Frances Conroy
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.
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Acting History
2023
Nimona as The Director (voice)
2022The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Barb (voice)
2021The Power of the Dog as Old Lady
2019Joker as Penny Fleck
2019James vs. His Future Self as Dr. Rowley
2019Dead to Me as Eileen Wood
2018Castle Rock as Martha Lacy
2018Summer Camp Island as Ms. Clearinet (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Lead Patrol Elf (voice)
2018Mountain Rest as Ethel
2018The Tale as Jane Graham
2017Young Sheldon as Flora Douglas
2017The Mist as Natalie Raven
2016No Pay, Nudity as Andrea Gottlieb
2016Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
2016Welcome to Happiness as Claiborne
2016Bornebusch i tevefabriken as Guest
2015We Bare Bears as Faye / Additional Voices (voice)
2014Making the Rules as Mother
2014Chasing Ghosts as Dara
2013Getting On as Dr. Alice Marvel
2013Ring of Fire as Maybelle Carter
2013Superman: Unbound as Ma Kent (voice)
2013Sequin Raze as Dr. Wagerstein
2012Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story as Self
2012Beautiful People as Lydia
2011American Horror Story as Moira O'Hara
2011American Horror Story as Myrtle Snow
2011American Horror Story as Angel of Death
2011American Horror Story as Gloria Mott
2011American Horror Story as Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham
2011American Horror Story as Mama Polk
2011American Horror Story as Bebe Babbitt
2011Stay Cool as Mrs. Leuchtenberger
2011The Smell of Success as Agnes May
2011Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
2011Love Bites as Faye Strathmore
2011Waking Madison as Dolly
2011Behind Bars: The Making of Stone as Self
2011All Star Superman as Martha Kent (voice)
2010Stone as Madylyn
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mrs. Dinkley (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Angie Dinkley (voice)
20106 Souls as Mrs. Bernburg
2010Bloodworth as Julia Bloodworth
2009Love Happens as Eloise's Mom
2009Royal Pains as Blythe Ballard
2009New in Town as Trudy Van Uuden
2008The Tale of Despereaux as Antoinette (voice)
2008Humboldt County as Rosie
2008The Mentalist as Elspeth Cook
2007The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Miss Greythorne
2006A Perfect Day as Camille
2006The Wicker Man as Dr. Moss
2006Ira & Abby as Lynne Willoughby
2005Shopgirl as Catherine Buttersfield
2005How I Met Your Mother as Loretta Stinson
2005Broken Flowers as Dora
2005Grey's Anatomy as Eleanor Davis
2004The Aviator as Mrs. Hepburn
2004Desperate Housewives as Virginia Hildebrand
2004Catwoman as Ophelia
2003Arrested Development as Lottie Dottie
2003Die, Mommie, Die! as Bootsie Carp
2003Nip/Tuck as Jane Fields
2002Maid in Manhattan as Paula Burns
2001Six Feet Under as Ruth Fisher
1999Stark Raving Mad as Beverly Rose
1999Murder in a Small Town as Martha Lassiter
1996The Crucible as Ann Putnam
1995Journey as Fiona
1995The Neon Bible as Miss Scover
1995Developing as Clare
1994ER as Becky Riley
1994One More Mountain as Peggy Breen
1993Sleepless in Seattle as Irene Reed
1993The Adventures of Huck Finn as Scrawny Shanty Lady
1993Alex Haley's Queen as Mrs. Benson
1992Scent of a Woman as Christine Downes
1991Billy Bathgate as Mary Behan
1990Law & Order as Elizabeth Hendrick
1990Law & Order as Rosa Halasy
1989Crimes and Misdemeanors as House Owner
1989Our Town as Mrs. Gibbs
1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Lyn Kessler
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lady from Palm Beach
1988Another Woman as Lynn
1988Rocket Gibraltar as Ruby Hanson
1987Amazing Grace and Chuck as Pamela
1987LBJ: The Early Years
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Library")
1985The Joy That Kills as Louise Mallard
1984Falling in Love as Waitress
1983Kennedy as Jean Smith
1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983Keeping On as Sally
1982Newhart
1982The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Mrs. Watson
1982Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences as Mother / Lilian Steichen
1981Hill Street Blues
1979Manhattan as Shakespearean Actress
1978All's Well That Ends Well as Diana
1971Great Performances as Mrs. Gibbs
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Fiona
—Beautiful People as Lydia