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Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset is an English actress. She began her film career in 1965, first coming to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a most promising newcomer Golden Globe nomination. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), Day for Night (1973) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Deep (1977), and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy.
Birth Name
Winnifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset
Born
Wednesday, 13 September 1944
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Loren & Rose | Rose | 2022 |
| Madeleine Collins | Patty | 2021 |
| Birds of Paradise | Madame Brunelle / academy headmistress | 2021 |
| The Lodger | Elizabeth Dardelin | 2021 |
| Blood Brothers: Civil War | Mrs. Roland | 2021 |
| Very Valentine | Teodora Angelini | 2019 |
| Asher | Dora | 2018 |
| Head Full of Honey | Vivian | 2018 |
| Here and Now | Jeanne | 2018 |
| Magic Lantern | Mary | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Loren & Rose | Rose | 2022 |
| Madeleine Collins | Patty | 2021 |
| Birds of Paradise | Madame Brunelle / academy headmistress | 2021 |
| The Lodger | Elizabeth Dardelin | 2021 |
| Blood Brothers: Civil War | Mrs. Roland | 2021 |
| Very Valentine | Teodora Angelini | 2019 |
| Asher | Dora | 2018 |
| Head Full of Honey | Vivian | 2018 |
| Here and Now | Jeanne | 2018 |
| Magic Lantern | Mary | 2018 |
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self | 2018 |
| Backstabbing for Beginners | Christina Dupre | 2018 |
| Counterpart | Charlotte Burton | 2017 |
| 9/11 | Diane | 2017 |
| Double Lover | Mme Schenker et la mère de Chloé / Mme Schenker / Cholé's Mother | 2017 |
| Graves | Diana Scott | 2016 |
| The Last Film Festival | Movie Star / Claudia Benvenuti | 2016 |
| Miss You Already | Miranda | 2015 |
| Peter and John | Julia Roland | 2015 |
| The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films | Self | 2014 |
| Welcome to New York | Simone | 2014 |
| Discovering Film | Self | 2014 |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 2014 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Dancing on the Edge | Lady Cremone | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Mulberry Child | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2012 |
| 2 Jacks | Diana - 2010 | 2012 |
| Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde | Self / (images d'archives) | 2011 |
| An Old Fashioned Christmas | Isabella | 2010 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Constance Isles | 2010 |
| Two in the Wave | Self | 2010 |
| The Eastmans | Emma Eastman | 2009 |
| An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving | Isabella / Isabella Caldwell | 2008 |
| The Doctors | Herself | 2008 |
| Death in Love | The Mother / Mother | 2008 |
| The Making of 'Casino Royale' | Self - 'Miss Goodthighs' | 2008 |
| Nick Nolte: No Exit | Herself / Self | 2008 |
| Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self / Self - Actress | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Herself | 2007 |
| Carolina Moon | Margaret Lavelle | 2007 |
| Save the Last Dance 2 | Monique Delacroix / Monique | 2006 |
| Cézanne in Provence | Narrator | 2006 |
| Summer Solstice | Alexia | 2005 |
| The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha | Headmistress | 2005 |
| Domino | Sophie Wynn | 2005 |
| Fascination | Maureen Doherty | 2004 |
| The Survivors Club | Carol Rosen | 2004 |
| Latter Days | Lila Montagne | 2004 |
| Swing | Christine / Mrs. Deluca | 2003 |
| Nip/Tuck | James LeBeau | 2003 |
| America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | 2003 |
| Dancing at the Harvest Moon | Maggie Webber | 2002 |
| New Year's Day | Geraldine | 2001 |
| The Sleepy Time Gal | Frances | 2001 |
| In the Beginning | Sarah | 2000 |
| Les gens qui s'aiment | Angie | 2000 |
| Sex & Mrs. X | Madame Simone | 2000 |
| Britannic | Lady Lewis | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Jesus | Mary | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Juliet Barclay | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Self | 1999 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | Self | 1999 |
