Frances Sternhagen
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.469 |
| Birthday | 1930-01-13 |
| Place of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Also Known As | Francis Sternhagen, Frances Hussey Sternhagen, |
1990
Misery
7.745/5106
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she h...
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Misery
1981
Outland
6.422/669
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while invest...
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Outland
2007
The Mist
6.9/5693
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store wi...
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The Mist
1991
Doc Hollywood
6.352/667
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a ca...
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Doc Hollywood
1984
The Dining Room
0/0
Six actors play over 50 characters across 18 scenes from different families that overlap and intertwine in a single dining room. Set in a typical well...
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The Dining Room
2003
Misery Loves Company
7/2
A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, wri...
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Misery Loves Company
1989
Communion
5.322/183
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
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Communion
1992
Raising Cain
6.073/383
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequen...
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Raising Cain
1991
Golden Years
5.708/53
When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious...
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Golden Years
1967
Up the Down Staircase
7.1/25
Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an...
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Up the Down Staircase
2011
Dolphin Tale
6.9/672
A sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.
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Dolphin Tale
1967
Soldier in Love
0/0
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
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Soldier in Love
1980
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
4/1
A mysterious stranger descends on the small town of Hadleyburg to teach its deceitful residents a lesson.
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1986
Resting Place
6.1/17
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the...
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Resting Place
1983
Prototype
5.778/9
An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the govern...
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Prototype
1979
Starting Over
6.3/65
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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Starting Over
1978
Fedora
6.7/148
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to d...
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Fedora
1983
Romantic Comedy
4.875/24
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being ma...
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Romantic Comedy
1989
See You in the Morning
5.9/18
Three years after his divorce from his model-wife is the psychologist Larry Livingstone ready for a new commitment. He falls in love with the young wi...
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See You in the Morning
1992
The Donner Party
6.8/11
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey p...
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The Donner Party
1998
The Con
5.4/10
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
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The Con
1983
Independence Day
5.5/10
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but...
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Independence Day
1972
The Rimers of Eldritch
0/0
Lanford Wilson's prize-winning drama about life in a played-out coal town in the Midwest. Against the background of a murder trial, the people recall...
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The Rimers of Eldritch
1974
Enemies
0/0
In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to...
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Enemies
2014
And So It Goes
6.034/477
Nobody likes self-centered realtor Oren Little, and he prefers it that way. He's deliberately mean to anyone who crosses his path and wants nothing mo...
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And So It Goes
1990
Follow Your Heart
0/0
An ex-marine, in search of some defining life direction, unexpectedly faces a hurdle when his jeep breaks down in a sparsely populated Wyoming town. W...
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Follow Your Heart
2002
Highway
5.5/137
Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. P...
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Highway
1991
Coney Island
6/1
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous....
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Coney Island
1993
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
5/2
When a woman learns she cannot bear children, her mother decides to be a surrogate for her.
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Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1978
Who'll Save Our Children?
6/1
A childless couple provide shelter for a pair of homeless children. When they try to adopt them the natural parents appear leading to the inevitable c...
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Who'll Save Our Children?
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
0/0
A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Th...
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1988
Bright Lights, Big City
5.675/134
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
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Bright Lights, Big City
1973
Two People
3.833/6
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if pe...
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Two People
1990
Sibling Rivalry
5.1/58
Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour h...
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Sibling Rivalry
1992
She Woke Up
5/2
A socialite comes out of a coma determined to identify her assailant who may be a family member with a motive to strike again.
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She Woke Up
1971
The Hospital
6.564/102
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...
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The Hospital
1994
Reunion
4/3
The undying bond between a mother and her beloved son nearly destroys the lives of an entire family. Jessie Yates (Marlo Thomas) is torn between the g...
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Reunion
1980
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
0/0
A love-hate relationship among three generations of women, spanning 30 years.
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Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
1998
To Live Again
10/1
A loopy mother locks her teenage daughter in her room after allegedly showing signs of being crazy. Over a decade later, somebody finally investigates...
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To Live Again
1994
Vault of Horror I
5.3/3
A compilation of three episodes from the Tales from the Crypt series ("Carrion Death", "None but the lonely heart" and "Abra Cadaver") with some famou...
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Vault of Horror I
2008
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
8.2/6
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.
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When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2003
Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
6/1
This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvel...
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Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star
2009
Julie & Julia
6.714/2187
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose...
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Julie & Julia
2002
The Laramie Project
6.2/56
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage versio...
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The Laramie Project
1998
Curtain Call
4.9/25
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts o...
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Curtain Call
2012
Pearl
0/0
When a midwestern poet (Dan Butler) visits an elderly relative (Frances Sternhagen) to bring news of his mother’s recent death, the visit takes an uns...
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Pearl
1987
Once Again
0/0
Aging rocker flies home to Hoboken, New Jersey, for his elderly father's wedding, meets a nine year old boy who is playing the piano in his dad's apar...
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