| Frances Conroy has originated roles in new plays by Arthur Miller (The Last Yankee, Ride Down Mount Morgan, Broken Glass), Edward Albee (The Lady from Dubuque), David Hare (The Secret Rapture) and Neil Simon (The Dinner Party) to name but a few of the playwrights with whom she has collaborated.
Conroy attended the Julliard School's Drama Division and afterwards toured with The Acting Company, founded by John Houseman, before embarking on an extensive theatre career on and off Broadway with companies such as Lincoln Center and the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. She has had the honor of sharing the stage with Irene Worth and other greats of the American Theatre, garnering along the way a Tony nomination for her performance in The Ride Down Mount Morgan and Drama Desk nominations for In The Summer House, Othello, and The Rehearsal. She has received the Drama Desk Award for her performance in The Secret Rapture and an Obie Award for Mr. Miller's The Last Yankee.
Conroy's film credits include The Crucible, Scent of a Woman, Sleepless in Seattle, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rocket Gibraltor with Burt Lancaster in his last role, and the Woody Allen films Manhattan, Crimes & Misdemeanors, and Another Woman.
Independent work includes Terence Davies' Neon Bible, Gene Wilder's Murder In a Small Town, Tina Rathborne's The Joy That Kills, Perry Miller-Adato's Eugene O'Neill & Carl Sandburg, Charles Busch's Die Mommy, Die, Rebecca Miller's Angela and Marya Cohn's Developing.
Most recently, Conroy was nominated for an Emmy in the Best Actress category for her portrayal of Ruth Fisher in the award winning HBO series Six Feet Under.
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