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.

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Known For

Law & Order

1990 • as Margaret Langdon

Law & Order

1990 • as Estelle Muller

The Simpsons

1989 • as Mrs. Bellamy (voice)

Sex and the City

1998 • as Bunny MacDougal

Cheers

1982 • as Esther Clavin

ER

1994 • as Millicent Carter

Filmography

2014

And So It Goes

as Claire

Movie - Released: 7/10/2014

2012

Pearl

as Pearl

Movie - Released: 5/1/2012

2011

Dolphin Tale

as Gloria Forrest

Movie - Released: 9/22/2011

Prohibition

as Reader (voice)

TV - Released: 10/2/2011

2010

Parenthood

as Blanche Braverman

TV - Released: 3/2/2010

2009

Julie & Julia

as Irma Rombauer

Movie - Released: 8/6/2009

2008

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/25/2008

2007

The Mist

as Irene Reppler

Movie - Released: 11/21/2007

2005

The Closer

as Willie Ray Johnson

TV - Released: 6/13/2005

2003

Misery Loves Company

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

as Self - Actress

Movie - Released: 2/4/2003

2002

Highway

as Mrs. Murray

Movie - Released: 3/26/2002

The Laramie Project

as Marge Murray

Movie - Released: 1/10/2002

1998

The Con

as Hadabelle

Movie - Released: 3/4/1998

To Live Again

as Constance Holmes

Movie - Released: 3/8/1998

Curtain Call

as Amy

Movie - Released: 12/5/1998

Sex and the City

as Bunny MacDougal

TV - Released: 6/6/1998

1995

The Outer Limits

as Jean Anderson

TV - Released: 3/26/1995

1994

Reunion

as Tobie Yates

Movie - Released: 12/10/1994

Vault of Horror I

as Effie Gluckman (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 7/2/1994

as Millicent Carter

TV - Released: 9/19/1994

The Road Home

as Charlotte Babineaux

TV - Released: 3/5/1994

1993

Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story

as Mary Rafferty

Movie - Released: 5/9/1993

1992

Raising Cain

as Dr. Lynn Waldheim

Movie - Released: 8/7/1992

The Donner Party

as voice

Movie - Released: 10/28/1992

She Woke Up

as Noelle DuVausant

Movie - Released: 1/19/1992

1991

Doc Hollywood

as Lillian, Welcoming Committee

Movie - Released: 8/2/1991

Golden Years

as Gina Williams

Movie - Released: 7/16/1991

Coney Island

as (voice)

Movie - Released: 2/4/1991

Golden Years

as Gina Williams

TV - Released: 7/16/1991

1990

Misery

as Virginia

Movie - Released: 11/30/1990

Follow Your Heart

as Cloe Sixbury

Movie - Released: 4/2/1990

Movie

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/27/1990

Sibling Rivalry

as Rose Turner

Movie - Released: 10/26/1990

Law & Order

as Margaret Langdon

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Law & Order

as Estelle Muller

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Communion

as Dr. Janet Duffy

Movie - Released: 11/10/1989

See You in the Morning

as Neenie

Movie - Released: 4/14/1989

The Simpsons

as Mrs. Bellamy (voice)

TV - Released: 12/17/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Effie Gluckman (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Bright Lights, Big City

as Clara

Movie - Released: 4/1/1988

American Experience

as (voice)

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

American Experience

as Self (voice)

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

At Mother's Request

as Berenice Bradshaw

TV - Released: 1/4/1987

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Dora

TV - Released: 5/21/1987

1986

Resting Place

as Eudora McCallister

Movie - Released: 4/27/1986

1984

The Dining Room

as Various

Movie - Released: 10/19/1984

Spencer

TV - Released: 12/1/1984

1983

Prototype

as Dorothy Forrester

Movie - Released: 12/7/1983

Romantic Comedy

as Blanche Dailey

Movie - Released: 10/7/1983

Independence Day

as Carla Taylor

Movie - Released: 1/21/1983

1982

Cheers

as Esther Clavin

TV - Released: 9/30/1982

1981

Outland

as Dr. Lazarus

Movie - Released: 5/22/1981

1980

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

as Mary Richards

Movie - Released: 3/17/1980

Mother and Daughter: The Loving War

as Mrs. Lloyd

Movie - Released: 1/25/1980

1979

Starting Over

as Marva Potter

Movie - Released: 10/5/1979

1978

Fedora

as Miss Balfour

Movie - Released: 6/29/1978

Who'll Save Our Children?

as Nellie Henderson

Movie - Released: 12/16/1978

1977

The Andros Targets

as Mrs. Mason

TV - Released: 1/31/1977

1974

Enemies

as Paulina

Movie - Released: 1/23/1974

1973

Two People

as Mrs. McCluskey

Movie - Released: 3/18/1973

1972

The Rimers of Eldritch

as Wilma Atkins

Movie - Released: 11/4/1972

1971

The Hospital

as Mrs. Cushing

Movie - Released: 12/14/1971

Great Performances

as Wilma Atkins

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

Great Performances

as Paulina

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1967

Up the Down Staircase

as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian

Movie - Released: 6/28/1967

Soldier in Love

as Abigail

Movie - Released: 4/26/1967

1964

Another World

TV - Released: 5/4/1964

Profiles in Courage

as Miss Koeller

TV - Released: 11/8/1964

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1954

The Secret Storm

TV - Released: 2/1/1954

1952

Omnibus

TV - Released: 11/9/1952

1951

Love of Life

TV - Released: 9/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abigail

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. McAlister

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mrs. Who

TV - Released: 1/30/1950

1948

Studio One

as Betty - Secretary

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

Studio One

as Mary

TV - Released: 11/7/1948