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 mot...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Wrong Paris
2025
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
2025
as Evelyn Basset
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
2025
as Self
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
2024
as Faye
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
2024
as Homeless Woman
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
2023
as Camille Grady
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
2023
as Ricky
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
2021
as Dora Casale
A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.

Awake
2021
as Doris
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
2021
as Sue
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
2020
as Elaine
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
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
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
2019
as Louise
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
2018
as Marie
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
2018
as Violet Darcy
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
2017
as Tammy Bergman
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
2016
as Miss Abbot
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
2016
as Bev
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
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
2016
as Delores
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
2016
as Esther
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
2016
as Violet Darcy
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
2015
as Barbara Schoenberg
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
2015
as Doll Dwyer
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
2014
as Gwen
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
2014
as Carson Riley
The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".

Red Wing
2013
as Momma B
A socially thought-provoking and stirring love story based on the French novella, 'François Le Champi' by George Sand.

Plush
2013
as Camila
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
2013
as Maggie Stryder
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
2013
as Allie Doolittle
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
2012
as Judge Meyerson
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
2012
as Betty
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
2012
as Mrs. Von Hoffman
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
2012
as Self
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!
2012
as Amelia Jones
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
2012
as Candi Henderson
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
2012
as (archive footage)
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
2011
as Mom
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
2011
as Eve Greene
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
2011
as Mary Windsor
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
2011
as Tammy
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
2011
as Rebecca's Mom
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
2010
as Cindy
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.

Janie Jones
2010
as Lily
A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Backyard Wedding
2010
as Eleanor Tyler
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
2009
as Betty
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
2008
as Janet
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
2008
as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
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
2007
as Faye
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
2007
as Evie
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
2007
as Elaine Flowers
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
2007
as Hope Hartlight (#80)
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
2006
as Vivian Hagan
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.

Mrs. Harris
2006
as Marge Richey Jacobson
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)
2005
as Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)
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)
Behind the scenes featurettes on the making of Titanic, included in the special features of the DVD and Blu-ray release.

Laws of Attraction
2004
as Sara Miller
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

House of Sand and Fog
2003
as Connie Walsh
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
2003
as Delia
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
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
2001
as Virginia Wilder
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
2000
as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
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
2000
as Junie
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
2000
as Ella van Heemstra
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
1999
as Candy
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
1999
as Cecilia Nussbaum
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
1998
as Self
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
1997
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
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
1997
as Agnes Stouffer
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
1997
as Librarian
A seductive woman with a violent lover steals a car and entices a teenage boy to join her on a crime spree.

Female Perversions
1997
as Annunciata
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
1996
as Donna Garcia
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
1996
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
1995
as Cora Day
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
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
1994
as Jo Baker
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
1994
as Self
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
1994
as Dr. Theodora Cushing
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
1994
as Molly McKenna
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Togeth...

Babyfever
1994
as Rosie
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
1993
as Betty
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
1992
as Maryellen
A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.

Unforgiven
1992
as Strawberry Alice
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
1992
Director, Writer
A young woman uses witchcraft to take her revenge on an artist who dumped her.

Frame Up
1991
as Jo Westlake
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
1991
as Lucille Ball
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
1991
as June
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
1990
as Rochelle Bossetti
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
1990
as Sara
Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.
Sudie and Simpson
1990
as Mrs. Marge Allen
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
1989
as Loma Williams
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
1989
as Self
Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffma...

Pink Cadillac
1989
as Dinah
A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.

Lost Angels
1989
as Judith Loftis
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
1988
as Self
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
1988
as Phyllis
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
1988
as Yolanda
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
1988
as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)
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
1987
as Jeannie
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
1987
as Jessica Pond
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
1987
as Maureen Phelan
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?
1983
as Louise
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...