Frances Fisher
Actor
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Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is a British-born American actress. She is 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.
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Run the Race (2019)
As: Louise
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Chris Dowling
Stars: Mykelti Williamson | Frances Fisher | Kristoffer Polaha | Evan Hofer | Tanner Stine
Shrimp (2018)
As: Marie
Shrimp explores the strange, interwoven and often hilarious daily lives of the women and men who work and play in a Los Angeles BDSM den.
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Zelda Williams
Stars: Zelda Williams | Frances Fisher | Danielle Campbell | Conor Leslie | Paulina Singer
Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018)
As: Violet Darcy
Schoolteacher Elizabeth Scott and businessman/philanthropist Donovan Darcy are blissfully in love and newly engaged. As the weeks fly by and the arrangements for their small autumn wedding grow more elaborate and Donovan, wrapped up in his work, is increasingly unavailable. Reminded yet again of their tremendous differences in background and temperament, Elizabeth can’t help but ask herself: should she ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Stars: Frances Fisher | Cindy Busby | Lini Evans | Tammy Gillis | Ryan Paevey
Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
As: Tammy Bergman
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Pat Kiely
Stars: Jessica Paré | Wallace Shawn | Kevin Zegers | Kathleen Turner | Jessica Parker Kennedy
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (2016)
As: Miss Abbot
Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times of an irrepressible 10-year-old African-American girl whose vivid imagination and creativity reinforce her optimism. When shocking national events threaten her sense of security, Melody must find inner strength to restore her hope for a better world.
Runtime: 48 min.
Directed by: Tina Mabry
Stars: Frankie Faison | Frances Fisher | Idara Victor | Marsai Martin | Garrett McQuaid
A beautiful Day (2016)
As: Bev
Gene Thompson wakes up knowing that the decision he has made will change his life forever.
Runtime: 21 min.
Directed by: Phedon Papamichael
Stars: James Brolin | Rick Rossovich | Frances Fisher
Titanic: Sinking the Myths (2016)
As: D.E. Bristow
A docudrama that dives into the political and economic factors of 1912 that lead to the TITANIC disaster and appalling loss of life.
Directed by: Ryan Katzenbach
Stars: Frances Fisher | Ed Asner | Tom Metcalf | Robert Michael Anderson | Alex Paige Fream
Love on the Run (2016)
As: Delores
When Franny woke up this morning it was another day of possibilities to have all her dreams come true. Her optimism can't be silenced even when Rick takes her hostage while robbing a bank.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Ash Christian
Stars: Adam LeFevre | Steve Howey | Frances Fisher | Jen Ponton | Annaleigh Ashford
Outlaws and Angels (2016)
As: Esther
A gang of cold-blooded outlaws narrowly escapes a blood-soaked bank robbery in a grimy frontier town. With a notorious bounty hunter hot on their trail, these nefarious criminals desperately need a place to hide out before night falls. Fate brings them to the home of the Tildons, a seemingly innocent family with two feisty daughters. As the men settle in, an impetuous game of cat and mouse plays out during ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: JT Mollner
Stars: Teri Polo | Frances Fisher | Luke Wilson | Chad Michael Murray | Francesca Eastwood
Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)
As: Violet Darcy
Fishing for direction in life, Elizabeth gets the opportunity of showing her dog in a fancy New York dog show. The judge, Donovan Darcy, comes across as aristocratic and rude, and a chain of misunderstandings unfold during the competition, complicating their attraction to one another.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: David Winning
Stars: Ryan Kennedy | Frances Fisher | Cindy Busby | Elizabeth McLaughlin | Ryan Paevey
Woman in Gold (2015)
As: Barbara Schoenberg
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Simon Curtis
Stars: Helen Mirren | Katie Holmes | Tatiana Maslany | Ryan Reynolds | Max Irons
Portrait of Love (2015)
As: Doll Dwyer
A prominent fashion photographer returns to her small town roots at the request of a friend. Surrounded by both memories and loved ones, she must consider a choice between a successful future and rekindling both the love of her life and of her home.
