Frances Sternhagen
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
And So It Goes
2014
as Claire
Pearl
2012
as Pearl
Dolphin Tale
2011
as Gloria Forrest
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
Parenthood
2010
as Blanche Braverman
Julie & Julia
2009
as Irma Rombauer
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
as Self
The Mist
2007
as Irene Reppler
The Closer
2005
as Willie Ray Johnson
Misery Loves Company
2003
as Self
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2003
as Self - Actress
Highway
2002
as Mrs. Murray
The Laramie Project
2002
as Marge Murray
The Con
1998
as Hadabelle
To Live Again
1998
as Constance Holmes
Curtain Call
1998
as Amy
Sex and the City
1998
as Bunny MacDougal
The Outer Limits
1995
as Jean Anderson
Reunion
1994
as Tobie Yates
Vault of Horror I
1994
as Effie Gluckman (archive footage)
ER
1994
as Millicent Carter
The Road Home
1994
as Charlotte Babineaux
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993
as Mary Rafferty
Raising Cain
1992
as Dr. Lynn Waldheim
The Donner Party
1992
as voice
She Woke Up
1992
as Noelle DuVausant
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Lillian, Welcoming Committee
Golden Years
1991
as Gina Williams
Coney Island
1991
as (voice)
Golden Years
1991
as Gina Williams
Misery
1990
as Virginia
Follow Your Heart
1990
as Cloe Sixbury
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Sibling Rivalry
1990
as Rose Turner
Law & Order
1990
as Margaret Langdon
Law & Order
1990
as Estelle Muller
Communion
1989
as Dr. Janet Duffy
See You in the Morning
1989
as Neenie
The Simpsons
1989
as Mrs. Bellamy (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
as Clara
American Experience
1988
as (voice)
American Experience
1988
as Self (voice)
Once Again
1987
as Esther
At Mother's Request
1987
as Berenice Bradshaw
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Dora
Resting Place
1986
as Eudora McCallister
The Dining Room
1984
as Various
Spencer
1984
Prototype
1983
as Dorothy Forrester
Romantic Comedy
1983
as Blanche Dailey
Independence Day
1983
as Carla Taylor
Cheers
1982
as Esther Clavin
Outland
1981
as Dr. Lazarus
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
as Mary Richards
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
1980
as Mrs. Lloyd
Starting Over
1979
as Marva Potter
Fedora
1978
as Miss Balfour
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978
as Nellie Henderson
The Andros Targets
1977
as Mrs. Mason
Enemies
1974
as Paulina
Two People
1973
as Mrs. McCluskey
The Rimers of Eldritch
1972
as Wilma Atkins
The Hospital
1971
as Mrs. Cushing
Great Performances
1971
as Wilma Atkins
Great Performances
1971
as Paulina
Up the Down Staircase
1967
as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian
Soldier in Love
1967
as Abigail
Another World
1964
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Miss Koeller
The Secret Storm
1954
Omnibus
1952
Love of Life
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Abigail
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. McAlister
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mrs. Who
Studio One
1948
as Betty - Secretary
Studio One
1948
as Mary