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Birthday:

05-11-1952 (72 years)

Birthplace:

Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is a British-born American actress. She is best 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.

She is also known for her roles as Jane Crawford on the HBO series Watchmen, Mary Windsor in The Lincoln Lawyer, Evelyn Nolan (John Nolan's mother) on CBS's The Rookie, Barbara Schoenberg in Woman in Gold, Gwen in You're Not You, Lucille Langston on ABC's scifi drama Resurrection, Maggie Stryder in The Host (2013), Nicole Farmington on ABC's scifi drama Touch, Blanche Tipton on CBS's A Gifted Man, Elaine Flowers in The Kingdom (2007), The Mother on BBC's Torchwood, Eva Thorne on Syfy's Eureka, Connie Walsh in House of Sand and Fog, Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction, Junie in Gone in 60 Seconds, Donna Garcia in Striptease, Angie in FOX's Strange Luck, June in L.A. Story, and Rochelle Bossetti in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael.

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Unforgiven

Act like Strawberry Alice

event1992 star_border 7.9 top_panel_open

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.

The Kingdom

Act like Elaine Flowers

event2007 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Laws of Attraction

Act like Sara Miller

event2004 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

The Big Tease

Act like Candy

event1999 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford 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.

House of Sand and Fog

Act like Connie Walsh

event2003 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

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 nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.

Rust

event2024 top_panel_open

Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two must outrun legendary U.S Marshal Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton "Preacher" Lang who are hot on their tails. Deeply buried secrets rise from the ashes and an unexpected familial bond begins to form as the mismatched duo tries to survive the merciless American Frontier.

In the Valley of Elah

Act like Evie

event2007 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

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.

Striptease

Act like Donna Garcia

event1996 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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 murder.

Devlin

Act like Maryellen

event1992 star_border 5 top_panel_open

A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.

Female Perversions

Act like Annunciata

event1997 star_border 5.1 top_panel_open

Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But below her veneer of self-confidence lies a darker side, one in which she is driven by bizarre visions and sexual fantasies. After a series of events, including rescuing her sister Madelyn after her arrest for shoplifting, being rejected by her lover John during a surprise visit, and finally, meeting with the Governor regarding her judicial appointment, Eve comes unraveled. In a stunning and climactic conclusion, Eve is forced to confront her fears and, more importantly, herself.

The Audrey Hepburn Story

Act like Ella van Heemstra

event2000 star_border 6 top_panel_open

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.

Lost Angels

Act like Judith Loftis

event1989 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

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?

Wild America

Act like Agnes Stouffer

event1997 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

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, bears and moose.

The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie

Act like Carol Schaefer

event1995 star_border 4.7 top_panel_open

Carol (Fisher) has had a rough time - a recent divorce, 2 young boys to raise, and close call with cancer. All of this emotional strain has brought about a strong desire in her to find the child she gave up for adoption 18 years prior. This is the story of her journey.

Blue Car

Act like Delia

event2003 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Act like Mary Windsor

event2011 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.

Patty Hearst

Act like Yolanda

event1988 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

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.

To Love and Die

Act like Janet

event2008 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

Hildy Young, a fun-loving 30-something 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, she discovers that he's a contract killer and that she may have found her calling.

The Host

Act like Maggie Stryder

event2013 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

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.

Janie Jones

Act like Lily

event2010 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

Act like Dr. Theodora Cushing

event1994 star_border 4.8 top_panel_open

When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who looked down on her.

Tough Guys Don't Dance

Act like Jessica Pond

event1987 star_border 4.6 top_panel_open

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.

Golf in the Kingdom

Act like Eve Greene

event2011 star_border 4 top_panel_open

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.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3

Act like Amelia Jones

event2012 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

When Papi, Chloe, the pups, Uncle Pedro, and their owners move to a hotel, the smallest pup Rosa feels like she doesn't fit in, and Papi wants to make her feel better by showing her how special she is.

The Rising Place

Act like Virginia Wilder

event2001 star_border 6 top_panel_open

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.

Sudie and Simpson

Act like Mrs. Marge Allen

event1990 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

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.

The King Tide

Act like Faye

event2024 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.

Heart

Act like Jeannie

event1987 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Eddie Brennan is a down-and out fighter with nowhere to go but up... and with just the right combination of guts and spirit to become a winner. Once a contender, Brennan is now a washed-up has-been living in a fantasy world halfway between the dreams of his glory days and the dreams of a comeback. And when a set-up fight disguised as a legitimate bout comes his way, he jumps at the chance. No one thinks Eddie can win... least of all his trainer. No one wants Eddie to win... especially the crooked promoters. But Eddie's got something to prove to them all... and to himself. And he'll do anything to show that he's got the heart it takes to be a winner.

Sedona

Act like Tammy

event2011 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

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.

