Frances Conroy
Acting • Born 1953-03-15
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.
Filmography
106 credits
Broken Flowers
Movie • 2005
Dora
Catwoman
Movie • 2004
Ophelia
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Movie • 2007
Miss Greythorne
Shopgirl
Movie • 2005
Catherine Buttersfield
Maid in Manhattan
Movie • 2002
Paula Burns
Love Happens
Movie • 2009
Eloise's Mom
Scent of a Woman
Movie • 1992
Christine Downes
The Wicker Man
Movie • 2006
Dr. Moss
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Movie • 1983
6 Souls
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Bernburg
Humboldt County
Movie • 2008
Rosie
New in Town
Movie • 2009
Trudy Van Uuden
The Smell of Success
Movie • 2011
Agnes May
Die, Mommie, Die!
Movie • 2003
Bootsie Carp
Stone
Movie • 2010
Madylyn
Chasing Ghosts
Movie • 2014
Dara
The Neon Bible
Movie • 1995
Miss Scover
Nimona
Movie • 2023
The Director (voice)
Waking Madison
Movie • 2011
Dolly
Falling in Love
Movie • 1984
Waitress
Developing
Movie • 1995
Clare
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Movie • 1993
Scrawny Shanty Lady
All Star Superman
Movie • 2011
Martha Kent (voice)
Rocket Gibraltar
Movie • 1988
Ruby Hanson
Superman: Unbound
Movie • 2013
Ma Kent (voice)
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Watson
Ring of Fire
Movie • 2013
Maybelle Carter
A Perfect Day
Movie • 2006
Camille
Making the Rules
Movie • 2014
Mother
Manhattan
Movie • 1979
Shakespearean Actress
The Aviator
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Hepburn
Keeping On
Movie • 1983
Sally
LBJ: The Early Years
Movie • 1987
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Movie • 1988
Lyn Kessler
Journey
Movie • 1995
Fiona
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie • 2008
Antoinette (voice)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Movie • 1988
Lady from Palm Beach
Ira & Abby
Movie • 2006
Lynne Willoughby
The Crucible
Movie • 1996
Ann Putnam
The Joy That Kills
Movie • 1985
Louise Mallard
Welcome to Happiness
Movie • 2016
Claiborne
Our Town
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Gibbs
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie • 1989
House Owner
Sequin Raze
Movie • 2013
Dr. Wagerstein
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Movie • 1982
Mother / Lilian Steichen
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1978
Diana
Sleepless in Seattle
Movie • 1993
Irene Reed
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Movie • 1987
Pamela
No Pay, Nudity
Movie • 2016
Andrea Gottlieb
Another Woman
Movie • 1988
Lynn
One More Mountain
Movie • 1994
Peggy Breen
Murder in a Small Town
Movie • 1999
Martha Lassiter
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
Movie • 2011
Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
Mountain Rest
Movie • 2018
Ethel
The Tale
Movie • 2018
Jane Graham
Billy Bathgate
Movie • 1991
Mary Behan
Bloodworth
Movie • 2010
Julia Bloodworth
Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
Movie • 2012
Self
Joker
Movie • 2019
Penny Fleck
The Power of the Dog
Movie • 2021
Old Lady
James vs. His Future Self
Movie • 2019
Dr. Rowley
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Movie • 2016
Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
Behind Bars: The Making of Stone
Movie • 2011
Self
Stay Cool
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Leuchtenberger
Beautiful People
Movie • 2012
Lydia
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Ruth Fisher
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Elizabeth Hendrick
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Moira O'Hara
Stark Raving Mad
TV • 1999
Beverly Rose
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Virginia Hildebrand
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "The Library")
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Jane Fields
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Newhart
TV • 1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Fiona
ER
TV • 1994
Becky Riley
We Bare Bears
TV • 2015
Faye / Additional Voices (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mrs. Dinkley (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
TV • 1993
Mrs. Benson
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Myrtle Snow
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Loretta Stinson
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Angel of Death
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Gloria Mott
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham
Beautiful People
TV
Lydia
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Elspeth Cook
Bornebusch i tevefabriken
TV • 2016
Guest
The Mist
TV • 2017
Natalie Raven
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Lottie Dottie
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV • 2022
Barb (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Eleanor Davis
Kennedy
TV • 1983
Jean Smith
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Rosa Halasy
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Mama Polk
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Bebe Babbitt
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Ms. Clearinet (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Lead Patrol Elf (voice)
Young Sheldon
TV • 2017
Flora Douglas
Castle Rock
TV • 2018
Martha Lacy
Dead to Me
TV • 2019
Eileen Wood
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Angie Dinkley (voice)
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Mrs. Gibbs
Love Bites
TV • 2011
Faye Strathmore
Royal Pains
TV • 2009
Blythe Ballard
Getting On
TV • 2013
Dr. Alice Marvel