Frances E. Williams
Birthday: Born in 1905-09-17 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Deathday: 1995-01-02
TV Credits
Frank's Place
Character: Miss Marie
Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television season. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star Tim Reid. Frank's Place is the most recent show that ran for only one season which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. TV Guide ranked it #3 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon"....
21 Jump Street
Character: Old Woman on Bus
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults....
A Woman Called Moses
Character: Old Woman in Church
A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada....
Designing Women
Character:
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands....
Movie Credits
The Ambush Murders
Character: Emily Tyson
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him....
The Glove
Character: Grandma Hale
In this actioner, a bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous and angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steel. Rock'em sock'em mayhem ensues....
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Character: Moma Lottie (as Frances Williams)
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game....
Magnificent Doll
Character: Amy
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the ...
Father of Hell Town
Character: Nora
In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish....
Her Sister's Secret
Character: Mathilda
A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his next leave. He is sent overseas and she does not receive his letter and feels abandoned, but she does find out she is pregnant. She gives the child to her married sister and does not see her child again for three years. She returns to her sister's home to reclaim the child, and the soldier, who has been searchi...
The Family Secret
Character:
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder....
Lying Lips
Character: Elizabeth Green
A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt....
The Reckless Moment
Character: Sybil (uncredited)
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal....
A Dream for Christmas
Character: Cassie Thomas
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition....
Together Brothers
Character: Mama Wes
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer....
The Black Klansman
Character: Ellie Madison
After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming a Klansman....
Three Secrets
Character: Delia (uncredited)
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son....
Week-End with Father
Character: Cleo
Two single parents shock their children by falling in love....
Queen for a Day
Character: Anna
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles....
Sister, Sister
Character: Mother Bishop
Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters....