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Frances Fisher
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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.
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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.
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Criminal Minds
Private Practice
Castle
ER
Two and a Half Men
The Mentalist
Masters of Sex
Grey's Anatomy
The Rookie
The X-Files
Matlock
Law & Order
The Expanse
Childrens Hospital
Touch
Boston Legal
Becker
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Medium
Newhart
Sons of Anarchy
The Equalizer
Cold Case
Watchmen
The Outer Limits
The Shield
Roseanne
Rectify
Saving Grace
October Road
Fargo
Big
Reflections on Titanic
Sex and Death 101
True Crime
You're Not You
Striptease
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Woman in Gold
The Kingdom
Eureka
Devlin
Torchwood
The Lincoln Lawyer
Reptile
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
A Gifted Man
Unforgiven
Awake
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
The Host
The Roommate
The Lyon's Den
Rust
Titanic
The Wrong Paris
Holidate
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
The Sinner
Praying Mantis
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
The Edge of Night
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