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Frances Conroy

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress / Actress | * 11/13/1953 (70) | Monroe, Georgia (United States of America (USA))
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Frances Hardman Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version of Moira O'Hara in season one of the television anthology series American Horror Story, which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, and as well a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt, and Belle Noir on seven further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse, and Double Feature, respectively. Conroy is the fourth actor who has appeared in most seasons of the show. For her performances in Coven & Double Feature, she was nominated again for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously grow ...

The Aviator

PG-13

2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 50min
Drama
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A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished. ...

6 Souls

R

2010 | 3.0/5 | 1h 52min
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure. ...

Joker

R

2019 | 4.1/5 | 2h 2min
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business. When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owne ...

Six Feet Under

TV-MA

2001 | 4.1/5 | 50min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Frances Conroy

Golden Globe Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Frances Conroy as Actress(60)

as (voice)2023 Nimona
as Old Lady2021 The Power of the Dog
as Dr. Rowley2019 James vs. His Future Self
as Penny Fleck2019 Joker
as Ethel2018 Mountain Rest
as Jane Graham2018 The Tale
as Andrea2016 No Pay, Nudity
as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)2016 Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Claiborne2016 Welcome to Happiness
as Dr. Wagerstein2015 Sequin Raze
as Dara2014 Chasing Ghosts
as Mother2014 Making the Rules
as Maybelle Carter2013 Ring of Fire
as Ma Kent (voice)2013 Superman: Unbound
as herself2012 Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)2011 Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Martha Kent (voice)2011 All Star Superman
as Dolly2011 Waking Madison
as Julia Bloodworth2010 Bloodworth
as Madylyn2010 Stone
as Mrs. Bernburg2010 6 Souls
as Eloise's Mom2009 Love Happens
as Agnes May2009 The Smell of Success
as Trudy Van Uuden2009 New in Town
as Rosie2008 Humboldt County
as Antoinette (voice)2008 The Tale of Despereaux
as Miss Greythorne2007 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
as Camille2006 A Perfect Day
as Lynne Willoughby2006 Ira & Abby
as Dr. Moss2006 The Wicker Man
as Dora2005 Broken Flowers
as Catherine Buttersfield2005 Shopgirl
as Mrs. Hepburn2004 The Aviator
as Ophelia2004 Catwoman
as Bootsie Carp2003 Die, Mommie, Die!
as Paula Burns2002 Maid in Manhattan
as Martha Lassiter1999 Murder in a Small Town
as Ann Putnam1996 The Crucible
as Miss Scover1995 The Neon Bible
as Fiona1995 Journey
as Clare1994 Developing
as Peggy Breen1994 One More Mountain
as Scrawny Shanty Lady1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Irene Reed1993 Sleepless in Seattle
as Christine Downes1992 Scent of a Woman
as Mary Behan1991 Billy Bathgate
as House Owner1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Mrs. Gibbs1989 Our Town
as Ruby Hanson1988 Rocket Gibraltar
as Lyn Kessler1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Lady from Palm Beach1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Lynn1988 Another Woman
1987 LBJ: The Early Years
as Louise Mallard1985 The Joy That Kills
as Waitress1984 Falling in Love
1983 Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
as Sally1983 Keeping On
as Mrs. Watson1982 The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
as Shakespearean Actress1979 Manhattan
as Diana1978 All's Well That Ends Well

TV Shows/Series with Frances Conroy as Actress(36)

as Lydia2024 Beautiful People
as Barb (voice)2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Eileen Wood2019 Dead to Me
as Ms. Clearinet (voice)2018 Summer Camp Island
as Lead Patrol Elf (voice)2018 Summer Camp Island
as Martha Lacy2018 Castle Rock
as Natalie Raven2017 The Mist
as Flora Douglas2017 Young Sheldon
as Faye / Additional Voices (voice)2015 We Bare Bears
as Moira O'Hara2011 American Horror Story
as Myrtle Snow2011 American Horror Story
as Angel of Death2011 American Horror Story
as Gloria Mott2011 American Horror Story
as Bebe Babbitt2011 American Horror Story
as Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham2011 American Horror Story
2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Angie Dinkley (voice)2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Mrs. Dinkley (voice)2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Elspeth Cook2008 The Mentalist
as Eleanor Davis2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Loretta Stinson2005 How I Met Your Mother
as Virginia Hildebrand2004 Desperate Housewives
2003 Nip/Tuck
as Lottie Dottie2003 Arrested Development
as Ruth Fisher2001 Six Feet Under
1999 Stark Raving Mad
as Becky Riley1994 ER
as Mrs. Benson1993 Alex Haley's Queen
as Elizabeth Hendrick1990 Law & Order
as Rosa Halasy1990 Law & Order
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Jean Smith1983 Kennedy
1982 Newhart
1981 Hill Street Blues
as Mrs. Gibbs1971 Great Performances
as Fiona??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Frances Conroy
Born: Friday, 11/13 1953 (November) in Monroe, Georgia (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 70 years + 166 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Ward Melville High School
Spouses (current/former): Jan Munroe
Frances Conroy frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Michael Richardson (15x, Actor)
Sarah Paulson (14x, Actress)
Denis O'Hare (13x, Actor)
Tom Virtue (12x, Actor)
Cole Sanchez (12x, Actor)
Evan Peters (11x, Actor)
Mare Winningham (11x, Actress)
Bobby Moynihan (11x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Mark Casella (10x, Actor)
Woody Allen (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4356, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024