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Portrait of Frances Sternhagen

Acting

Frances Sternhagen

Titles
47movies26TV shows
Career

Active from 1967 to 2014, with a break from 1999 to 2011, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Misery
Misery
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Frances Sternhagen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.9
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.2
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Melancholy 4
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Sci-Fi Thriller 2
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Feel-Good Movie 2
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
RoleAnyActing68Appearances6Other crew1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s11950s41960s41970s91980s191990s212000s62010s5
GenreAnyDrama41Comedy19TV Movie14Romance13Mystery7Thriller7Crime6Science Fiction6Documentary6Horror5Sci-Fi & Fantasy3History2Soap2Action2
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2010s

5 titles · average score 69
Pearl

as Pearl

GoodWatch71
Dolphin Tale

as Gloria Forrest

GoodWatch82
Prohibition

TV show · as Reader (voice)

GoodWatch80
Parenthood

TV show · as Blanche Braverman

2000s

6 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch70
Julie & Julia

as Irma Rombauer

GoodWatch67
The Mist

as Irene Reppler

GoodWatch77
The Closer

TV show · as Willie Ray Johnson

GoodWatch61
Highway

as Mrs. Murray

1990s

21 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch71
Sex and the City

TV show · as Bunny MacDougal

GoodWatch82
The Outer Limits

TV show · as Jean Anderson

GoodWatch51
Reunion

as Tobie Yates

GoodWatch79
ER

TV show · as Millicent Carter

GoodWatch52
Raising Cain

as Dr. Lynn Waldheim

She Woke Up

as Noelle DuVausant

GoodWatch61
Doc Hollywood

as Lillian, Welcoming Committee

GoodWatch52
Golden Years

TV show · as Gina Williams

GoodWatch55
Golden Years

as Gina Williams

GoodWatch81
Misery

as Virginia

GoodWatch74
Law & Order

TV show · as Estelle Muller / Margaret Langdon

All 21 titles from the 1990s

1980s

19 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch48
Communion

as Dr. Janet Duffy

GoodWatch83
The Simpsons

TV show · as Mrs. Bellamy (voice)

At Mother's Request

TV show · as Berenice Bradshaw

GoodWatch65
Resting Place

as Eudora McCallister

GoodWatch52
Prototype

as Dorothy Forrester

GoodWatch52
Romantic Comedy

as Blanche Dailey

GoodWatch84
Cheers

TV show · as Esther Clavin

GoodWatch57
Outland

as Dr. Lazarus

All 19 titles from the 1980s

1970s

9 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch59
Starting Over

as Marva Potter

GoodWatch68
Fedora

as Miss Balfour

The Andros Targets

TV show · as Mrs. Mason

Enemies

as Paulina

GoodWatch53
Two People

as Mrs. McCluskey

GoodWatch70
Great Performances

TV show · as Paulina / Wilma Atkins

GoodWatch78
The Hospital

as Mrs. Cushing

1960s

4 titles · average score 58
GoodWatch74
Up the Down Staircase

as Charlotte Wolf, School Librarian

Profiles in Courage

TV show · as Miss Koeller

1950s

4 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch85
Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV show · as Abigail / Mrs. McAlister

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Mrs. Who

1940s

1 title · average score 65
GoodWatch65
Studio One

TV show · as Betty - Secretary / Mary