- In 1993, Frances gave birth to her child with Clint Eastwood, a daughter named Francesca Eastwood.
- Frances and her daughter, Francesca Eastwood, escaped a fire that engulfed their rented house in North Vancouver, B.C. Francesca leapt 15 feet from a second-story window into the arms of her mother and a neighbor, and her father, Clint Eastwood, flew up to visit her in the hospital where she recovered from smoke inhalation. (December 25, 2001)
- Was the original choice for the role of Jill Taylor on Home Improvement (1991) but was replaced at the last minute by Patricia Richardson. A lack of chemistry between Tim Allen and Fisher was named the reason for the switch.
- Her father worked in oil refinery construction, so she moved regularly. She was born in England and moved about every year until she was in 7th grade, when the family settled in Orange, Texas.
- In the movie The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995), her real-life daughter, Francesca Eastwood, played her youngest child.
- She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Unforgiven (1992) and Titanic (1997).
- Dated George Clooney in 1995.
- Was sharing an apartment with her brother before Clint Eastwood invited her to move in with him.
- Has been an active board member of the Screen Actors Guild.
- She was born in New Forest, Hampshire, England, to American parents. Her father was of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent. Her mother was of Norwegian ancestry.
- Grandmother of Titan Wraith Eastwood, the son of her daughter Francesca Eastwood and fitness trainer Alexander Wraith.
- Is only five years older than Laura Innes, who played her daughter on ER (1994); only eight years older than Julianne Moore, who played her daughter in Laws of Attraction (2004); and only nine years older than Joanne Whalley, who played her daughter in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000).
- She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Unforgiven (1992) and Titanic (1997).
- Graduated from Lutcherstark High School, Orange, Texas, class of 1970. After a short marriage she supported herself by working as a nanny, then moved to Manhattan to start her career.
- She lived in Turkey/Zonguldak for a while in childhood due to her father's job.
- Is close friends with Beth Grant and Diane Ladd.
- Her parents are both American, and even though she was born in England she is a United States citizen. She spent her teenage years in Texas.
- Younger brother William Fisher (b. 1958), raised by Frances after their mother died in 1967, is a spokesperson for the internet movement "Censure and Move On," launched initially to oppose the Republican-led effort to impeach U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- Supported Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign.
- Is best friends with Sharon Gabet, who she met while they were both on The Edge of Night (1956).
- Her goddaughter is Jasmine Joshua, daughter of Larry Joshua.
- Born on exactly the same date as Shohreh Aghdashloo, with whom she appears in both House of Sand and Fog (2003) and The Expanse (2015).
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