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

Act like Cora Day

event1995 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

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?

Broken Vows

Act like Maureen Phelan

event1987 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

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 deceased man. Father Joseph and the woman, whom he discovers to be the "Nim" in question, embark upon an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's death.

The Makeover

Act like Allie Doolittle

event2013 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

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.

Retribution

Act like Betty

event2012 star_border 6 top_panel_open

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.

Grow Up Already

Act like Mom

event2011 top_panel_open

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.

The Seven Year Hitch

Act like Mrs. Von Hoffman

event2012 star_border 6 top_panel_open

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 common law, having lived together for seven years and, as such, Jennifer can not marry Bryce.

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Act like Self

event1998 star_border 3 top_panel_open

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?

Reptile

Act like Camille Grady

event2023 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.

Plush

Act like Camila

event2013 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

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.

Red Wing

Act like Momma B

event2013 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

A socially thought-provoking and stirring love story based on the French novella, 'François Le Champi' by George Sand.

The M Word

Act like Carson Riley

event2014 star_border 4 top_panel_open

The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".

Hello Actors Studio

Act like Self

event1988 star_border 6 top_panel_open

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For the first time ever, filmmakers have been allowed to film their work.

Backyard Wedding

Act like Eleanor Tyler

event2010 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

Kim Tyler grew up loving her next-door neighbor, Evan Slauson. Now she's all set to have the wedding of her dreams to stable Jeffrey in her parents' backyard, but her ex-husband, and first love—whose parents still live next door—keeps popping up causing her to seriously question her big plans.

Cold Sassy Tree

Act like Loma Williams

event1989 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

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.

You're Not You

Act like Gwen

event2014 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

Praying Mantis

Act like Betty

event1993 star_border 5.1 top_panel_open

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.

Trading Favors

Act like Librarian

event1997 star_border 4.4 top_panel_open

A seductive woman with a violent lover steals a car and entices a teenage boy to join her on a crime spree.

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

Act like Jo Baker

event1994 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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.

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Act like (archive footage)

event2012 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

Portrait of Love

Act like Doll Dwyer

event2015 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

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.

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Act like Junie

event2000 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

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.

Desert Road

Act like Homeless Woman

event2024 top_panel_open

A young woman crashes her car and walks down the road seeking help, only to find no matter which way she walks she ends up back at her car. As night falls, she realizes she’s going to die in this endless loop... unless she can find a way to escape.

On Sacred Ground

Act like Ricky

event2023 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on land that is owned by the Lakota “Sioux” Tribe. The film follows Daniel, a journalist and Afghanistan War military veteran, and Elliot, an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline.

A Promise to Keep

Act like Sara

event1990 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

The Night of the White Pants

Act like Vivian Hagan

event2006 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.

Jolene

Act like Cindy

event2010 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

Act like Lucille Ball

event1991 top_panel_open

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Act like Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss

event2000 top_panel_open

Told in flashbacks as Jackie reflects on her life, mini is divided in two parts: Life as a Kennedy and life after Camelot.

Big

Act like Billy's Mother (Extended Version) (uncredited)

event1988 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Unleashing Mr. Darcy

Act like Violet Darcy

event2016 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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.

Woman in Gold

Act like Barbara Schoenberg

event2015 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

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.

Pink Cadillac

Act like Dinah

event1989 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.

Outlaws and Angels

Act like Esther

event2016 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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 the cold, black night. Come morning, nothing will ever be the same.

The Silent Thief

Act like Candi Henderson

event2012 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

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.

Love on the Run

Act like Delores

event2016 top_panel_open

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.

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

Act like D.E. Bristow

event2016 top_panel_open

A docudrama that dives into the political and economic factors of 1912 that lead to the TITANIC disaster and appalling loss of life.

An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win

Act like Miss Abbot

event2016 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

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.

A Beautiful Day

Act like Bev

event2016 star_border 4.7 top_panel_open

Gene Thompson wakes up knowing that the decision he has made will change his life forever.

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Act like Rochelle Bossetti

event1990 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

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, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

The Roommate

Act like Rebecca's Mom

event2011 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

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 Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

True Crime

Act like Cecilia Nussbaum

event1999 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

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.

Frame Up

Act like Jo Westlake

event1991 star_border 2.5 top_panel_open

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 prison escapees Mick August and Merlin Wells (who is tricked by Govers into electrocuting himself). August tries to claim the bounty on Govers from Will Curran but Sheriff Baker is only one step behind.

Mrs. Harris

Act like Marge Richey Jacobson

event2006 star_border 6 top_panel_open

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.

Babyfever

Act like Rosie

event1994 star_border 2 top_panel_open

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 female attendees all of whom are facing their own ticking biological clocks.

Molly and Gina

Act like Molly McKenna

event1994 star_border 2 top_panel_open

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.

