Frances Sternhagen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-01-13 (93 years old)

Deathday

2023-11-27

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Frances Sternhagen

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.

Acting

1990

Misery

as Virginia

1981

Outland

as Dr. Lazarus

2007

The Mist

as Irene Reppler

1991

Doc Hollywood

as Lillian, Welcoming Committee

1984

The Dining Room

as Various

1989

Communion

as Dr. Janet Duffy

1992

Raising Cain

as Dr. Lynn Waldheim

1991

Golden Years

as Gina Williams

1967

Up the Down Staircase

as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian

2011

Dolphin Tale

as Gloria Forrest

1967

Soldier in Love

as Abigail

1986

Resting Place

as Eudora McCallister

1983

Prototype

as Dorothy Forrester

1979

Starting Over

as Marva Potter

1978

Fedora

as Miss Balfour

1983

Romantic Comedy

as Blanche Dailey

1992

1998

The Con

as Hadabelle

1983

Independence Day

as Carla Taylor

1972

The Rimers of Eldritch

as Wilma Atkins

1974

Enemies

as Paulina

2014

1990

Follow Your Heart

as Cloe Sixbury

2002

Highway

as Mrs. Murray

1991

Coney Island

as (voice)

1978

Who'll Save Our Children?

as Nellie Henderson

1973

Two People

as Mrs. McCluskey

1990

Sibling Rivalry

as Rose Turner

1992

She Woke Up

as Noelle DuVausant

1971

The Hospital

as Mrs. Cushing

1994

Reunion

as Tobie Yates

1998

To Live Again

as Constance Holmes

1994

Vault of Horror I

as Effie Gluckman

2009

Julie & Julia

as Irma Rombauer

2002

The Laramie Project

as Marge Murray

1998

2012

Pearl

as Pearl

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