Directed by: Kristoffer Tabori
Stars: Corbin Bernsen | Frances Fisher | Ella Thomas | Jason Dohring | Bree Williamson
You're Not You (2014)
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Stars: Josh Duhamel | Ali Larter | Hilary Swank | Emmy Rossum | Marcia Gay Harden
The M Word (2014)
The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
Stars: Tanna Frederick | Mary Crosby | Eliza Roberts | Frances Fisher | Michael Imperioli
Red Wing (2013)
As: Momma B
A socially thought-provoking and stirring love story based on the French novella, 'François Le Champi' by George Sand.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Will Wallace
Stars: Luke Perry | Joelle Carter | Bill Paxton | Frances Fisher | Glen Powell
Plush (2013)
As: Camila
A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she soon discovers has a dark past and may be a danger to her and those close to her.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Stars: Xavier Samuel | Cam Gigandet | Frances Fisher | Emily Browning | Dawn Olivieri
The Host (2013)
As: Maggie Stryder
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Jake Abel | William Hurt | Saoirse Ronan | Frances Fisher | Diane Kruger
The Makeover (2013)
As: Allie Doolittle
This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: John Gray
Stars: Frances Fisher | Camryn Manheim | David Walton | Julia Stiles | Gary Galone
Any Day Now (2012)
As: Judge Meyerson
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal system to adopt the child.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Travis Fine
Stars: Garret Dillahunt | Gregg Henry | Alan Cumming | Frances Fisher | Isaac Leyva
Retribution (2012)
As: Betty
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Michael Feifer
Stars: Cynthia Watros | Gary Kohn | Brian Krause | Frances Fisher | Kym Jackson
The Seven Year Hitch (2012)
As: Mrs. Von Hoffman
Jennifer and Kevin are childhood best friends who have lived together, platonically, as adults for many years. When Jennifer decides to marry her cheating, manipulative boyfriend, Bryce Kevin has to stop the wedding to protect her from making, what he believes is, a terrible mistake. With a little help from his brother and neighbor Kevin discovers that he and Jennifer are already legally married due to ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Bradford May
Stars: Natalie Hall | Ryan Doom | George Wendt | Darin Brooks | John Sloan
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 - Viva La Fiesta! (2012)
As: Amelia Jones
When Papi & co move into a luxurious hotel, his youngest pup Rosa feels neglected and he must show her how special she is.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Lev L. Spiro
Stars: George Lopez | Jake Busey | Frances Fisher | Sebastian Roché | Emily Osment
The Silent Thief (2012)
As: Candi Henderson
Brennan is an outcast drifter who threatens to destroy a family's unity by displacing their son, Mike, while he is away at college. The Silent Thief is a thriller that examines familial bonds and the line between sanity and insanity.
Directed by: Jennifer Clary
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton | Cody Longo | John Billingsley | Frances Fisher | Toby Hemingway
Sedona (2012)
As: Tammy
A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tommy Stovall
Stars: Beth Grant | Barry Corbin | Frances Fisher | Christopher Atkins | Seth Peterson
Janie Jones (2011)
As: Lily
A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Stars: Peter Stormare | Elisabeth Shue | Abigail Breslin | Alessandro Nivola | Brittany Snow
Grow Up Already (2011)
As: Mom
After being dumped by his girlfriend Winnie, Andy Mott is determined to win her back -- the only problem is, he's got a LOT of growing up to do.
Runtime: 10 min.
Stars: Odette Annable | Johnny Simmons | Ethan Suplee | Frances Fisher
Golf in the Kingdom (2011)
As: Eve Greene
In 1956, American philosophy student Michael Murphy is on his way to an ashram in India when he stops off in Scotland for one last game of golf. He meets a spirited pro who teaches him about golf and life, and how the two are beautifully intertwined.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Susan Streitfeld
Stars: David O'Hara | Tony Curran | Malcolm McDowell | Frances Fisher | Mason Gamble
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
As: Mary Windsor
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Brad Furman
Stars: Ryan Phillippe | William H. Macy | Josh Lucas | Matthew McConaughey | Marisa Tomei
The Roommate (2011)
As: Alison Evans
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Christian E. Christiansen
Stars: Cam Gigandet | Matt Lanter | Minka Kelly | Aly Michalka | Leighton Meester
Backyard Wedding (2011)
As: Eleanor Tyler
The film centers on Kim Tyler, who is set to have the wedding of her dreams in her parents' backyard, but her ex-husband and first love, whose parents happen to live next door, keeps popping up.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Bradford May
Stars: Alicia Witt | Ryan Bittle | Teddy Sears | Frances Fisher | Markie Post
To Love and Die (2008)
As: Janet
A fun-loving 30-something (Shiri Appleby) with abandonment issues becomes convinced that her dating problems will be resolved if she can only track down the father she never knew. When she finds him (Tim Matheson), she discovers that he's an assassin and that she may have found her calling.
