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

Born: Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 1930-01-13

Died: 2023-11-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Soldier in Love	Abigail	0
2	1967	Up the Down Staircase	Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian	70
3	1971	The Hospital	Mrs. Cushing	66
4	1972	The Rimers of Eldritch	Wilma Atkins	0
5	1973	Two People	Mrs. McCluskey	42
6	1974	Enemies	Paulina	0
7	1978	Fedora	Miss Balfour	67
8	1978	Who'll Save Our Children?	Nellie Henderson	60
9	1979	Starting Over	Marva Potter	64
10	1980	Mother and Daughter: The Loving War	Mrs. Lloyd	0
11	1980	The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg	Mary Richards	0
12	1981	Outland	Dr. Lazarus	64
13	1983	Independence Day	Carla Taylor	55
14	1983	Romantic Comedy	Blanche Dailey	52
15	1983	Prototype	Dorothy Forrester	58
16	1984	The Dining Room	Various	0
17	1986	Resting Place	Eudora McCallister	62
18	1988	Bright Lights, Big City	Clara	57
19	1989	See You in the Morning	Neenie	59
20	1989	Communion	Dr. Janet Duffy	54
21	1990	Follow Your Heart	Cloe Sixbury	0
22	1990	Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret	Self	0
23	1990	Sibling Rivalry	Rose Turner	51
24	1990	Misery	Virginia	78
25	1991	Coney Island	(voice)	60
26	1991	Golden Years	Gina Williams	59
27	1991	Doc Hollywood	Lillian, Welcoming Committee	64
28	1992	She Woke Up	Noelle DuVausant	50
29	1992	Raising Cain	Dr. Lynn Waldheim	61
30	1992	The Donner Party	voice	68
31	1993	Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story	Mary Rafferty	50
32	1994	Vault of Horror I	Effie Gluckman	50
33	1994	Reunion	Tobie Yates	55
34	1998	The Con	Hadabelle	57
35	1998	To Live Again	Constance Holmes	0
36	1998	Curtain Call	Amy	50
37	2002	The Laramie Project	Marge Murray	65
38	2002	Highway	Mrs. Murray	55
39	2003	Misery Loves Company	Self	70
40	2003	Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star	Self - Actress	60
41	2007	The Mist	Irene Reppler	69
42	2008	When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'	Self	82
43	2009	Julie & Julia	Irma Rombauer	67
44	2011	Dolphin Tale	Gloria Forrest	69
45	2012	Pearl	Pearl	0
46	2014	And So It Goes	Claire	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Betty - Secretary	47
2	1948	Studio One	Mary	47
3	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Mrs. Who	52
4	1951	Love of Life		50
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Abigail	87
6	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. McAlister	87
7	1952	Omnibus		60
8	1954	The Secret Storm		37
9	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	46
10	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	46
11	1964	Another World		54
12	1964	Profiles in Courage	Miss Koeller	50
13	1971	Great Performances	Wilma Atkins	54
14	1971	Great Performances	Paulina	54
15	1977	The Andros Targets	Mrs. Mason	50
16	1982	Cheers	Esther Clavin	76
17	1984	Spencer		50
18	1987	At Mother's Request	Berenice Bradshaw	0
19	1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Dora	60
20	1988	American Experience	(voice)	75
21	1988	American Experience	Self (voice)	75
22	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")	80
23	1989	The Simpsons	Mrs. Bellamy (voice)	80
24	1990	Law & Order	Margaret Langdon	74
25	1990	Law & Order	Estelle Muller	74
26	1991	Golden Years	Gina Williams	60
27	1994	The Road Home	Charlotte Babineaux	0
28	1994	ER	Millicent Carter	78
29	1995	The Outer Limits	Jean Anderson	77
30	1998	Sex and the City	Bunny MacDougal	74
31	2005	The Closer	Willie Ray Johnson	79
32	2010	Parenthood	Blanche Braverman	74
33	2011	Prohibition	Reader (voice)	79