Frances Conroy Biography
Frances Conroy is an American actress best known for her work on Six Feet Under and American Horror Story. She received a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards for her performance as Ruth Fisher. Conroy also played Moira O’Hara in the series, where she received her first Saturn Award and Primetime Emmy nomination. She has appeared in almost every season of the show.
How old is Frances Conroy? – Age
She is 70 years old as of 15 March 2023. She was born in 1953 in Monroe, Georgia, United States. Her real name is Frances Hardman Conroy.
Frances Conroy Family – Education
Conroy was born as the daughter of Ossie Hardman (née Ray) and Vincent Paul Conroy. Her father, who was of Irish origin, was a business leader, and her mother was also involved in business.During the 1971-72 school year, she attended Dickinson collegiate in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Mermaid Players and performed in collegiate theater plays. She relocated to New York City to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse and Juilliard School. She was a part of Juilliard’s Drama Division Group 6, alongside Kevin Conroy (no relation), Kelsey Grammer, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin Williams.
Frances Conroy Wife
In 1980, she married Jonathan Furst; they separated in the late 1980s, and Conroy married actor Jan Munroe in 1992.
Frances Conroy Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Frances Conroy Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m).
Frances Conroy Desperate Housewives
In 2008, she appeared as a guest on ABC’s Desperate Housewives as Virginia Hildebrand, a wealthy woman attempting to purchase the Solis family’s love. The eighth season of Desperate Housewives was confirmed in August 2011 as the show’s final season; the series finale aired on May 13, 2012. By the end of the season, it had overtaken Charmed for the most episodes in an hour-long television series starring all female leads.
Frances Conroy How I Met Your Mother
In addition to various guest appearances on television in the mid-2000s, she was cast in a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother as Barney Stinson’s mother, Loretta Stinson. The show follows Ted Mosby, a 27-year-old architect residing in New York City, and his best friends, Marshall Eriksen and Lily Aldrin, as he tells stories to his adolescent children, Luke and Penny. The story begins in 2005 and follows several plotlines, including Robin’s “will they or won’t they” relationship with each of her single male pals, Marshall and Lily’s friendship, and the ups and downs of the protagonists’ jobs. The show depicts events from many points of view in a future-set frame, and unsuitable themes are addressed using euphemisms. Tracy McConnell, Ted’s wife, is introduced exclusively in the series finale.
Frances Conroy Six Feet Under
She is well known for her critically lauded performance as the turbulent family matriarch Ruth Fisher in HBO’s original drama series Six Feet Under, which aired from 2001 to 2005. Conroy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2004. She was also nominated for four Primetime Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, but did not win any. Along with the show’s cast, they received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series twice in 2003 and 2004, with Conroy earning the individual award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. The series concluded in 2005, having broadcast 63 original episodes.
Frances Conroy Movies
♦ 2023 – Nimona
♦ 2021 – The Power of the Dog
♦ 2019 – Joker
♦ 2019 – James vs. His Future Self
♦ 2018 – The Tale
♦ 2018 – Mountain Rest
♦ 2016 – No Pay, Nudity
♦ 2016 – Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
♦ 2015 – Welcome to Happiness
♦ 2014 – Making the Rules
♦ 2014 – Chasing Ghosts
♦ 2013 – Superman: Unbound
♦ 2011 – Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
♦ 2011 – All-Star Superman
♦ 2010 – Bloodworth
♦ 2010 – Stone
♦ 2009 – Love Happens
Frances Conroy TV Shows
♦ 2021 – American Horror Story: Double Feature
♦ 2020–22 – Dead to Me
♦ 2020 – Summer Camp Island
♦ 2018 – Young Sheldon
♦ 2018–19 – Arrested Development
♦ 2018–19 – Castle Rock
♦ 2018 – American Horror Story: Apocalypse
♦ 2017 – We Bare Bears
♦ 2017 – The Mist
♦ 2017 – American Horror Story: Cult
♦ 2016 – The Real O’Neals
♦ 2016 – American Horror Story: Roanoke
♦ 2015 – Married
♦ 2015–18 – Casual
♦ 2015 – Getting On
♦ 2014 – American Horror Story: Freak Show
♦ 2013 – Royal Pains