Frances Sternhagen

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Frances Sternhagen

Acting January 13, 1930

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Frances Hussey Sternhagen (January 13, 1930 – November 27, 2023) was an American actress. Sternhagen appeared on and off Broadway, in movies, and on TV beginning in the 1950s, won…

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
The Mist

The Mist

7.0 2007 Movie
Misery

Misery

7.8 1990 Movie
Sex and the City

Sex and the City

7.4 1998 TV Show
Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

6.7 2009 Movie
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Cheers

Cheers

7.6 1982 TV Show
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
The Closer

The Closer

7.8 2005 TV Show
Outland

Outland

6.4 1981 Movie
Doc Hollywood

Doc Hollywood

6.4 1991 Movie

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Frances Hussey Sternhagen (January 13, 1930 – November 27, 2023) was an American actress. Sternhagen appeared on and off Broadway, in movies, and on TV beginning in the 1950s, won a Tony, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    And So It Goes

    Movie Claire

  2. 2012
    Pearl

    Movie Pearl

  3. 2011
    Prohibition

    TV show Reader (voice)

  4. 2011
    Dolphin Tale

    Movie Gloria Forrest

  5. 2010
    Parenthood

    TV show Blanche Braverman

  6. 2009
    Julie & Julia

    Movie Irma Rombauer

  7. 2008
    When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

    Movie Self

  8. 2007
    The Mist

    Movie Irene Reppler

  9. 2005
    The Closer

    TV show Willie Ray Johnson

  10. 2003
    Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

    Movie Self - Actress

  11. 2003
    Misery Loves Company

    Movie Self

  12. 2002
    Highway

    Movie Mrs. Murray

  13. 2002
    The Laramie Project

    Movie Marge Murray

  14. 1998
    Curtain Call

    Movie Amy

  15. 1998
    Sex and the City

    TV show Bunny MacDougal

  16. 1998
    To Live Again

    Movie Constance Holmes

More credits
  1. 1998
    The Con

    Movie Hadabelle

  2. 1995
    The Outer Limits

    TV show Jean Anderson

  3. 1994
    Reunion

    Movie Tobie Yates

  4. 1994
    ER

    TV show Millicent Carter

  5. 1994
    Vault of Horror I

    Movie Effie Gluckman (archive footage)

  6. 1994
    The Road Home

    TV show Charlotte Babineaux

  7. 1993
    Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story

    Movie Mary Rafferty

  8. 1992
    The Donner Party

    Movie voice

  9. 1992
    Raising Cain

    Movie Dr. Lynn Waldheim

  10. 1992
    She Woke Up

    Movie Noelle DuVausant

  11. 1991
    Doc Hollywood

    Movie Lillian, Welcoming Committee

  12. 1991
    Golden Years

    TV show Gina Williams

  13. 1991
    Golden Years

    Movie Gina Williams

  14. 1991
    Coney Island

    Movie (voice)

  15. 1990
    Misery

    Movie Virginia

  16. 1990
    Sibling Rivalry

    Movie Rose Turner

  17. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Margaret Langdon

  18. 1990
    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Movie Self

  19. 1990
    Follow Your Heart

    Movie Cloe Sixbury

  20. 1989
    The Simpsons

    TV show Mrs. Bellamy (voice)

  21. 1989
    Communion

    Movie Dr. Janet Duffy

  22. 1989
    Tales from the Crypt

    TV show Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

  23. 1989
    See You in the Morning

    Movie Neenie

  24. 1988
    American Experience

    TV show (voice)