Frances Conroy

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Frances Conroy
Born	November 13, 1953 (1953-11-13) (age 54) Monroe, Georgia, USA
Spouse(s)	Jan Munroe (1992-present)
Awards won Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress In a Drama Television Series 2003 Six Feet Under Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2002, 2003 Six Feet Under Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series 2003 Six Feet Under

Frances Conroy (born November 13, 1953) is an Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning American actress.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Conroy was born in Monroe, Georgia to a business executive father and a mother who also worked in business.^[1] Conroy studied drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Juilliard School in New York City.

[edit] Career

During the 1970s, she performed regularly with regional and touring theatrical companies (most notably The Acting Company), and appeared in an off-Broadway production of Othello with Richard Dreyfuss and Raul Julia. One of her first film appearances was as a Shakespearean actress in Woody Allen's 1979 classic, Manhattan. In 1980, she made her Broadway debut in The Lady From Dubuque. She focused primarily on her stage career for the next two decades, appearing in such productions as Our Town, The Little Foxes, and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, receiving one Tony and four Drama Desk Award nominations (including a Drama Desk win for The Secret Rapture).

In 1992, Conroy became friends with playwright Arthur Miller, which led to her involvement in many of his productions on both stage and screen. During this period, she also appeared on television shows, miniseries, and made-for-TV movies, and met and married fellow actor Jan Munroe.

Conroy is best known for her critically acclaimed work on HBO's original drama series Six Feet Under playing family matriarch Ruth Fisher. For her work on the series, Conroy was nominated for four Emmy Awards (one for every year she was eligible) and won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

[edit] Filmography

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• Billy Bathgate (1991)
• Scent of a Woman (1992)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• Developing (1995)
• The Neon Bible (1995)
• The Crucible (1996)
• Maid in Manhattan (2002)
• Die Mommie Die! (2003)
• Catwoman (2004)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Broken Flowers (2005)
• The Wicker Man (2006)
• The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007)
• Chilled in Miami (2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Frances Conroy at the Internet Broadway Database
• Frances Conroy at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Edie Falco for The Sopranos	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series 2003 for Six Feet Under	Succeeded by Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Preceded by Edie Falco for The Sopranos	Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Drama Series 2003 for Six Feet Under	Succeeded by Jennifer Garner for Alias