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.

Filmography

• 2025Out of the Woods
• 2025The Wrong Paris — Birdie
• 2024Desert Road — Homeless Woman
• 2024Rust — Evelyn Basset
• 2024The King Tide — Faye
• 2023On Sacred Ground — Ricky
• 2023Reptile — Camille Grady
• 2021Awake — Doris
• 2021Grace and Grit — Sue
• 2021This Is Not a War Story — Dora Casale
• 2020Holidate — Elaine
• 2019Run the Race — Louise
• Watchmen — Jane Crawford
• 2018Marrying Mr. Darcy — Violet Darcy
• 2018Shrimp — Marie
• The Rookie — Evelyn Nolan
• 2017Another Kind of Wedding — Tammy Bergman
• The Sinner — Meg Muldoon
• 2016A Beautiful Day — Bev
• 2016An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win — Miss Abbot
• 2016Love on the Run — Delores
• 2016Outlaws and Angels — Esther
• Swedish Dicks — Warden Johnson
• 2016Titanic: Sinking the Myths — D.E. Bristow
• 2016Unleashing Mr. Darcy — Violet Darcy
• 2015Portrait of Love — Doll Dwyer
• The Expanse — Elise Holden
• 2015Woman in Gold — Barbara Schoenberg
• Fargo — Vivian
• Resurrection — Lucille Langston
• 2014The M Word — Carson Riley
• 2014You're Not You — Gwen
• Masters of Sex — Edna Eshelman
• 2013Plush — Camila
• Rectify — Peggy
• 2013Red Wing — Momma B
• 2013The Host — Maggie Stryder
• 2013The Makeover — Allie Doolittle
• 2012Any Day Now — Judge Meyerson
• 2012Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! — Amelia Jones
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012Retribution — Betty
• 2012The Seven Year Hitch — Mrs. Von Hoffman
• 2012The Silent Thief — Candi Henderson
• Touch — Nicole Farington
• A Gifted Man — Blanche Tipton
• 2011Golf in the Kingdom — Eve Greene
• 2011Grow Up Already — Mom
• 2011Sedona — Tammy
• 2011The Lincoln Lawyer — Mary Windsor
• 2011The Roommate — Rebecca's Mom
• 2010Backyard Wedding — Eleanor Tyler
• 2010Janie Jones — Lily
• 2010Jolene — Cindy
• The Good Guys — Helen Traynor
• Castle — Matilda King
• 2009The Perfect Game — Betty
• 2008A Single Woman — Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
• Childrens Hospital — Headmistress
• Sons of Anarchy — Honey
• The Mentalist — Victoria Abner
• 2008To Love and Die — Janet
• To Love and Die
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Evie
• 2007My Sexiest Year — Faye
• October Road
• Private Practice — Ruby Broome
• Saving Grace — Aunt Cathy
• 2007Sex and Death 101 — Hope Hartlight (#80)
• 2007The Kingdom — Elaine Flowers
• Eureka — Eva Thorne
• 2006The Night of the White Pants — Vivian Hagan
• Torchwood — The Mother
• Criminal Minds — Antonia Slade
• Grey's Anatomy — Betty Johnson
• Medium — Abigail Marsh
• 2005Mrs. Harris — Marge Richey Jacobson
• Boston Legal — Carrie
• 2004Laws of Attraction — Sara Miller
• 2003Blue Car — Delia
• Cold Case — Rachel West (2008)
• 2003House of Sand and Fog — Connie Walsh
• The Lyon's Den — Brit Hanley
• Two and a Half Men — Priscilla Honeycutt
• Glory Days — Mitzi Dolan
• The Shield — Rita Denton
• 2001Passion and Prejudice — Dr. Gwen Barry
• 2001The Rising Place — Virginia Wilder
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Joanna Sapphire
• 2000Gone in Sixty Seconds — Junie
• 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis — Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
• Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis — Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
• 2000The Audrey Hepburn Story — Ella van Heemstra
• Titus — Juanita Titus
• 1999The Big Tease — Candy
• 1999True Crime — Cecilia Nussbaum
• Becker — Dr. Elizabeth Carson
• 1997Titanic — Ruth DeWitt Bukater
• 1997Trading Favors — Librarian
• 1997Wild America — Agnes Stouffer
• 1996Female Perversions — Annunciata
• 1996O. Henry's Christmas
• 1996Striptease — Donna Garcia
• Strange Luck — Angie
• 1995The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie — Carol Schaefer
• The Outer Limits — Lady Julia
• 1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta — Cora Day
• 1994Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman — Dr. Theodora Cushing
• 1994Babyfever — Rosie
• ER — Helen Kingsley
• 1994Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up — Jo Baker
• 1994Molly and Gina — Molly McKenna
• 1993Praying Mantis — Betty
• The X-Files — Lizzy Gill
• 1992Devlin — Maryellen
• 1992Unforgiven — Strawberry Alice
• 1992Wild Blue Moon — Writer, Director
• 1991Frame Up — Jo Westlake
• 1991L.A. Story — June
• 1991Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter — Lucille Ball
• 1990A Promise to Keep — Sara
• Law & Order — Susan Boyd
• 1990Sudie and Simpson — Mrs. Marge Allen
• 1990Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael — Rochelle Bossetti
• 1989Cold Sassy Tree — Loma Williams
• 1989Lost Angels — Judith Loftis
• 1989Pink Cadillac — Dinah
• 1988Big — Billy's Mother (uncredited)
• 1988Bum Rap — Phyllis
• 1988Patty Hearst — Yolanda
• Roseanne
• 1987Broken Vows — Maureen Phelan
• 1987Heart — Jeannie
• 1987Tough Guys Don't Dance — Jessica Pond
• Matlock — Nancy Proctor
• The Equalizer — Amanda Kaufman, Francesca
• 1983Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? — Louise
• Newhart
• The Edge of Night — Deborah Saxon
• Ruby Road — Ruby, Executive Producer
• The Call

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna — Self
• 2023Titanic: Stories from the Heart — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2012Reflections on Titanic — Self
• 2011Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate" — Self
• 2011The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• 1998Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs — Self
• The View — Self
• 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso — Self
• 1989Heavy Petting — Self
• 1988Hello Actors Studio — Self