Frances Fisher(I)
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
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.