Directed by: Mark Piznarski
Stars: Christine Adams | Frances Fisher | Tim Matheson | Shiri Appleby | Kristin Datillo-Hayward
Jolene (2008)
As: Cindy
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Dan Ireland
Stars: Rupert Friend | Jessica Chastain | Frances Fisher | Dermot Mulroney | Zeb Newman
A Single Woman (2008)
As: Narrator / Suffragist
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Kamala Lopez
Stars: Karen Black | Patricia Arquette | Traber Burns | Jeanmarie Simpson | Joyce Julianne Auer
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
As: Evie
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Paul Haggis
Stars: Susan Sarandon | James Franco | Tommy Lee Jones | Charlize Theron | Frances Fisher
The Kingdom (2007)
As: Elaine Flowers
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Chris Cooper | Jason Bateman | Jamie Foxx | Jennifer Garner | Ali Suliman
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
As: Vivian Hagan
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Amy Talkington
Stars: Nick Stahl | Tom Wilkinson | Frances Fisher | Fran Kranz | Selma Blair
Mrs. Harris (2006)
As: Marge Richey Jacobson
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Phyllis Nagy
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Annette Bening | Cloris Leachman | Frances Fisher | Michael Gross
Laws of Attraction (2004)
As: Sara Miller
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Peter Howitt
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Michael Sheen | Julianne Moore | Parker Posey | Frances Fisher
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
As: Connie Walsh
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy ...
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Vadim Perelman
Stars: Ben Kingsley | Jennifer Connelly | Frances Fisher | Kim Dickens | Ron Eldard
Blue Car (2002)
As: Delia
Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her English teacher, Mr. Auster. But what started out as a mentoring relationship begins to get a bit more complex.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Karen Moncrieff
Stars: David Strathairn | Agnes Bruckner | Frances Fisher | Margaret Colin | A.J. Buckley
The Rising Place (2001)
As: Virginia Wilder
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Tom Rice
Stars: Liam Aiken | Alice Drummond | Frances Fisher | Jackie Bateman | Courtney Campbell
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
As: Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss
Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy and life after Camelot.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Stars: Andrew McCarthy | Tom Skerritt | Joanne Whalley | Frances Fisher | Tim Matheson
Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)
As: Junie
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Giovanni Ribisi | Will Patton | Angelina Jolie | Delroy Lindo
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
As: Ella van Heemstra
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where she succeeds in making it big as a movie actress, in such movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Steven Robman
Stars: Eric McCormack | Emmy Rossum | Frances Fisher | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Keir Dullea
True Crime (1999)
As: Cecilia Nussbaum
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: James Woods | Isaiah Washington | Denis Leary | Clint Eastwood | LisaGay Hamilton
The Big Tease (1999)
As: Candy
Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford (Craig Ferguson) leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find a way to become the mane event. Abhorrent Norwegian Stig is his stiff-as-gel competition. Drew Carey and others make cameo appearances in this hysterical mockumentar
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Kevin Allen
Stars: Donal Logue | David Rasche | Nina Siemaszko | Mary McCormack | Craig Ferguson
Titanic (1997)
As: Ruth Dewitt Bukater
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon ...
Runtime: 194 min.
Directed by: James Cameron
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Kate Winslet | Billy Zane | Kathy Bates | Frances Fisher
Wild America (1997)
As: Agnes Stouffer
Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, b ears and moose.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: William Dear
Stars: Danny Glover | Frances Fisher | Devon Sawa | Jonathan Taylor Thomas | Scott Bairstow
Do Me a Favor (1997)
As: Librarian
She was running from her past , He was walking to his future... everything after that was destiny.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Sondra Locke
Stars: George Dzundza | Rosanna Arquette | Frances Fisher | Devon Gummersall | Julie Ariola
Striptease (1996)
As: Donna Garcia
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Armand Assante | Ving Rhames | Robert Patrick | Demi Moore | Burt Reynolds
Female Perversions (1996)
As: Annunciata
An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Susan Streitfeld
Stars: Clancy Brown | Amy Madigan | Tilda Swinton | Frances Fisher | Karen Sillas
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
As: Cora Day
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: James Keach
Stars: Brian Dennehy | Aidan Quinn | Robert Duvall | Frances Fisher | Lexi Randall
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1994)
As: Jo Baker
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Paul Leder
Stars: Patti D'Arbanville | Wings Hauser | John Saxon | Margaux Hemingway | Cole Hauser
Molly and Gina (1994)
As: Molly McKenna
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Together, they set out to bring the culprits to justice.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Paul Leder
