Frances Fisher

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Frances Fisher in Los Angeles (2010)

Frances Fisher (born May 11, 1952 in Milford-on-the-Sea , Hampshire ) is a British - American theater and film actress . One of her best-known roles is that of Ruth DeWitt-Bukater in the hit film Titanic .

life and career

Her father worked on the construction of oil refineries so she was forced to move often when she was young. On average, she moved once a year until she was in 7th grade. After that, her family stayed in Orange , Texas . She began acting at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia. Fisher studied with Stella Adler .

She spent 14 years mainly in New York, where she starred in over 30 plays by authors such as John Arden , Noël Coward , Emily Mann , Eugene O'Neill , Joe Orton , Sam Shepard , William Shakespeare , Jean Claude Van Italie , Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams .

She won a Drama Desk Award for her role in the American premiere of Caryl Churchill's Three More Sleepless Nights and also starred in the first performance of Judith Thompson's The Crackwalker in the United States. Furthermore, she played roles in The Chain of Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller 's last play Finishing the Picture . In addition, there were roles in well-known plays such as 1984 after George Orwell and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo .

Frances Fisher became known to a worldwide audience for her role as Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Rose, in the disaster film Titanic by James Cameron . In 2006, she returned to the theater stage in the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles back and played there in The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov .

Fisher was married to Billy Mack Hamilton from 1970 to 1972. In 1993 their daughter Francesca Fisher-Eastwood was born, whose father is the actor and director Clint Eastwood .

useful information

Frances Fisher was originally slated for the role of Jill in Listen, Who's That Hammering . However, the audience reacted negatively to Fisher while she was making the pilot. Observers described her portrayal as tearful and desperate. Then she was replaced by Patricia Richardson .

Fisher made several guest appearances in the second season of the series Becker and played the girlfriend of the series hero Ted Danson.

Filmography

Movies

  • 1983: does she know how to bake cakes? (Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?)
  • 1987: Broken Vows (TV movie)
  • 1987: Tough Guys Don't Dance
  • 1987: Heart of a Champion
  • 1988: Patty (Patty Hearst)
  • 1988: What a Wonderful Life (Bum Rap)
  • 1988: Big
  • 1989: Roadhome
  • 1989: Pink Cadillac
  • 1989: Scandal in Cold Sassy (TV movie)
  • 1990: Sudie and Simpson ( Sudie and Simpson , TV movie)
  • 1990: No Time for Tears ( A Promise to Keep , TV movie)
  • 1990: A girl named Dinky (Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael)
  • 1991: LA Story
  • 1991: Lucy & Desi - Behind the Scenes ( Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter , Movie made for TV)
  • 1991: Cobra Attack (Frame Up)
  • 1992: Merciless (Unforgiven)
  • 1992: Devlin - Bloody Intrigue ( Devlin , TV movie)
  • 1993: Deadly mantis ( Praying Mantis , TV movie)
  • 1993: Attack of the 20 Foot Woman ( Attack of the 50 Ft Woman. , TV film)
  • 1994: Babyfever
  • 1994: Molly & Gina
  • 1994: Deadly Game (Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up)
  • 1995: The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (TV movie)
  • 1995: The Whimsical Mr. Cox (The Stars Fell on Henrietta)
  • 1995: The Whiskey Heir (short film)
  • 1996: O. Henry's Christmas (TV movie)
  • 1996: striptease
  • 1996: Female Perversions
  • 1997: Do Me a Favor
  • 1997: Titanic
  • 1997: Wild America
  • 1999: The Big Tease (The Big Tease)
  • 1999: True Crime (True Crime)
  • 1999: Traffic (TV movie)
  • 2000: Gone in 60 Seconds (Gone in 60 Seconds)
  • 2000: The Audrey Hepburn Story (TV movie)
  • 2000: Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (TV movie)
  • 2001: The Rising Place
  • 2001: Passion and Prejudice (TV movie)
  • 2002: Blue Car - Poetry of Summer (Blue Car)
  • 2003: House of Sand and Fog (House of Sand and Fog)
  • 2004: Laws of Attraction
  • 2005: Mrs. Harris - Murder in the Best Circles ( Mrs. Harris , TV movie)
  • 2006: The Night of the White Pants
  • 2007: In the Valley of Elah
  • 2007: Sex and Death 101
  • 2007: Operation: Kingdom (The Kingdom)
  • 2007: My Sexiest Year
  • 2008: Jolene
  • 2008: A Single Woman
  • 2008: To Love and Die (TV movie)
  • 2009: The Perfect Game
  • 2010: Backyard Wedding (TV movie)
  • 2010: Janie Jones
  • 2010: Golf in the Kingdom
  • 2011: The Roommate
  • 2011: Sedona
  • 2011: The Lincoln Lawyer (The Lincoln Lawyer)
  • 2011: Grow Up Already (short film)
  • 2011: Partners (TV movie)
  • 2012: The Perfect Fit (short film)
  • 2012: The Silent Thief
  • 2012: Any Day Now
  • 2012: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3rd
  • 2012: The Seven Year Hitch (TV movie)
  • 2012: Pandora's Box (short film)
  • 2012: Retribution (TV movie)
  • 2013: A candidate to fall in love with ( The Makeover , TV movie)
  • 2013: Souls (The Host)
  • 2013: Plush
  • 2013: Red Wing
  • 2014: The M Word
  • 2014: Luck by my side (You're Not You)
  • 2015: Woman in Gold (Woman in gold)

TV Shows

Awards / nominations

Frances Fisher is a lifetime member of the legendary Actors Studio . At the Screen Actors Guild Awards 1998 , she and her colleagues were nominated in the category Best Performance by an Acting Ensemble ( Titanic ).

Web links

Commons : Frances Fisher  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Frances
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Milford-on-the-Sea , Hampshire , England , United Kingdom