- Born
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Frances Fisher began by apprenticing at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. She spent 14 years based in New York City, playing leads in over 30 productions of plays by such noted writers as John Arden, Noël Coward, Emily Mann, Joe Orton, Sam Shepard, William Shakespeare, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams. She won a Drama Logue Award - Best Ensemble for the American Premier of Caryl Churchill's "Three More Sleepless Nights", played in the American premier of Judith Thompson's "The Crackwalker" and originated roles in Elia Kazan's "The Chain" and Arthur Miller's last play "Finishing the Picture". Besides working with Kazan and Miller, some of Ms. Fisher's more interesting theater experiences were creating roles from two great works of literature: George Orwell's "1984" and Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Ms. Fisher worked at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles alongside Annette Bening and Alfred Molina in Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". Fisher starred in "Sexy Laundry" with Paul Ben-Victor at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles. She studied with Stella Adler and became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio by actually "walking up the stairs" and auditioning for legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg. Ms. Fisher recently completed The Host (2013), Love on the Run (2016), Red Wing (2013) and will work with Catherine Hardwicke in her new film Plush (2013) in August 2012. Ms. Fisher was honored for a Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 in her old hometown of the Pacific Palisades, California.
- IMDb mini biography by: Frances Fisher
- SpouseBilly Mack Hamilton(August 1, 1970 - November 22, 1972) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsOlga Fisher
- RelativesWilliam Fisher(Sibling)Titan Wraith Eastwood(Grandchild)
- Red hair and blue eyes
- Deep smooth voice
- In 1993, Frances gave birth to her child with Clint Eastwood, a daughter named Francesca Eastwood.
- Frances and her daughter, Francesca Eastwood, escaped a fire that engulfed their rented house in North Vancouver, B.C. Francesca leapt 15 feet from a second-story window into the arms of her mother and a neighbor, and her father, Clint Eastwood, flew up to visit her in the hospital where she recovered from smoke inhalation.
- Her father worked in oil refinery construction, so she moved regularly. She was born in England and moved about every year until she was in 7th grade, when the family settled in Orange, Texas.
- Was the original choice for the role of Jill Taylor on Home Improvement (1991) but was replaced at the last minute by Patricia Richardson. A lack of chemistry between Tim Allen and Fisher was named the reason for the switch.
- She has appeared in two films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Unforgiven (1992) and Titanic (1997). Both films won in the category.
- [on leaving Texas] I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
- I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
- Not knowing where your next job is coming from is - something. After Titanic (1997) I didn't work for a year, interestingly enough.
- [on Clint Eastwood] The man is very charismatic with what I'd describe as a quiet power. It just hits you. But I was so naive. I was so unfamiliar with what was to come out of that relationship. I simply felt that this was it, the big one. I had no idea that every woman he meets probably feels as I did.
- Women with low self-esteem are going to continue to get involved with men who are well-connected. And men stray. We know that. I tried to be understanding about that. I tried to be forgiving. But that sort of behavior just doesn't wash with me. In the end I didn't want to be in a relationship in which I wasn't feeling good about myself. So I decided to leave it. I didn't want my daughter growing up seeing her mother not being fully who she could be, pushed down, stifled. Everybody has their own viewpoint but for me the sanctity of the bedroom is the most fundamental importance. I know some women can overlook their partner's occasional infidelities. Not me. And nor would I do that with another woman's man.
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