ACTOR · BORN 1952
Frances Fisher
- Born
- 11 May 1952
21 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
All facts (21)
- #001
In 1993, Frances Fisher gave birth to a daughter, Francesca Eastwood, with Clint Eastwood.
- #002
Frances Fisher and her daughter Francesca Eastwood survived a fire that engulfed the house they were renting in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Francesca jumped about 5 metres from a second-floor window into the arms of her mother and a neighbour, and her father, Clint Eastwood, flew in to visit her in the hospital where she was treated for smoke inhalation.
- #003
Her father worked in oil refinery construction, so the family moved regularly. She was born in England and moved every year until she reached the seventh grade, when her family settled in Orange, Texas.
- #004
She was the original choice for the role of Jill Taylor in Home Improvement (1991), but Patricia Richardson took the part at the last minute. The change was reportedly due to a lack of chemistry between Tim Allen and Fisher.
- #005
She appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Unforgiven (1992) and Titanic (1997). Both films won the award in that category.
- #006
In The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995), her real-life daughter Francesca Eastwood played her youngest child.
- #007
She was born in the New Forest in Hampshire, England, to an American family. Her father was of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent. Her mother was of Norwegian descent.
- #008
Before Clint Eastwood invited her to move in with him, she shared an apartment with her brother.
- #009
She dated George Clooney in 1995.
- #010
Titan Wraith Eastwood is the grandson of Frances Fisher, the son of her daughter Francesca Eastwood and fitness trainer Alexander Wraith.
- #011
She appeared in two films selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Unforgiven (1992) and Titanic (1997).
- #012
She is an active board member of the Screen Actors Guild.
- #013
During her childhood, she lived for a time in Zonguldak, Turkey, because of her father's work.
- #014
She graduated from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange, Texas, in 1970. After a brief marriage she supported herself working as a nanny, then moved to Manhattan to start her career.
- #015
Both her parents are American, and although she was born in England, she is a United States citizen. She spent her youth in Texas.
- #016
She is close friends with Beth Grant and Diane Ladd.
- #017
Her younger brother William Fisher (b. 1958), whom Frances raised after their mother died in 1967, is a spokesman for "Censure and Move On," the internet movement originally launched to oppose Republican-led efforts to impeach U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- #018
She supported Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign.
- #019
She is the best friend of Sharon Gabet, whom she met on The Edge of Night (1956).
- #020
Frances Fisher's goddaughter is Jasmine Joshua, the daughter of Larry Joshua.
- #021
Frances Fisher was born on exactly the same date as Shohreh Aghdashloo, with whom she appeared in House of Sand and Fog (2003) and The Expanse (2015).
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