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.

Filmography

• 2023Nimona — The Director (voice)
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Barb (voice)
• 2021The Power of the Dog — Old Lady
• Dead to Me — Eileen Wood
• 2019James vs. His Future Self — Dr. Rowley
• 2019Joker — Penny Fleck
• Castle Rock — Martha Lacy
• 2018Mountain Rest — Ethel
• Summer Camp Island — Ms. Clearinet (voice), Lead Patrol Elf (voice)
• 2018The Tale — Jane Graham
• The Mist — Natalie Raven
• Young Sheldon — Flora Douglas
• Bornebusch i tevefabriken — Guest
• 2016No Pay, Nudity — Andrea Gottlieb
• 2016Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz — Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
• 2016Welcome to Happiness — Claiborne
• We Bare Bears — Faye / Additional Voices (voice)
• 2014Chasing Ghosts — Dara
• 2014Making the Rules — Mother
• Getting On — Dr. Alice Marvel
• 2013Ring of Fire — Maybelle Carter
• 2013Sequin Raze — Dr. Wagerstein
• 2013Superman: Unbound — Ma Kent (voice)
• 2011All Star Superman — Martha Kent (voice)
• American Horror Story — Moira O'Hara, Myrtle Snow, Angel of Death, Gloria Mott, Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt
• Love Bites — Faye Strathmore
• 2011Stay Cool — Mrs. Leuchtenberger
• 2011The Smell of Success — Agnes May
• 2011Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz — Auntie Em / Glinda (voice)
• 2011Waking Madison — Dolly
• 20106 Souls — Mrs. Bernburg
• 2010Bloodworth — Julia Bloodworth
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Mrs. Dinkley (voice), Angie Dinkley (voice)
• 2010Stone — Madylyn
• 2009Love Happens — Eloise's Mom
• 2009New in Town — Trudy Van Uuden
• Royal Pains — Blythe Ballard
• 2008Humboldt County — Rosie
• The Mentalist — Elspeth Cook
• 2008The Tale of Despereaux — Antoinette (voice)
• 2007The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising — Miss Greythorne
• 2006A Perfect Day — Camille
• 2006Ira & Abby — Lynne Willoughby
• 2006The Wicker Man — Dr. Moss
• 2005Broken Flowers — Dora
• Grey's Anatomy — Eleanor Davis
• How I Met Your Mother — Loretta Stinson
• 2005Shopgirl — Catherine Buttersfield
• 2004Catwoman — Ophelia
• Desperate Housewives — Virginia Hildebrand
• 2004The Aviator — Mrs. Hepburn
• Arrested Development — Lottie Dottie
• 2003Die, Mommie, Die! — Bootsie Carp
• Nip/Tuck — Jane Fields
• 2002Maid in Manhattan — Paula Burns
• Six Feet Under — Ruth Fisher
• 1999Murder in a Small Town — Martha Lassiter
• Stark Raving Mad — Beverly Rose
• 1996Angela — Anne's Mother
• 1996The Crucible — Ann Putnam
• 1995Developing — Clare
• 1995Journey — Fiona
• 1995The Neon Bible — Miss Scover
• ER — Becky Riley
• 1994One More Mountain — Peggy Breen
• Alex Haley's Queen — Mrs. Benson
• 1993Sleepless in Seattle — Irene Reed
• 1993The Adventures of Huck Finn — Scrawny Shanty Lady
• 1992Scent of a Woman — Christine Downes
• 1991Billy Bathgate — Mary Behan
• Law & Order — Elizabeth Hendrick, Rosa Halasy
• 1989Crimes and Misdemeanors — House Owner
• 1989Our Town — Mrs. Gibbs
• 1988Another Woman — Lynn
• 1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Lady from Palm Beach
• 1988Rocket Gibraltar — Ruby Hanson
• 1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami — Lyn Kessler
• 1987Amazing Grace and Chuck — Pamela
• 1987LBJ: The Early Years
• 1985The Joy That Kills — Louise Mallard
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "The Library")
• 1984Falling in Love — Waitress
• 1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
• 1983Keeping On — Sally
• Kennedy — Jean Smith
• American Playhouse — Mother / Lilian Steichen, Sally, Louise Mallard
• 1982Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences — Mother / Lilian Steichen
• Newhart — Liz Sable
• 1982The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana — Mrs. Watson
• Hill Street Blues
• 1979Manhattan — Shakespearean Actress
• 1978All's Well That Ends Well — Diana
• Great Performances — Mrs. Gibbs
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Fiona
• Beautiful People — Lydia

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2012Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story — Self
• 2011Behind Bars: The Making of Stone — Self