Another Kind of Wedding

Act like Tammy Bergman

event2017 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.

A Single Woman

Act like Narrator (voice) / Suffragist

event2008 star_border 7 top_panel_open

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 American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.

Marrying Mr. Darcy

Act like Violet Darcy

event2018 star_border 6.3 top_panel_open

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 marry Mr. Darcy?

Shrimp

Act like Marie

event2018 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

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.

Run the Race

Act like Louise

event2019 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

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.

O. Henry's Christmas

event1996 top_panel_open

Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and two young women. The second, a young man who receives an insignificant amount of his uncle, as an inheritance. The third concerns two people who make it all possible when they give themselves love as Christmas presents.

Sex and Death 101

Act like Hope Hartlight (#80)

event2007 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale (Ryder) who targets men guilty of sex crime.

Heavy Petting

Act like Self

event1989 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffman, and poet Allen Ginsberg-- recall their earliest sexual experiences.

Bum Rap

Act like Phyllis

event1988 star_border 3.5 top_panel_open

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.

Holidate

Act like Elaine

event2020 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

Awake

Act like Doris

event2021 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

Act like Louise

event1983 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her. At a sidewalk café she runs into Eli, and a very unlikely, funny and touching relationship develops between two lost souls in the big city.

Passion and Prejudice

Act like Dr. Gwen Barry

event2001 star_border 8 top_panel_open

When prim and proper New England college professor Gwen Barry (Titanic's Frances Fisher) hires handsome young prison inmate Dalton Roy (Derwin Jordan) to tend her yard through a prison work furlough program, their mentor-student relationship soon turns into a passionate love affair. But when Dalton completes his prison sentence, meets a pretty young college student (Kandyse McClure), and attempts to start over again on his own, Gwen becomes obsessed with remaining a part of Dalton's life or destroying it completely.

The Perfect Game

Act like Betty

event2009 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

L.A. Story

Act like June

event1991 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Act like Self

event1994 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members who have worked with him over the years.

Grace and Grit

Act like Sue

event2021 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

The true love story of iconic philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife Treya in 1980s California as they fall madly in love and are faced with illness and challenges that threaten to tear them apart.

Reflections on Titanic

Act like Self

event2012 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.

This Is Not a War Story

Act like Dora Casale

event2021 star_border 6 top_panel_open

A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.

Any Day Now

Act like Judge Meyerson

event2012 star_border 7 top_panel_open

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.

The Wrong Paris

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Desperate to get to France for a once-in-a-lifetime art opportunity, Dawn talks her way onto a Bachelor-type dating show set in Paris — only to discover the show is actually set in Paris, Texas as part of a ratings stunt by the producers. Now in jeopardy of losing out on her dreams, Dawn must find a way to get kicked off the show, until a real romance begins to blossom with Trey, the show's handsome and charming bachelor.

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Act like Self - Actress (archive footage)

event2019 star_border 5.5 top_panel_open

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply hanging out with friends, telling anecdotes from his life and recording jazz standards.

Titanic

Act like Ruth DeWitt Bukater

event1997 star_border 7.9 top_panel_open

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

My Sexiest Year

Act like Faye

event2007 star_border 2 top_panel_open

A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired the first stirrings of confidence and love.

Medium

Act like Abigail Marsh (1 ep.)

event2005 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.

Titus

(2 ep.)

event2000 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove. This sitcom was based on Christopher's stand-up comedy act, more specifically his one-man show Norman Rockwell is Bleeding, which was based loosely upon his real-life family; lines from Norman Rockwell is Bleeding were spoken by Titus as commentary. Titus plays an outwardly childish adult, who owns a custom car shop. The show follows him and his dimwitted halfbrother Dave, his girlfriend Erin with the "heart of gold", his goody-goody friend Tommy, and his arrogantly lewd, bigoted and multiple-divorced father Ken "Papa" Titus.

October Road

(1 ep.)

event2007 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

When Nick Garrett was 18, he packed up his truck and said goodbye for a summer road trip that turned into 10 years of being away. He has since become a literary celebrity in New York, living off the fame and fortune of his best-selling novel and movie, based on his hometown friends. To the literary world, Nick defined a generation, but to his hometown, he betrayed them by sharing secrets. Now, without inspiration for a new book, Nick returns to his hometown to find that feelings toward him have changed.

Law & Order

Act like Susan Boyd (1 ep.)

event1990 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

The Shield

Act like Rita Denton (6 ep.)

event2002 star_border 8.1 top_panel_open

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Act like Joanna Sapphire (1 ep.)

event2000 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Torchwood

Act like The Mother (10 ep.)

event2006 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

The exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

Matlock

(2 ep.)

event1986 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.

