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- 1953-11-13
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- Two dimensional fields of flow
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Acting · Monroe, Georgia, USA
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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- Nimona — The Director (voice)2023
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Barb (voice)2022
- The Power of the Dog — Old Lady2021
- Joker — Penny Fleck2019
- James vs. His Future Self — Dr. Rowley2019
- Dead to Me — Eileen Wood2019
- Mountain Rest — Ethel2018
- The Tale — Jane Graham2018
- Summer Camp Island — Ms. Clearinet (voice)2018
- Summer Camp Island — Lead Patrol Elf (voice)2018
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Frances Conroy (born November 13, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under. Her work on the show won her acclaim and several awards, including a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also known for playing Moira O'Hara on the television mini-series American Horror Story, which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Franc
Recent publications · Crossref
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- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- Cancer-related inflammation
· 2008 · cited 9,161x
- The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures
· 1977 · cited 6,768x
- FOLFIRINOX versus Gemcitabine for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
· 2011 · cited 6,560x
- Searching for Common Threads: Understanding the Multiple Effects of Diversity in Organizational Groups
· 1996 · cited 6,034x
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Key facts
- Born
- Frances Hardman Conroy , ( 1953-03-15 ) March 15, 1953 (age 73)
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1976–2023
- Spouse s
- Jonathan Furst ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 , divorced ) , Jan Munroe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
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- Born
- 13 November 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frances
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Monroe
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Dickinson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Actor Awards
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Frances Hardman Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is a retired American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version of Moira O'Hara in season one of the television anthology series American Horror Story, which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, and as well a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt, and Belle Noir on seven further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse, and Double Feature, respectively; this makes Conroy, along with Denis O'Hare, fourth among the actors who have appeared in most seasons of the show. For her performance in Coven, she was nominated again for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.
She starred as Dawn in the first season of the Hulu original series Casual, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for its first season. In 2017, she starred as Nathalie Raven in The Mist. In 2019, she starred in Joker as the titular character's mother. In 2021, she had a supporting role in The Power of the Dog.
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