Frances Conroy

Actor Mar 15 (age 73) Monroe, Georgia, USA 1971–2023 (52 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

Frances Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is an American actress. She is most widely known for playing the matriarch Ruth O'Connor Fisher Sibley on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under, which earned her a Golden Globe in 2004.

Known For

Film

Joker

Penny Fleck

Film

American Horror Story

Myrtle Snow

Film

Scent of a Woman

Christine Downes

Film

The Aviator

Mrs. Hepburn

Film

Manhattan

Shakespearean Actress

Film

Six Feet Under

Ruth Fisher

Film

Nimona

The Director (voice)

Film

The Power of the Dog

Old Lady

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (65)

Nimona

2023

as The Director (voice)

The Power of the Dog

as Old Lady

Joker

as Penny Fleck

James vs. His Future Self

as Dr. Rowley

The Tale

as Jane Graham

Mountain Rest

as Ethel

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

2016

as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)

No Pay, Nudity

as Andrea Gottlieb

Welcome to Happiness

as Claiborne

Chasing Ghosts

as Dara

Making the Rules

as Mother

Superman: Unbound

as Ma Kent (voice)

Sequin Raze

as Dr. Wagerstein

Ring of Fire

as Maybelle Carter

Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story

2012

as Self

9.2

All Star Superman

2011

as Martha Kent (voice)

6.8

Stay Cool

2011

as Mrs. Leuchtenberger

4.9

Waking Madison

2011

as Dolly

5.5

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

2011

as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)

6.3

Behind Bars: The Making of Stone

as Self

The Smell of Success

as Agnes May

Stone

as Madylyn

6 Souls

as Mrs. Bernburg

Bloodworth

as Julia Bloodworth

Love Happens

as Eloise's Mom

New in Town

as Trudy Van Uuden

The Tale of Despereaux

2008

as Antoinette (voice)

6.1

Humboldt County

2008

as Rosie

5.6

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

as Miss Greythorne

The Wicker Man

as Dr. Moss

A Perfect Day

as Camille

Ira & Abby

as Lynne Willoughby

Shopgirl

as Catherine Buttersfield

Broken Flowers

as Dora

The Aviator

as Mrs. Hepburn

Catwoman

as Ophelia

Die, Mommie, Die!

as Bootsie Carp

Maid in Manhattan

as Paula Burns

Murder in a Small Town

as Martha Lassiter

The Crucible

as Ann Putnam

Angela

as Anne's Mother

The Neon Bible

as Miss Scover

Journey

as Fiona

Developing

as Clare

One More Mountain

as Peggy Breen

Sleepless in Seattle

as Irene Reed

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993

as Scrawny Shanty Lady

Scent of a Woman

as Christine Downes

Billy Bathgate

as Mary Behan

Crimes and Misdemeanors

as House Owner

Our Town

as Mrs. Gibbs

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988

as Lady from Palm Beach

Another Woman

as Lynn

Rocket Gibraltar

as Ruby Hanson

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

1988

as Lyn Kessler

6.0

Amazing Grace and Chuck

as Pamela

LBJ: The Early Years

The Joy That Kills

as Louise Mallard

Falling in Love

1984

as Waitress

6.7

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

1983

Keeping On

1983

as Sally

Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences

1982

as Mother / Lilian Steichen

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

1982

as Mrs. Watson

4.7

Manhattan

1979

as Shakespearean Actress

7.7

All's Well That Ends Well

1978

as Diana

5.0

Television (32)

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

as Barb (voice)

Dead to Me

as Eileen Wood

Summer Camp Island

as Ms. Clearinet (voice)

Castle Rock

as Martha Lacy

Young Sheldon

as Flora Douglas

The Mist

as Natalie Raven

Bornebusch i tevefabriken

2016

as Guest

We Bare Bears

2015

as Faye / Additional Voices (voice)

7.7

Getting On

2013

as Dr. Alice Marvel

6.3

American Horror Story

2011

as Myrtle Snow

8.1

American Horror Story

as Moira O'Hara

Love Bites

as Faye Strathmore

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010

as Angie Dinkley (voice)

Royal Pains

as Blythe Ballard

The Mentalist

as Elspeth Cook

Grey's Anatomy

as Eleanor Davis

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Loretta Stinson

8.1

Desperate Housewives

2004

as Virginia Hildebrand

Arrested Development

as Lottie Dottie

Nip/Tuck

as Jane Fields

Six Feet Under

as Ruth Fisher

Stark Raving Mad

as Beverly Rose

as Becky Riley

Alex Haley's Queen

as Mrs. Benson

Law & Order

as Elizabeth Hendrick

7.3

The Twilight Zone

1985

as (segment "The Library")

Kennedy

as Jean Smith

Newhart

Hill Street Blues

Great Performances

as Mrs. Gibbs

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Fiona

8.6

Beautiful People

as Lydia