Cold Case

Act like Rachel West (2008) (1 ep.)

event2003 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Two and a Half Men

Act like Priscilla Honeycutt (1 ep.)

event2003 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Roseanne

(1 ep.)

event1988 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

Newhart

(1 ep.)

event1982 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.

The X-Files

Act like Lizzy Gill (1 ep.)

event1993 star_border 8.4 top_panel_open

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

The Equalizer

Act like Amanda Kaufman (1 ep.)

event1985 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.

Eureka

Act like Eva Thorne (18 ep.)

event2006 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.

The Edge of Night

Act like Deborah Saxon (305 ep.)

event1956 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984. There were 7,420 episodes, with some 1,800 available for syndication.

Becker

Act like Dr. Elizabeth Carson (5 ep.)

event1998 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.

The Lyon's Den

Act like Brit Hanley (13 ep.)

event2003 star_border 9.3 top_panel_open

John "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer," who must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they appear to be. Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington, D.C. – at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague, George Riley – Turner reluctantly accepts the position of managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine in order to save the clinic.

To Love and Die

(1 ep.)

event2008 top_panel_open

A fun-loving 30-something 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, she discovers that he's an assassin and that she may have found her calling.

Act like Helen Kingsley (1 ep.)

event1994 star_border 7.8 top_panel_open

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Glory Days

Act like Mitzi Dolan (9 ep.)

event2002 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Wünderkind author Mike Dolan achieved literary fame at age 21 with a steamy exposé on his seemingly idyllic Maine town. Six years later, he hasn't written another word and reluctantly returns home in search of an antidote... where he is welcomed back with all the warmth of a lynch mob and where various odd and unpleasant occurrences are happening.

Boston Legal

Act like Carrie (1 ep.)

event2004 star_border 7.9 top_panel_open

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.

Saving Grace

(1 ep.)

event2007 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.

Strange Luck

Act like Angie (17 ep.)

event1995 star_border 8 top_panel_open

Strange Luck is an American television series, starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a restaurant, somebody chokes. If I walk into a bank, it gets robbed." Harper's strange luck began when, as a small child, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed everyone else aboard, including both of his parents.

The Outer Limits

Act like Lady Julia (1 ep.)

event1995 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

The Good Guys

(1 ep.)

event2010 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.

A Gifted Man

Act like Blanche Tipton (16 ep.)

event2011 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.

Resurrection

Act like Lucille Langston (21 ep.)

event2014 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.

Castle

Act like Matilda King (1 ep.)

event2009 star_border 8 top_panel_open

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

The Rookie

Act like Evelyn Nolan (2 ep.)

event2018 star_border 8.5 top_panel_open

Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

Sons of Anarchy

Act like Honey (1 ep.)

event2008 star_border 8.4 top_panel_open

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (mother) charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood charter. the charter operates both illegal and legal businesses in the small town of Charming. They combine gun-running and a garage, plus involvement in porn film. Clay, the president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship. especially When Jackson "Jax" Teller discovers that his father had a different view in mind for SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) he goes on a personal quest to cleanse the name and make the club a better place, but at what cost?

The Mentalist

Act like Victoria Abner (1 ep.)

event2008 star_border 8.4 top_panel_open

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Grey's Anatomy

Act like Betty Johnson (1 ep.)

event2005 star_border 8.2 top_panel_open

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

The Sinner

Act like Meg Muldoon (8 ep.)

event2017 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.

Swedish Dicks

Act like Warden Johnson (1 ep.)

event2016 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

Two unlicensed Swedish private investigators try to make a living in Los Angeles.

Fargo

Act like Vivian (1 ep.)

event2014 star_border 8.3 top_panel_open

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

Childrens Hospital

Act like Headmistress (1 ep.)

event2008 star_border 7.2 top_panel_open

A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.

Rectify

Act like Peggy (1 ep.)

event2013 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?

Good Day Live

Act like Self (1 ep.)

event2001 star_border 3 top_panel_open

Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good Day program as part of its newscast. Some FOX stations air up to five hours on weekday mornings, up to three on weekend mornings, (and almost 50% of the programming on these stations contains a locally produced newscast of local news, traffic, national news, weather, sports, business, and public affairs.)

Masters of Sex

Act like Edna Eshelman (4 ep.)

event2013 star_border 7.1 top_panel_open

William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.

Honest Trailers

Act like Ruth DeWitt Bukater (archive footage) (1 ep.)

event2012 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...

Criminal Minds

Act like Antonia Slade (1 ep.)

event2005 star_border 8.3 top_panel_open

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

The Expanse

Act like Elise Holden (2 ep.)

event2015 star_border 8.1 top_panel_open

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Watchmen

Act like Jane Crawford (5 ep.)

event2019 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Touch

Act like Nicole Farington (5 ep.)

event2012 star_border 6.6 top_panel_open

Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.

Private Practice

Act like Ruby Broome (1 ep.)

event2007 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

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