Skip to content
NDISCOVERY
Frances Fisher

Acting

Frances Fisher

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.

Known for

7.7

Eureka

2006 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy

8.4

The X-Files

1993 · TV Series · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0

Castle

2009 · TV Series · Drama · Crime

7.8

ER

1994 · TV Series · Drama

8.3

Fargo

2014 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

7.5

Medium

2005 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

7.7

Cold Case

2003 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

7.2

Newhart

1982 · TV Series · Comedy · Drama

7.0

Matlock

1986 · TV Series · Drama · Crime

7.9

Titanic

1997 · Movie · Drama · Romance

7.3

Becker

1998 · TV Series · Comedy

7.3

Torchwood

2006 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure

7.6

Rectify

2013 · TV Series · Crime · Drama

7.4

Saving Grace

2007 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama

6.6

Touch

2012 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery

7.6

Watchmen

2019 · TV Series · Drama · Crime

Frances Fisher — movies & series · Netflix Discovery