Frances Conroy
Acting1953Monroe, Georgia, USA
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
Joker
Penny Fleck
Grey's Anatomy
Eleanor Davis
American Horror Story
Myrtle Snow / Gloria Mott / Moira O'Hara / Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham / Angel of Death / Bebe Babbitt / Mama Polk
The Aviator
Mrs. Hepburn
How I Met Your Mother
Loretta Stinson
The Mentalist
Elspeth Cook
Scent of a Woman
Christine Downes
Catwoman
Ophelia
Acting History
Future
Beautiful People
TVas Lydia
2023
Nimona
as The Director (voice)
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TVas Barb (voice)• 1 eps
2021
The Power of the Dog
as Old Lady
Summer Camp Island
TVas Lead Patrol Elf (voice)• 1 eps
2020
Dead to Me
TVas Eileen Wood• 5 eps
2019
Joker
as Penny Fleck
James vs. His Future Self
as Dr. Rowley
2018
The Tale
as Jane Graham
Mountain Rest
as Ethel
Young Sheldon
TVas Flora Douglas• 1 eps
Castle Rock
TVas Martha Lacy• 3 eps
Arrested Development
TVas Lottie Dottie• 5 eps
2017
We Bare Bears
TVas Faye / Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
The Mist
TVas Natalie Raven• 10 eps
American Horror Story
TVas Myrtle Snow / Gloria Mott / Moira O'Hara / Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham / Angel of Death / Bebe Babbitt / Mama Polk• 2 eps
2016
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
Welcome to Happiness
as Claiborne
No Pay, Nudity
as Andrea Gottlieb
Bornebusch i tevefabriken
TVas Guest
2015
Getting On
TVas Dr. Alice Marvel• 1 eps
2014
Making the Rules
as Mother
Chasing Ghosts
as Dara
2013
Superman: Unbound
as Ma Kent (voice)
Ring of Fire
as Maybelle Carter
Sequin Raze
as Dr. Wagerstein
Royal Pains
TVas Blythe Ballard• 6 eps
2012
2011
Waking Madison
as Dolly
Stay Cool
as Mrs. Leuchtenberger
The Smell of Success
as Agnes May
All Star Superman
as Martha Kent (voice)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
The Mentalist
TVas Elspeth Cook• 1 eps
Love Bites
TVas Faye Strathmore
2010
Bloodworth
as Julia Bloodworth
Stone
as Madylyn
6 Souls
as Mrs. Bernburg
Nip/Tuck
TVas Jane Fields• 1 eps
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TVas Angie Dinkley (voice) / Mrs. Dinkley (voice)• 14 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Eleanor Davis• 1 eps
2009
Love Happens
as Eloise's Mom
New in Town
as Trudy Van Uuden
How I Met Your Mother
TVas Loretta Stinson• 9 eps
2008
Humboldt County
as Rosie
The Tale of Despereaux
as Antoinette (voice)
Desperate Housewives
TVas Virginia Hildebrand• 3 eps
2007
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
as Miss Greythorne
ER
TVas Becky Riley• 2 eps
2006
2005
Shopgirl
as Catherine Buttersfield
Broken Flowers
as Dora
2004
The Aviator
as Mrs. Hepburn
Catwoman
as Ophelia
2003
Die, Mommie, Die!
as Bootsie Carp
2002
Maid in Manhattan
as Paula Burns
2001
Six Feet Under
TVas Ruth Fisher• 63 eps
1999
Murder in a Small Town
as Martha Lassiter
Stark Raving Mad
TVas Beverly Rose
Law & Order
TVas Rosa Halasy / Elizabeth Hendrick• 1 eps
1996
The Crucible
as Ann Putnam
1995
1994
One More Mountain
as Peggy Breen
1993
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Scrawny Shanty Lady
Sleepless in Seattle
as Irene Reed
Alex Haley's Queen
TVas Mrs. Benson
1992
Scent of a Woman
as Christine Downes
1991
Billy Bathgate
as Mary Behan
1989
1988
Another Woman
as Lynn
Rocket Gibraltar
as Ruby Hanson
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Lyn Kessler
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
as Lady from Palm Beach
1987
Silent Voice
as Pamela
1986
1985
The Joy That Kills
as Louise Mallard
1984
Falling in Love
as Waitress
1983
Keeping On
as Sally
Kennedy
TVas Jean Smith
1982
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
as Mrs. Watson
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
as Mother / Lilian Steichen
1979
Manhattan
as Shakespearean Actress
1978
All's Well That Ends Well
as Diana
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Fiona