Frances Conroy

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

2. 1953 · Born

   Born in Monroe, Georgia, USA

3. 2005 · Breakthrough

   How I Met Your Mother (TV)

4. 2023 · Latest release

   Nimona (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

2 1970s

10 1980s

10 1990s

19 2000s

22 2010s

3 2020s

• Drama42
• Comedy27
• Mystery11
• Family10
• Animation10
• Crime9

Highest-rated title The Mentalist 2008 8.4 Most popular title How I Met Your Mother 2005 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Frances Conroy in our catalogue.

Linda Cardellini

2 titles together

Benjamin Bratt

2 titles together

Kyle MacLachlan

2 titles together

1. 2023 Nimona as The Director (voice) 7.8 Movie
2. 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Barb (voice) 7.1 TV
3. 2021 The Power of the Dog as Old Lady 6.7 Movie
4. 2019 Joker as Penny Fleck 8.1 Movie
5. 2019 Dead to Me as Eileen Wood 7.3 TV
6. 2018 Castle Rock as Martha Lacy 7.2 TV
7. 2018 Summer Camp Island as Ms. Clearinet (voice) 7.7 TV
8. 2018 The Tale as Jane Graham 7.1 Movie
9. 2017 Young Sheldon as Flora Douglas 8.0 TV
10. 2017 The Mist as Natalie Raven 6.2 TV
11. 2016 Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice) 6.0 Movie
12. 2016 Bornebusch i tevefabriken as Guest TV
13. 2015 Casual as Dawn 6.6 TV
14. 2015 We Bare Bears as Faye / Additional Voices (voice) 7.7 TV
15. 2013 Getting On as Dr. Alice Marvel 6.4 TV
16. 2013 Superman: Unbound as Ma Kent (voice) 6.6 Movie
17. 2011 American Horror Story as Moira O'Hara 8.1 TV
18. 2011 Stay Cool as Mrs. Leuchtenberger 4.8 Movie
19. 2011 Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Auntie Em / Glinda (voice) 6.2 Movie
20. 2011 Love Bites as Faye Strathmore 6.2 TV
21. 2011 All Star Superman as Martha Kent (voice) 6.9 Movie
22. 2010 Stone as Madylyn 5.3 Movie
23. 2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mrs. Dinkley (voice) 8.2 TV
24. 2010 6 Souls as Mrs. Bernburg 6.0 Movie
25. 2010 Bloodworth as Julia Bloodworth 6.5 Movie
26. 2009 Love Happens as Eloise's Mom 5.8 Movie
27. 2009 Royal Pains as Blythe Ballard 6.8 TV
28. 2009 New in Town as Trudy Van Uuden 5.8 Movie
29. 2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Antoinette (voice) 6.2 Movie
30. 2008 The Mentalist as Elspeth Cook 8.4 TV
31. 2007 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising as Miss Greythorne 5.5 Movie
32. 2006 The Wicker Man as Dr. Moss 4.3 Movie
33. 2005 Shopgirl as Catherine Buttersfield 5.8 Movie
34. 2005 How I Met Your Mother as Loretta Stinson 8.1 TV
35. 2005 Broken Flowers as Dora 6.9 Movie
36. 2005 Grey's Anatomy as Eleanor Davis 8.2 TV
37. 2004 The Aviator as Mrs. Hepburn 7.2 Movie
38. 2004 Desperate Housewives as Virginia Hildebrand 7.9 TV
39. 2004 Catwoman as Ophelia 4.6 Movie
40. 2003 Arrested Development as Lottie Dottie 7.9 TV
41. 2003 Die, Mommie, Die! as Bootsie Carp 6.6 Movie
42. 2003 Nip/Tuck as Jane Fields 7.2 TV
43. 2002 Maid in Manhattan as Paula Burns 6.1 Movie
44. 2001 Six Feet Under as Ruth Fisher 8.1 TV
45. 1999 Stark Raving Mad as Beverly Rose TV
46. 1996 The Crucible as Ann Putnam 6.6 Movie
47. 1996 Angela as Anne's Mother 5.5 Movie
48. 1994 ER as Becky Riley 7.8 TV
49. 1993 Sleepless in Seattle as Irene Reed 6.7 Movie
50. 1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn as Scrawny Shanty Lady 6.2 Movie
51. 1993 Alex Haley's Queen as Mrs. Benson 7.0 TV
52. 1992 Scent of a Woman as Christine Downes 7.8 Movie
53. 1991 Billy Bathgate as Mary Behan 5.8 Movie
54. 1990 Law & Order as Elizabeth Hendrick 7.3 TV
55. 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors as House Owner 7.4 Movie
56. 1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Lady from Palm Beach 7.1 Movie
57. 1988 Another Woman as Lynn 6.8 Movie
58. 1988 Rocket Gibraltar as Ruby Hanson 6.0 Movie
59. 1985 The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Library") 7.7 TV
60. 1984 Falling in Love as Waitress 6.7 Movie
61. 1983 Kennedy as Jean Smith TV
62. 1982 Newhart 7.2 TV
63. 1982 American Playhouse as Mother / Lilian Steichen TV
64. 1981 Hill Street Blues 7.6 TV
65. 1979 Manhattan as Shakespearean Actress 7.7 Movie
66. 1971 Great Performances as Mrs. Gibbs 6.1 TV
67. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Fiona TV

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