Stars: Natasha Gregson Wagner | Frances Fisher | Stella Stevens | Peter Fonda | Bruce Weitz
Babyfever (1994)
As: Rosie
Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyfriend wanting to pick up where they left off. To further complicate matters, she might be pregnant herself. In the mist of this unsettled personal life, Gena leaves her two men to attend a baby shower party for a girl friend and talks with the various ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Victoria Foyt | Henry Jaglom
Stars: Eric Roberts | Matt Salinger | Victoria Foyt | Frances Fisher
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
As: Dr. Theodora Cushing
Nancy Archer has had an alien encounter and it's left her 50 ft. tall! Now she sees the men in her life from a new angle - looking down on them - and it's time to fight back.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Daniel Baldwin | Frances Fisher | William Windom | Cristi Conaway | Daryl Hannah
Praying Mantis (1993)
As: Betty
A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent but holds a very dark secret which will truly test how strong their relationship can be.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: James Keach
Stars: Barry Bostwick | Chad Allen | Frances Fisher | Colby Chester | Jane Seymour
Unforgiven (1992)
As: Strawberry Alice
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Richard Harris | Gene Hackman | Clint Eastwood | Jaimz Woolvett
Frame Up (1991)
As: Jo Westlake
In the small American town of Orton Creek, David Farmer is accidentally killed by Don Curran, son of town tyrant Will Curran, during a fraternity initiation. The frat boys frame electronic parts salesman Frank Govers for hit-and-run but determined newcomer Sheriff Ralph Baker and his love interest Jo Westlake seek the truth. Govers and girlfriend Lee Ann Hadley hide in a hunting cabin and are captured by ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Paul Leder
Stars: Wings Hauser | Frances Fisher | Bobby Di Cicco | Dick Sargent | Heather Fairfield
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
As: Lucille Ball
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Stars: Frances Fisher | Robin Pearson Rose | Edith Diaz | Bette Ford | John Wheeler
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
As: Rochelle Bossetti
Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Stars: Laila Robins | Stephen Tobolowsky | Jeff Daniels | Winona Ryder | Dinah Manoff
A Promise to Keep (1990)
As: Sara
Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Stars: Dana Delany | Adam Arkin | William Russ | Mimi Kennedy | Frances Fisher
Sudie and Simpson (1990)
As: Mrs. Marge Allen
A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Joan Tewkesbury
Stars: Sara Gilbert | Frances Fisher | John M. Jackson | Louis Gossett, Jr. | Paige Danahy
Cold Sassy Tree (1989)
As: Loma Williams
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Joan Tewkesbury
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Frances Fisher | Lee Garlington | John M. Jackson | Richard Widmark
Pink Cadillac (1989)
As: Dinah
Clint Eastwood plays a bounty hunter who helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Buddy Van Horn
Stars: Jim Carrey | Timothy Carhart | Clint Eastwood | Bernadette Peters | Tiffany Gail Robinson
Lost Angels (1989)
As: Judith Loftis
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Celia Weston | Amy Locane | Adam Horovitz | Don Bloomfield
Bum Rap (1988)
As: Phyllis
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Danny Irom
Stars: Frances Fisher | Anita Gillette | Craig Wasson | Blanche Baker | Al Lewis
Patty Hearst (1988)
As: Yolanda
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for. This created a US scandal and Patty Hearst has become a pop culture fixture. Written by Josh Pasnak
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Stars: William Forsythe | Ving Rhames | Frances Fisher | Natasha Richardson | Jodi Long
Heart (1987)
As: Jeannie
Eddie Brennan, once a boxer with a killer right, is now a has been who loads trucks for a living. A worn out boxer who dreams of making a comeback seems the perfect candidate for a rigged fight against an up and coming young fighter...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: James Lemmo
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Frances Fisher | Brad Davis
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
As: Jessica Pond
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Norman Mailer
Stars: Wings Hauser | Isabella Rossellini | John Bedford Lloyd | Debra Stipe | Ryan O'Neal
Broken Vows (1987)
As: Maureen Phelan
When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he becomes embroiled in a plot which ultimately shakes his faith to its very foundation. Intrigued by the dying man's mention of "Nim," and fascinated by the man's saintly demeanor, Father Joseph's curiosity is redoubled when a beautiful young woman enters his church to question the young priest about the ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jud Taylor
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | M. Emmet Walsh | Frances Fisher | Annette O'Toole | Milo O'Shea
Awake ()
After a devastating global event wipes out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.
Directed by: Mark Raso
Stars: Gil Bellows | Barry Pepper | Gina Rodriguez | Frances Fisher | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Holidate ()
Two single people agree to be each other's plus-ones for each holiday celebration over the course of a year.
Directed by: John Whitesell
Stars: Emma Roberts | Kristin Chenoweth | Frances Fisher | Jessica Capshaw | Luke Bracey