| Joan of Arc | Isabelle d'Arc | 1999 |
| Witch Hunt | Barbara Thomas | 1999 |
| Let the Devil Wear Black | Helen Lyne | 1999 |
| So Graham Norton | Self | 1998 |
| Dangerous Beauty | Paola Franco | 1998 |
| Ally McBeal | Frances Shaw | 1997 |
| End of Summer | Christine Van Buren / Christine | 1997 |
| The Pat Bullard Show | Self - Actress | 1996 |
| Once You Meet a Stranger | Sheila Gaines | 1996 |
| Hey Arnold! | Madame Parvenu | 1996 |
| September | Pandora | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| La Cérémonie | Catherine Lelievre / Catherine Lelièvre | 1995 |
| Leave of Absence | Nell | 1994 |
| La classe américaine | La femme de l'hélicoptère / The Helicopter Woman (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Les marmottes | Frédérique | 1993 |
| Rosamunde Pilcher | Alexia White | 1993 |
| CrimeBroker | Holly McPhee | 1993 |
| Rossini! Rossini! | Isabella Colbran | 1991 |
| One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
| The Maid | Nicole Chantrelle | 1990 |
| Wild Orchid | Claudia Dennis | 1989 |
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Clare Lipkin / Clare | 1989 |
| The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| La maison de jade | Jane Lambert | 1988 |
| Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Josephine de Beauharnais | 1987 |
| High Season | Katherine / Katherine Shaw | 1987 |
| Choices | Marisa Granger | 1986 |
| Vivement Truffaut | Self / Julie / Julie (archive footage) | 1985 |
| Forbidden | Nina von Halder | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina | 1985 |
| Under the Volcano | Yvonne Firmin | 1984 |
| Aspel & Company | Self - Guest | 1984 |
| Observations Under the Volcano | Self | 1984 |
| Class | Ellen / Ellen Burroughs | 1983 |
| Inchon | Barbara Hallsworth | 1982 |
| Famous T & A | Jennifer Wood / Jennifer Wood (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Rich and Famous | Liz Hamilton | 1981 |
| When Time Ran Out... | Kay Kirby | 1980 |
| Together? | Louise | 1979 |
| People | Self | 1978 |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Natasha / Natasha O'Brien | 1978 |
| The Greek Tycoon | Liz Cassidy | 1978 |
| The Deep | Gail Berke | 1977 |
| The 48th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1976 |
| St. Ives | Janet Whistler | 1976 |
| The Sunday Woman | Anna Carla Dosio | 1975 |
| End of the Game | Anna Crawley | 1975 |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | Herself - Audience Member | 1975 |
| The Spiral Staircase | Helen Mallory / Helen | 1975 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Countess Andrenyi / Countess Elena Andrenyi | 1974 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Le Magnifique | Christine / Tatiana | 1973 |
| Day for Night | Julie Baker | 1973 |
| The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Laura Keaton / Laura | 1973 |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Rose Bean | 1972 |
| Stand Up and Be Counted | Sheila Hammond | 1972 |
| Believe in Me | Pamela | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Secrets | Jennifer Wood | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The Mephisto Waltz | Paula Clarkson | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
| The Grasshopper | Christine Adams | 1970 |
| Airport | Gwen Meighen | 1970 |
| Secret World | Wendy Sinclair / Wendy | 1969 |
| The First Time | Anna | 1969 |
| Bullitt | Cathy | 1968 |
| The Sweet Ride | Vickie Cartwright | 1968 |
| The Detective | Norma MacIver | 1968 |
| The Cape Town Affair | Candy | 1967 |
| Two for the Road | Jackie | 1967 |
| Casino Royale | Miss Goodthighs / Giovanna Goodthighs | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Arrivederci, Baby! | Dancer | 1966 |
| Cul-de-sac | Jacqueline | 1966 |
| The Knack... and How to Get It | Extra | 1965 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Rich and Famous | 1981 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2014 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1985 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1969 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |
