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Biography

Frances Conroy was born in Monroe, Georgia in 1953. Frances is a graduate of the Juilliard Drama Division and a member of The Acting…more

Born

11/13/1953, Monroe, Georgia, United States

Birth Name

Frances Conroy

Gender

Female

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Star (3)

Role
- A Perfect Day
  Camille
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Perfect Day
    12/18/06
- Six Feet Under
  Ruth Fisher
  - S 5: Ep 12 Everyone's Waiting
    8/21/05
  - S 5: Ep 11 Static
    8/14/05
  - S 5: Ep 10 All Alone
    8/7/05
  - S 5: Ep 9 Ecotone
    7/31/05
  - S 5: Ep 8 Singing For Our Lives
    7/24/05
  - + 58 More Credits
- Alex Haley's Queen
  Mrs. Benson
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    2/28/93
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- How I Met Your Mother
  Loretta Stinson
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Magician's Code, Part Two
    5/14/12
  - S 7: Ep 7 Noretta
    10/24/11
  - S 6: Ep 2 Cleaning House
    9/27/10
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Stinsons
    3/2/09
- American Horror Story
  Moira O'Hara
  - S 1: Ep 12 Afterbirth
    12/21/11
  - S 1: Ep 11 Birth
    12/14/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 Spooky Little Girl
    11/30/11
  - S 1: Ep 8 Rubber Man
    11/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 7 Open House
    11/16/11
  - + 6 More Credits
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  Angie Dinkley
  - S 1: Ep 26 All Fear the Freak
    7/26/11
  - S 1: Ep 22 Attack of the Headless Horror
    6/28/11
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Siren's Song
    6/14/11
  - S 1: Ep 16 Where Walks Aphrodite
    5/17/11
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Shrieking Madness
    10/18/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- Happy Town
  Peggy Haplin
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dallas Alice Doesn't Live here Anymore
    7/1/10
  - S 1: Ep 8 Blame It on Rio Bravo
    7/1/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 This Is Why We Stay
    6/9/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 I Came to Haplin for the Waters
    5/5/10
- Alex Haley's Queen
  Mrs. Benson
- 3-2-1 Contact
  Kate Littlefield
  - S 5: Ep 20 Eating: Leftovers
    10/17/86
  - S 5: Ep 19 Eating: Down the Hatch
    10/16/86
  - S 5: Ep 18 Eating: Zoo Food
    10/15/86
  - S 3: Ep 15 Earth: Building Models
    11/9/84
  - S 3: Ep 14 Earth: Flora and Fauna
    11/8/84
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (21)

Role
- United States of Tara
  Sandy
  - S 3: Ep 11 Crunchy Ice
    6/13/11
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Full F**k You Finger
    4/11/11
- Love Bites
  Faye Strathmore
  - S 1: Ep 2 How To ...
    6/9/11
- The Mentalist
  Elspeth Cook
  - S 3: Ep 18 The Red Mile
    3/31/11
- Grey's Anatomy
  Eleanor
  - S 7: Ep 4 Can't Fight Biology
    10/14/10
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  Angie Dinkley
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Creeping Creatures
    7/19/10
- Happy Town
  Peggy Haplin
  - S 1: Ep 6 Questions and Antlers
    6/16/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Slight of Hand
    6/2/10
  - S 1: Ep 3 Polly Wants a Crack at Her
    5/12/10
- Nip/Tuck
  Jane Fields
  - S 6: Ep 14 Sheila Carlton
    1/27/10
- Desperate Housewives
  Virginia Hildebrand
  - S 5: Ep 8 City on Fire
    11/16/08
  - S 5: Ep 7 What More Do I Need?
    11/9/08
  - S 5: Ep 6 There's Always a Woman
    11/2/08
- ER
  Becky Riley
  - S 14: Ep 15 ...As the Day She Was Born
    4/17/08
  - S 14: Ep 8 Coming Home
    11/15/07
- Higglytown Heroes
  Veterinarian Hero
  - S 1: Ep 4 Flappy's Not Happy / Electric Evening
    9/15/04
- Stark Raving Mad
  Beverly Rose [Rich Sweater Lady]
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Pigeon
    7/13/00
- Law & Order
  Rosa Halacy
  - S 9: Ep 15 Disciple
    2/24/99
- Cosby
  Miss Young
  - S 3: Ep 9 Judgment Day
    11/16/98
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Fiona
  - S 45: Ep 1 Journey
    12/10/95
- Law & Order
  Elizabeth Hendrick
  - S 1: Ep 10 Prisoner of Love
    12/4/90
- Remington Steele
  Gladys Lynch
  - S 5: Ep 3 Steele Hanging in There (1)
    4/3/87
- Crime Story
  Mrs. Jankowski
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Battle of Las Vegas
    2/6/87
- Hill Street Blues
  Unknown
  - S 7: Ep 8 Falling from Grace
    12/2/86
- Newhart
  Liz
  - S 5: Ep 1 Co-Hostess Twinkie
    9/29/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Ellen Pendleton
  - S 1: Ep 55 The Library
    3/28/86
- American Playhouse
  Lilian Steichen
  - S 1: Ep 8 Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
    3/2/82

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American Horror Story: Better AXE Somebody!

By Price Peterson, Oct 13, 2011

Things made a tiny bit more sense this week thanks to a scarier, more streamlined episode, but this is still the craziest show on television. read more
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American Horror Story: The 10 Biggest WTF Moments from the Premiere

By Price Peterson, Oct 06, 2011

Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story may not be terribly original, but its commitment to outrageousness is really something to see. read more

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- Frances provided a commentary for the episode The Rainbow Of Her Reasons with Jill Soloway for the Season 5 DVD of Six Feet Under.
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- In 2000, Frances received an Outer Critics Circle Award in the category of Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in "The Ride Down Mt. Morgan."
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- In 1990, Frances won the Drama Desk Award in the category of Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in The Secret Rapture.
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- Frances: It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.
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- Frances: I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.
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