Biography
Lisa Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA. She was an American actress, known for Gone Girl (2014), A Cure for Wellness (2016) and Cocktail (1988). She died on June 14, 2021 in New York City, New York, after suffering brain damage from a hit-and-run scooter accident on June 4th.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Six Women
2018
as Holly

A Cure for Wellness
2017
as Hollis
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss ...

The Strongest Man
2015
as Mrs. Rosen
An anxiety-ridden Cuban man who fancies himself the strongest man in the world attempts to recover his most prized possession, a stolen bicycle. On hi...

Gone Girl
2014
as Marybeth Elliott
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he m...

Legally Blondes
2009
as Headmistress Higgins
Moving from England to California, the youngest cousins of Elle Woods must defend themselves when their schools reigning forces turn on the girls and ...

Brothel
2008
as Priscilla
In a once thriving Arizona mining town, a woman starts renovating an abandoned brothel and meets the ghosts who still haunt it.

Freedom Writers
2007
as Karin Polachek
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Combustion
2004
as Mayor Walker
Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who h...

Pumpkin
2002
as Chippy McDuffy
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when...

Dragonfly
2002
as Flora
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.

Without Limits
1998
as Elfriede Prefontaine
The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.

The Jackal
1997
Thanks
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
1996
as Jessica Lewisohn
Laurel has the boyfriend of her dreams, Kevin. He can and will do anything for her. He is totally devoted to her but the downside is that he won't lea...

Last Exit to Earth
1996
as Elder
It is the year 2500 and women are sent back in time to kidnap men to help repopulate the future.

My Son Is Innocent
1996
as Lisa Eubanks
After a brutal nighttime attack on a woman alone in her suburban home, police investigators zero in on teenager Eric Sutter. When the victim identifie...

Miami Rhapsody
1995
as Gynecologist
Even though Gwyn Marcus is engaged to her boyfriend, Matt, she is still afraid of commitment. While she admires her parents' loving relationship, she ...

The Avenging Angel
1995
as Rebecca Heaton
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involvin...

Lieberman in Love
1995
as Woman
Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman ...

Cries from the Heart
1994
as Ms. Tolbert
Michael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being moles...

Sudden Fury
1993
as Barbara Forester
A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.

Revenge on the Highway
1992
as Vi Sams
At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul leaves. Together with a friend he sets out for Vegas to se...

The Presence
1992
as Diana
After their plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean after a storm a group of people scramble to a tropical island. At first the place seems home to palm tr...

A Killer Among Us
1990
as Joanna Westrope
Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, bu...

Cocktail
1988
as Bonnie
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine ar...

Young Guns
1988
as Mallory
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes t...

One Police Plaza
1986
as Erica
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.

Marie: A True Story
1985
as Toni Greer
In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system...

The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Mother Berry
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events chang...

Look Back in Anger
1980
as Alison Porter
Jimmy is a self-loathing and frustrated musician who works at a candy shop. He takes out his rage on his long suffering wife and his business partner ...