Frances Fisher
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Titanic
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater 1997
Unforgiven
as Strawberry Alice 1992
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Junie 2000
The Host
as Maggie Stryder 2013
Big
as Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited) 1988
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Mary Windsor 2011
Holidate
as Elaine 2020
The Kingdom
as Elaine Flowers 2007
Woman in Gold
as Barbara Schoenberg 2015
Striptease
as Donna Garcia 1996
Reptile
as Camille Grady 2023
Awake
as Doris 2021
In the Valley of Elah
as Evie 2007
The Roommate
as Rebecca's Mom 2011
True Crime
as Cecilia Nussbaum 1999
You're Not You
as Gwen 2014
House of Sand and Fog
as Connie Walsh 2003