Frances Fisher

You Might Know Her From

All aboard because Frances Fisher is on the show this week. You Might Know Her From Titanic, Watchmen, Jolene, House of Sand and Fog, Laws of Attraction, The Sinner, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Unforgiven. In celebration of Titanniversary (it’s a real holiday for us), we spoke with Frances about her legendary performance as Ruth Dewitt Bukater in the James Cameron blockbuster. We talked about her epic audition, discovering the character from the period dress and her (real) hair, and how she delivered some of the most iconic lines in all of cinema. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We also talked her deleted scenes from Waiting for Guffman, the secrecy surrounding the very prescient Watchmen, and playing gay opposite fellow red head thespian, Jessica Chastain. We’re never letting go of this episode!

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Discussed this week

Leo in Titanic was a delicate boned beautiful woman

Gay or gay adjacent roles: Jolene, Another Kind of Wedding, Female Perversions, Any Day Now

Sex scene with Jessica Chastain in Jolene (31:00)

Previous YMKHF guest Beth Grant

Sex scene with Kathleen Turner in Another Kind of Wedding

Scenes opposite Jean Smart in Watchmen

Was unaware of The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Played gay icon Ruth Dewitt Bukater in James Cameron’s TitanicMali Flynn - casting director for Titanic

Some Titanic castmembers peed in the tank

Frances just did The Lion in Winter at Laguna Playhouse pre-pandemic

Strawberry Alice in Unforgiven (1992)

Miss Kitty in Gunsmoke (not Blazing Saddles, that’s Lily Von Schtupp)

Daughter with Clint Eastwood, Francesca Eastwood

Played Johnny Savage’s mom in a deleted scene from Waiting for Guffman

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (with Christopher Guest)

Frances wanted her dogs in Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! But dog trainers said no

Played Jennifer Connelly’s caseworker in House of Sand and Fog and according to EW (and former YMKHF guest, Shohreh Aghdashloo Ep#72), she put dirt in her luminous hair to look dirtier

Frances Fisher wants to work opposite redheads, Debra Messing and Bryce Dallas Howard

Stars in The Roommate opposite Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly (but could she tell them apart?)

Frances originally cast as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement but was replaced by former guest of YMKHF, Patricia Richardson Ep#118

Annette Bening was so good in Being Julia

Should Tea Leoni, Kelly Ripa, and Annette Bening, and play sisters?? DB says yes

An American Tale and Fievel Goes West are iconic Jewish stories

Lady Gaga helping Liza Minnelli at the Oscars