Frances Fisher
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| Frances Fisher | |
 Frances Fisher in a scene from Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter |
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| Born | May 11, 1952 (age 54) Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England |
| Notable roles | Ruth DeWitt Bukater in Titanic |
Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952 in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England) is an English actress resident in the United States.
Before she reached the age of 15, Fisher moved nine times with her father who supervised construction in multiple countries.[1] Upon completing high school in Orange, Texas, Fisher worked as a secretary until she moved to Virginia to perform at the Barter Theatre. A short time later, she would move again to New York City where she first made a name for herself playing Deborah Saxon on the soap opera The Edge of Night from 1976 to 1981; Fisher later was in the cast of Guiding Light as Suzette Saxon. She then spent the next 10 years working on stage in New York and in regional theatres all over the East Coast. Fisher was cast as Lucille Ball in the television movie Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter, which aired to strong ratings and good reviews in 1991.
She has played numerous roles on American television, including parts in the series Strange Luck, Becker, and Titus. She also played a key role in the recent television drama The Lyon's Den and Glory Days.
Her most famous role, however, has been that of society matron Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater (played by Kate Winslet), in the 1997 movie blockbuster Titanic. Fisher has appeared in another Academy Awarded film, House of Sand and Fog. Her numerous theatre credits make up the bulk of her resume: Most recently, she appeared in the last play written by Arthur Miller, Finishing the Picture at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and The Cherry Orchard, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2006.
Fisher worked on four films in 2006, including Pete Berg's The Kingdom, and Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah, in addition to a pilot for NBC/USA entitled To Love and Die in L.A.
She has a daughter, Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood, with actor Clint Eastwood.
Fisher currently serves on the national board of directors of Screen Actors Guild[2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Night of the White Pants (2006)
- Laws of Attraction (2004)
- House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- The Lyon's Den (2003) (TV series)
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
- Titanic (1997)
- Wild America (1997)
- Waiting for Guffman (1996) (uncredited)
- Striptease (1996)
- Strange Luck (1995) (TV series)
- Molly & Gina (1994)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- L.A. Story (1991)
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
- The Guiding Light (1952) (TV series) (1985)
- The Edge of Night (1956) (TV series) (1976 – 1981)
[edit] References
- ^ museumofthegulfcoast.org Notable People - Frances Fisher
- ^ Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors
[edit] External link
Categories: American film actors | American soap opera actors | American television actors | English film actors | English television actors | Law & Order cast members | People from Hampshire | Naturalized citizens of the United States | People from the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area | 1952 births | Living people
