Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher

Frances Louise Fisher is a British-born American actress. She began her career in theatre and later starred as detective Deborah ‘Red’ Saxon in the ABC daytime soap opera The Edge of Night. In film, she is known for her roles in Unforgiven, Titanic, True Crime, House of Sand and Fog, Laws of Attraction, The Kingdom, Jolene and The Host.

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Summary Frances FisherFrances Louise Fisher is a British-born American actress. She began her career in theatre and later starred as detective Deborah ‘Red’ Saxon in the ABC daytime soap opera The Edge of Night. In film, she is known for her roles in Unforgiven, Titanic, True Crime, House of Sand and Fog, Laws of Attraction, The Kingdom, Jolene, The Lincoln Lawyer and The Host. In 2019, she starred in the Emmy Award–winning HBO television series Watchmen, an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. Fisher was originally cast to play Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, but was replaced after initial filming because producers felt that her pilot episode performance did not test well with the audience. She was cast in the unaired pilot to the short-lived 1992 ABC summer series Human Target.

In 1991, Fisher was cast as Lucille Ball in the television film Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter, which aired to strong ratings and good reviews. In 2000, Fisher portrayed Audrey Hepburn’s mother, Ella Hepburn, in the biographical film of the actress. Fisher had recurring roles in the CBS sitcom Becker as Dr. Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Carson from 1999 to 2000, and on Fox’s Titus as Juanita Titus. She also starred in a recurring role on the Sci-Fi Channel series Die Eureka. She guest-starred on The Shield, The Sons of Anarchy, Two and a Half Men, and CSI: Crime Scene: Torchwood. In 2017, she and daughter Francesca Eastwood both starred in an episode of Fargo.