Who is Frances Conroy? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

Frances Hardman Conroy Wiki Biography

Frances Hardman Conroy was born on 13 November 1953, in Monroe, Georgia USA, of part Irish descent, and is an actress who is perhaps best known for her appearances in such shows as “Six Feet Under” and “American Horror Story”. During her career, Conroy has been nominated for and has won numerous awards, including Golden Globe, OFTA Television, Primetime Emmy, Screen actors Guild Awards and others. In addition to her appearances on various television shows, Frances has also acted in movies, and so is well-known as a star in both media.

So how rich is Frances Conroy? It is estimated by authoritative sources that Frances’ net worth is over $6 million as of late 2017, mainly gained through her appearances in her most famous television shows previously mentioned. Frances still continues acting, so there is every chance that her net worth will grow.

Frances Conroy Net Worth $6 Million

Frances studied at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she became interested in acting, and appeared in various college events. She liked acting so much that she decided to continue her studies at the Julliard School in New York City, where she became a part of “Group 6”, which was a drama division and included such future actors as Robin Williams, Kevin Conroy, Kelsey Grammer and others. At the beginning of her career Frances performed in differing plays including “Othello”. In 1979 Frances was cast in her first movie role in “Manhattan”, but despite the fact that her debut on screen was successful, Frances continued performing on stage, in such plays as “The Little Foxes”, “The Lady from Dubuque”, “Our Town” and others, which added considerably to Conroy’s net worth. In 2001 Frances was cast in one of her most famous roles, in the television show entitled “Six Feet Under”, which became one of the main sources of Frances’ net worth and gained her a lot of popularity; she had an opportunity to work with such actors as Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Jeremy Sisto, Justina Machado and others.

After the success of this show, Frances received more invitations to appear in such popular shows as “Desperate Housewives”, “How I Met Your Mother” and “Happy Town” among others. In 2011 Frances starred in another very successful role in the show called “American Horror Story: Murder House”, and went on to appear in successive seasons of this show. This had a huge impact on the growth of Frances Conroy’s net worth.

More recently, Frances has been appearing in series four and six of “Freak Show”. In 2015, she starred  in the Hulu original series “Casual”, as Dawn, and in 2017 made her sixth appearance in “American Horror Story: Cult”– she is obviously still in demand; she has now been seen in over 30 films, more than 50 TV productions, and almost 30 stage plays, indicating her versatility over the entire span of her more than four decade-long career.

To talk about Frances’ personal life, she has married twice, firstly to Jonathan Furst, but their marriage ended in divorce. Conroy has been married to Jan Munroe since 1992.



