Frances Fisher

ActorDirectorWriterProducer May 11 (age 73) Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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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

Film

Titanic

Ruth DeWitt Bukater

Film

Unforgiven

Strawberry Alice

Film

Big

Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)

Film

The Lincoln Lawyer

Mary Windsor

Film

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Junie

Film

Holidate

Elaine

Film

The Sinner

Meg Muldoon

Film

Woman in Gold

Barbara Schoenberg

Filmography

Acting (150)

Movies (102)

Rust

as Evelyn Basset

The Wrong Paris

as Birdie

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

as Self

The King Tide

as Faye

Desert Road

as Homeless Woman

Reptile

as Camille Grady

On Sacred Ground

as Ricky

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

2023

as Self / Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)

Awake

as Doris

Grace and Grit

as Sue

This Is Not a War Story

as Dora Casale

Holidate

as Elaine

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Run the Race

as Louise

Shrimp

as Marie

Marrying Mr. Darcy

as Violet Darcy

Another Kind of Wedding

as Tammy Bergman

Love on the Run

as Delores

Unleashing Mr. Darcy

as Violet Darcy

Outlaws and Angels

as Esther

A Beautiful Day

as Bev

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

2016

as Miss Abbot

7.7

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

as D.E. Bristow

Woman in Gold

2015

as Barbara Schoenberg

Portrait of Love

as Doll Dwyer

You're Not You

as Gwen

The M Word

as Carson Riley

The Host

as Maggie Stryder

Plush

as Camila

Red Wing

as Momma B

The Makeover

as Allie Doolittle

The Silent Thief

as Candi Henderson

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

Retribution

as Betty

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

as Amelia Jones

The Seven Year Hitch

as Mrs. Von Hoffman

Any Day Now

as Judge Meyerson

Reflections on Titanic

as Self

The Lincoln Lawyer

as Mary Windsor

The Roommate

as Rebecca's Mom

Grow Up Already

as Mom

Sedona

as Tammy

Golf in the Kingdom

as Eve Greene

Jolene

as Cindy

Backyard Wedding

as Eleanor Tyler

Janie Jones

as Lily

The Perfect Game

as Betty

A Single Woman

as Narrator (voice) / Suffragist

To Love and Die

as Janet

The Kingdom

as Elaine Flowers

Sex and Death 101

as Hope Hartlight (#80)

6.1

In the Valley of Elah

as Evie

My Sexiest Year

as Faye

Mrs. Harris

as Marge Richey Jacobson

5.7

The Night of the White Pants

as Vivian Hagan

Laws of Attraction

as Sara Miller

House of Sand and Fog

as Connie Walsh

Blue Car

as Delia

Glory Days

as Mitzi Dolan

The Rising Place

2001

as Virginia Wilder

6.0

Passion and Prejudice

2001

as Dr. Gwen Barry

8.0

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000

as Ella van Heemstra

6.0

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

as Junie

6.4

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2000

as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss

True Crime

as Cecilia Nussbaum

The Big Tease

as Candy

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

as Self

3.0

Titanic

1997

as Ruth DeWitt Bukater

Wild America

as Agnes Stouffer

Trading Favors

as Librarian

Striptease

as Donna Garcia

Female Perversions

as Annunciata

O. Henry's Christmas

The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie

1995

as Carol Schaefer

4.7

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

as Cora Day

Babyfever

as Rosie

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994

as Dr. Theodora Cushing

4.7

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994

as Self

7.4

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

as Jo Baker

Molly and Gina

as Molly McKenna

Praying Mantis

as Betty

Unforgiven

as Strawberry Alice

Devlin

as Maryellen

L.A. Story

as June

Frame Up

as Jo Westlake

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

1991

as Lucille Ball

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

as Rochelle Bossetti

Sudie and Simpson

as Mrs. Marge Allen

A Promise to Keep

as Sara

Pink Cadillac

as Dinah

Lost Angels

as Judith Loftis

Cold Sassy Tree

as Loma Williams

Heavy Petting

as Self

Big

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

Patty Hearst

as Yolanda

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

Bum Rap

as Phyllis

Heart

as Jeannie

Tough Guys Don't Dance

as Jessica Pond

Broken Vows

as Maureen Phelan

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

1983

as Louise

5.6

Ruby Road

as Ruby

Television (48)

Watchmen

as Jane Crawford

The Rookie

as Evelyn Nolan

The Sinner

as Meg Muldoon

Swedish Dicks

as Warden Johnson

The Expanse

as Elise Holden

Fargo

as Vivian

Resurrection

as Lucille Langston

Masters of Sex

as Edna Eshelman

Rectify

as Peggy

Touch

as Nicole Farington

A Gifted Man

as Blanche Tipton

The Good Guys

as Helen Traynor

Castle

as Matilda King

The Mentalist

as Victoria Abner

Sons of Anarchy

as Honey

Childrens Hospital

as Headmistress

To Love and Die

Private Practice

as Ruby Broome

Saving Grace

as Aunt Cathy

October Road

Eureka

as Eva Thorne

Torchwood

as The Mother

Torchwood

as The Mother

Grey's Anatomy

as Betty Johnson

Criminal Minds

as Antonia Slade

Medium

as Abigail Marsh

Boston Legal

as Carrie

Two and a Half Men

as Priscilla Honeycutt

7.4

Cold Case

2003

as Rachel West (2008)

The Lyon's Den

as Brit Hanley

The Shield

as Rita Denton

Glory Days

as Mitzi Dolan

Good Day Live

as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Joanna Sapphire

Titus

as Juanita Titus

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

2000

as Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss

6.0

Becker

1998

as Dr. Elizabeth Carson

The View

as Self

The Outer Limits

as Lady Julia

Strange Luck

as Angie

as Helen Kingsley

The X-Files

as Lizzy Gill

Law & Order

as Susan Boyd

Roseanne

Matlock

as Nancy Proctor

The Equalizer

as Amanda Kaufman

Newhart

The Edge of Night

as Deborah Saxon

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Wild Blue Moon

Director

Wild Blue Moon

Writer

Ruby Road

Executive Producer