Frances Hardman Conroy (born March , ) is an American actress. She is
best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet
Under (â€"), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors
Guild Awards. 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 Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of
Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, and Bebe Babbitt on six
further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult,
and Apocalypse, respectively. Conroy is the fourth actor who has
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 , she
starred as Nathalie Raven in The Mist. In , she starred in Joker as
the titular character's mother.Conroy was born in Monroe, Georgia, the
daughter of Ossie Hardman (née Ray) and Vincent Paul Conroy. Her
father, who was of Irish descent, was a business executive, and her
mother also worked in business. During the â€" school year, she was a
student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she was
a member of the Mermaid Players and appeared in college theatrical
productions. She moved to New York City to study drama at the
Neighborhood Playhouse and the Juilliard School. She was a member of
Juilliard's Drama Division Group (â€") which also included Kevin
Conroy (no relation), Kelsey Grammer, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin
Williams.
best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet
Under (â€"), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors
Guild Awards. 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 Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a
Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of
Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, and Bebe Babbitt on six
further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult,
and Apocalypse, respectively. Conroy is the fourth actor who has
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 , she
starred as Nathalie Raven in The Mist. In , she starred in Joker as
the titular character's mother.Conroy was born in Monroe, Georgia, the
daughter of Ossie Hardman (née Ray) and Vincent Paul Conroy. Her
father, who was of Irish descent, was a business executive, and her
mother also worked in business. During the â€" school year, she was a
student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she was
a member of the Mermaid Players and appeared in college theatrical
productions. She moved to New York City to study drama at the
Neighborhood Playhouse and the Juilliard School. She was a member of
Juilliard's Drama Division Group (â€") which also included Kevin
Conroy (no relation), Kelsey Grammer, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin
Williams.
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