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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Broken Flowers
as Dora
2005
Catwoman
as Ophelia
2004
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
as Miss Greythorne
2007
Shopgirl
as Catherine Buttersfield
2005
Maid in Manhattan
as Paula Burns
2002
Love Happens
as Eloise's Mom
2009
Scent of a Woman
as Christine Downes
1992
The Wicker Man
as Dr. Moss
2006
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
6 Souls
as Mrs. Bernburg
2010
Humboldt County
as Rosie
2008
New in Town
as Trudy Van Uuden
2009
The Smell of Success
as Agnes May
2011
Die, Mommie, Die!
as Bootsie Carp
2003
Stone
as Madylyn
2010
Chasing Ghosts
as Dara
2014
The Neon Bible
as Miss Scover
1995
Nimona
as The Director (voice)
2023
Waking Madison
as Dolly
2011
Falling in Love
as Waitress
1984
TV Appearances
Six Feet Under
as Ruth Fisher
2001
Law & Order
as Elizabeth Hendrick
1990
American Horror Story
as Moira O'Hara
2011
Stark Raving Mad
as Beverly Rose
1999
Desperate Housewives
as Virginia Hildebrand
2004
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Library")
1985
Nip/Tuck
as Jane Fields
2003
Hill Street Blues
1981
Newhart
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Fiona
1951
ER
as Becky Riley
1994
We Bare Bears
as Faye / Additional Voices (voice)
2015