic

1997

as Ruth DeWitt Bukater

7.9
Acting

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fian...

Wild America

Wild America

1997

as Agnes Stouffer

6.1
Acting

Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they...

Trading Favors

Trading Favors

1997

as Librarian

4.4
Acting

A seductive woman with a violent lover steals a car and entices a teenage boy to join her on a crime spree.

Female Perversions

Female Perversions

1997

as Annunciata

5.0
Acting

Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But below her veneer of self-confidence lies a darker side...

Striptease

Striptease

1996

as Donna Garcia

5.5
Acting

Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the ...

O. Henry's Christmas

O. Henry's Christmas

1996

Acting

Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and two young women. The second, a young man who recei...

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995

as Cora Day

6.1
Acting

The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconv...

The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie

1995

as Carol Schaefer

4.7
Acting

Carol (Fisher) has had a rough time - a recent divorce, 2 young boys to raise, and close call with cancer. All of this emotional strain has brought ab...

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

1994

as Jo Baker

5.5
Acting

The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the w...

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994

as Self

7.4
Acting

A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, f...

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994

as Dr. Theodora Cushing

4.8
Acting

When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who look...

Molly and Gina

Molly and Gina

1994

as Molly McKenna

2.6
Acting

Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Togeth...

Babyfever

Babyfever

1994

as Rosie

2.0
Acting

Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyf...

Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

1993

as Betty

5.1
Acting

A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent but holds a very dark secret which will truly te...

Devlin

Devlin

1992

as Maryellen

5.0
Acting

A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

1992

as Strawberry Alice

7.9
Acting

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one las...

Wild Blue Moon

Wild Blue Moon

1992

Director, Writer

4.5
Directing Writing

A young woman uses witchcraft to take her revenge on an artist who dumped her.

Frame Up

Frame Up

1991

as Jo Westlake

2.5
Acting

In the small American town of Orton Creek, David Farmer is accidentally killed by Don Curran, son of town tyrant Will Curran, during a fraternity init...

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

1991

as Lucille Ball

Acting

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

L.A. Story

L.A. Story

1991

as June

6.5
Acting

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make ...

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990

as Rochelle Bossetti

6.2
Acting

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to de...

A Promise to Keep

A Promise to Keep

1990

as Sara

7.5
Acting

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

Sudie and Simpson

1990

as Mrs. Marge Allen

6.5
Acting

A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 194...

Cold Sassy Tree

Cold Sassy Tree

1989

as Loma Williams

6.5
Acting

In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three we...

Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting

1989

as Self

5.6
Acting

Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffma...

Pink Cadillac

Pink Cadillac

1989

as Dinah

5.5
Acting

A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.

Lost Angels

Lost Angels

1989

as Judith Loftis

6.1
Acting

Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a t...

Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

1988

as Self

6.0
Acting

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For ...

Bum Rap

Bum Rap

1988

as Phyllis

3.5
Acting

Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he go...

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst

1988

as Yolanda

5.6
Acting

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an...

Big

Big

1988

as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grow...

Heart

Heart

1987

as Jeannie

4.3
Acting

Eddie Brennan is a down-and out fighter with nowhere to go but up... and with just the right combination of guts and spirit to become a winner. Once a...

Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987

as Jessica Pond

4.8
Acting

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...

Broken Vows

Broken Vows

1987

as Maureen Phelan

5.0
Acting

When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he becomes embroiled in a plot which ultimately shakes hi...

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

1983

as Louise

5.7
Acting

Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a...