Full Name Frances Conroy
Net Worth $6 Million
Date Of Birth November 13, 1953
Place Of Birth Monroe, Georgia, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)
Profession Actor, Voice Actor
Education Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Dickinson College, Juilliard School
Nationality American
Spouse Jan Munroe (m. 1992)
Parents Vincent Paul Conroy, Ossie Hardman
Nicknames Franny , Francis Conroy , Frannie , Frances Hardman Conroy
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FrancesConroyFanPage/
Twitter https://twitter.com/francesconroybr?lang=en
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mamapolk/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175814
Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama (2004), Screen Actors Guild Awards, Drama Desk Award (1990), Obie Award for Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress (2000)
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Movies Catwoman, Broken Flowers, The Wicker Man, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, The Aviator, New in Town, Maid in Manhattan, Shopgirl, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Scent of a Woman, Rocket Gibraltar, Die, Mommie, Die!, The Tale of Despereaux, Love Happens, Stone, Sleepless in Seattle, Shelter, Bloodworth, Ira…
TV Shows “The Little Foxes”, “The Lady from Dubuque”, “Our Town”, “Othello”,“Six Feet Under” (2001-2005), “Desperate Housewives”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “Happy Town”, “American Horror Story: Cult” (2017)
Quote
1 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.
2 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.
Fact
1 Was good friends with Arthur Miller.
2 Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film Catwoman (2004), she failed to receive a nomination however.
3 Was nominated for Broadway’s 2000 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role – Play) for Arthur Miller’s “The Ride Down Mt. Morgan.”
4 Her father, Vincent Paul Conroy, was born in Ogden, Utah, to Irish-American parents Edward Maurice Conroy and Bertha Augusta Hassett. Her mother, Ossie Hardman (Ray), was born in Georgia, to Harry Anderson Ray and Myrtle Mobley.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Amazing Grace and Chuck 1987 Pamela
Crime Story 1987 TV Series Mrs. Jankowski
Remington Steele 1987 TV Series Gladys Lynch
LBJ: The Early Years 1987 TV Movie
Hill Street Blues 1986 TV Series Porche lady
Newhart 1986 TV Series Liz Sable
The Twilight Zone 1986 TV Series Ellie Pendleton (segment “The Library”)
Falling in Love 1984 Waitress
3-2-1 Contact 1984 TV Series Kate
Kennedy 1983 TV Mini-Series Jean Smith
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 TV Movie Mrs. Watson
American Playhouse 1982 TV Series Mother / Lilian Steichen
Othello 1979 Video Desdemona
Manhattan 1979 Shakespearean Actress
All’s Well That Ends Well 1978 TV Movie Diana
The Mist 2017 TV Series filming Natalie Raven
The Tale 2017 post-production Mrs. G – Older
No Pay, Nudity 2016 Andrea
Tom & Jerry: Back to Oz 2016 Video Aunt Em Glinda (voice)
The Real O’Neals 2016 TV Series Grandma Agnes
Casual 2015 TV Series Dawn
Getting On 2015 TV Series Dr. Alice Marvel
Married 2015 TV Series Janice
Welcome to Happiness 2015 Claiborne
Making the Rules 2014 Mother
Chasing Ghosts 2014/I Dara
How I Met Your Mother 2009-2014 TV Series Loretta Stinson
Royal Pains 2013 TV Series Blythe Ballard
Ring of Fire 2013 TV Movie Maybelle Carter
Superman: Unbound 2013 Video Ma Kent (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 2010-2013 TV Series Angie Dinkley
Sequin Raze 2013 Short Dr. Wagerstein
Beautiful People 2012 TV Movie Lydia
Bad Mom 2011 TV Movie Marian
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz 2011 Video Auntie Em Glinda (voice)
United States of Tara 2011 TV Series Sandy Gregson
Love Bites 2011 TV Series Faye Strathmore
The Mentalist 2011 TV Series Elspeth Cook
All-Star Superman 2011 Video Ma Kent (voice)
Grey’s Anatomy 2010 TV Series Eleanor Davis
Stone 2010 Madylyn
Happy Town 2010 TV Series Peggy Haplin
6 Souls 2010 Mrs. Bernburg
Bloodworth 2010 Julia Bloodworth
Nip/Tuck 2010 TV Series Jane Fields
Waking Madison 2010 Dolly
Love Happens 2009 Eloise’s Mom
Stay Cool 2009 Mrs. Leuchtenberger
New in Town 2009 Trudy Van Uuden
The Smell of Success 2009 Agnes May
Mike Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal 2008 TV Movie Kathy
The Tale of Despereaux 2008 Antoinette (voice)
Desperate Housewives 2008 TV Series Virginia Hildebrand
ER 2007-2008 TV Series Becky Riley
Humboldt County 2008 Rosie
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising 2007 Miss Greythorne
The Grand Design 2007 Short Frances
A Perfect Day 2006 TV Movie Camille
The Wicker Man 2006 Dr. T.H. Moss
Ira & Abby 2006 Lynne Willoughby
Shopgirl 2005 Catherine Buttersfield
Six Feet Under 2001-2005 TV Series Ruth Fisher
Broken Flowers 2005 Dora
The Aviator 2004 Mrs. Hepburn
Higglytown Heroes 2004 TV Series Veterinarian Hero
Catwoman: The Game 2004 Video Game Ophelia (voice)
Catwoman 2004 Ophelia
Die, Mommie, Die! 2003 Bootsie Carp
Maid in Manhattan 2002 Paula Burns
Stark Raving Mad 2000 TV Series Beverly Rose
Law & Order 1990-1999 TV Series Rosa Halasy / Elizabeth Hendrick
Murder in a Small Town 1999 TV Movie Martha Lassiter
Cosby 1998 TV Series Elizabeth
Thicker Than Blood 1998 TV Movie Mrs. Byrne
Crisis Center 1997 TV Series Marilyn
The Crucible 1996 Ann Putnam
Innocent Victims 1996 TV Movie
Journey 1995 TV Movie Fiona
The Neon Bible 1995 Miss Scover
Angela 1995 Anne’s Mother (as Francis Conroy)
One More Mountain 1994 TV Movie Peggy Breen
Developing 1994 Short Clare
Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Irene Reed
The Adventures of Huck Finn 1993 Scrawny Shanty Lady
Queen 1993 TV Mini-Series Mrs. Benson
Scent of a Woman 1992 Christine Downes
Billy Bathgate 1991 Mary Behan
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 House Owner
Great Performances 1989 TV Series Mrs. Gibbs
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 Lady from Palm Beach
Another Woman 1988 Lynn
Rocket Gibraltar 1988 Ruby Hanson
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami 1988 TV Movie Lyn Kessler

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
How I Met Your Mother 2011-2013 TV Series performer – 2 episodes
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz 2011 Video performer: “The Merry Old Land of Oz”
Humboldt County 2008 performer: “No Other Love But You”
Six Feet Under 2003-2005 TV Series performer – 2 episodes

Self

Title Year Status Character
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys 2012 TV Movie Herself – Presenter
Character Studies 2007 TV Series Herself
Broken Flowers: Start to Finish 2006 Video documentary short Herself (uncredited)
Life and Loss: The Impact of ‘Six Feet Under’ 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself
16th Annual GLAAD Media Awards 2005 TV Special Herself
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 TV Special Herself
The Making of ‘Catwoman’ 2004 Video documentary short Herself (uncredited)
HBO First Look 2004 TV Series documentary Herself
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2004 TV Special Herself – Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series & Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 TV Special Herself – Winner: Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
Showboy 2002 Herself – Actress, ‘Six Feet Under’
De la mort à la vie: Six Feet Under 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2002 TV Special documentary Herself – Audience Member
The 54th Annual Tony Awards 2000 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
The Green Room 2000 TV Movie documentary
American Masters 1986 TV Series documentary
Stages: Houseman Directs Lear 1981 TV Movie documentary Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
How I Met Your Mother 2013-2014 TV Series Loretta Stinson
American Horror Story 2013 TV Series Myrtle Snow
Corazón de… 2005 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2004 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama Six Feet Under (2001)
2004 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2004 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress American Horror Story (2011)
2015 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries American Horror Story (2011)
2014 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie American Horror Story (2011)
2014 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress American Horror Story (2011)
2014 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries American Horror Story (2011)
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie American Horror Story (2011)
2012 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actress on Television American Horror Story (2011)
2012 BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Theatrical Short Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
2012 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress American Horror Story (2011)
2006 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2006 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Drama Lead Actress Six Feet Under (2001)
2006 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2005 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2005 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Drama Lead Actress Six Feet Under (2001)
2005 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2003 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a New Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
2002 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Six Feet Under (2001)
1996 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble The Crucible (1996)

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