Frances Fisher News

Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel announce the 2012 Fall Preview. Highlights include the original movies 'Puppy Love,' 'I Married Who?,' 'Common Law,' 'The Good Witch's Charm' and 'Love at the Thanksgiving Parade.'

This year the "Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement" was presented to Jason Alexander, "A man worthy of the tribute for both his illustrious career and for his support of The Fund over the years," said The Fund's President and CEO, Joe Benincasa. See below for photos from the event!

The 68th annual Theatre World Awards were held Tuesday, June 5th, 2012. View photos from the red carpet arrivals below!

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, played host, on Sunday, April 22nd, to an evening of theatre, music and celebrity readings, that raised thousands in emergency funds to be sent to remaining Holocaust Survivors. An evening written by TV comedy director, Zane Buzby, and produced by Conan Berkley, Zane Buzby and Frances Fisher, used true stories of Holocaust Survivors, in the own words, that were read by such noted artists as Ed Asner, Frances Fisher, Elliott Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan, Randal Keith, Arnold McCuller, Alan Rosenberg and Brenda Russell. Additional readings were given by Rabbi Moshe J. Kushman and Consul General of Israel, David Siegel. See photos from the event below!

Grammy- and Tony-nominated Brenda Russell, Arnold McCuller, Randal Keith, John Kobylt, The Consul General Of Israel and Mr. David Siegel join the cast of The Survivor Mitzvah Project. They will participate alongside celebrity readers such as Ed Asner, Frances Fisher, Elliott Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan and Alan Rosenberg for The Survivor Mitzvah's Project benefit entitled "The Stars Come Out to Help Survivors," on Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30pm.

On Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30pm at the The Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico, a benefit will be held to raise funds for The Survivor Mitzvah Project, in support of the elderly and forgotten Holocaust Survivors in Eastern Europe still suffering over 70 years after the start of the War. Featuring will be Ed Asner, Russell Brand, Frances Fisher, Elliot Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan and Alan Rosenberg with more to be announced.

Grammy- and Tony-nominated Brenda Russell, Arnold McCuller, Randal Keith, John Kobylt, The Consul General Of Israel and Mr. David Siegel join the cast of The Survivor Mitzvah Project. They will participate alongside celebrity readers such as Ed Asner, Frances Fisher, Elliott Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan and Alan Rosenberg for The Survivor Mitzvah's Project benefit entitled "The Stars Come Out to Help Survivors," on Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30pm.

Actor Clint Eastwood and his family are set to star in an upcoming reality show from Bunim/Murray Productions, the company which created such hit shows as 'The Kardashians' and 'The Real World'. MRS. EASTWOOD & COMPANY will premiere on the E! Network on Sunday, May 20 at 10 pm/ET.

Frances Fisher (THE LINCOLN LAWYER), William Atherton ('Life') and Taryn Manning ('Hawaii Five-0'), among others, will star in installments of the original anthology THE UNKNOWN for Crackle.com, the multi-platform video entertainment network.

Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) will join Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award® nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman and will open in the Fall of 2012 at a theatre to be announced.

On Sunday, April 22nd at 7:30pm at the The Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico, a benefit will be held to raise funds for The Survivor Mitzvah Project, in support of the elderly and forgotten Holocaust Survivors in Eastern Europe still suffering over 70 years after the start of the War. Featuring will be Ed Asner, Russell Brand, Frances Fisher, Elliot Gould, Valerie Harper, Lainie Kazan and Alan Rosenberg with more to be announced.

Casa 0101 Theater in association with CoActive Content will present a new co-production of "The King of the Desert," written by Stacey Martino, performed by Rene Rivera, and helmed by Sal Romeo, all Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

As first reported on TVLine.com, actress Frances Fisher will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's A GIFTED MAN to air in early March.

Casa 0101 Theater in association with CoActive Content will present a new co-production of "The King of the Desert," written by Stacey Martino, performed by Rene Rivera, and helmed by Sal Romeo, all Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

Acclaimed actress Jessica Chastain, winner of 2011 New York, Los Angeles and Chicago Film Critics and National Board of Review Awards and recently nominated for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, will make her Broadway debut starring in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress.

The Huffington Post reports that actor Clint Eastwood and his family are set to star in an upcoming reality show from Bunim/Murray Productions, the company which created such hit shows as 'The Kardashians' and 'The Real World'. The show will air on the E! Network.

CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, have announced that the cast of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media's 'The Help' - Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel - will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the 'Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.'