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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Frances Conroy Biography (1953-)
Born November 13 1953, in Monroe, GA; father, a business executive; mother, in business; married Jonathan Furst, 1980 (divorced); married Jan Munroe (an actor and mime), 1992; children: one. Addresses: Agent: Paul Martino, International Creative Management, 40 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- November 13, 1953
- Monroe, Georgia, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1976
- Kattrin, Mother Courage and Her Children, Acting Company, AmericanPlace Theatre, New York City, 1978
- Cordelia, King Lear, Acting Company, American Place Theatre, 1978
- Amy Lowell, Sappho, Mary Shelley, Nelly Dean, and Dorothea Brooke, TheOther Half, Acting Company, American Place Theatre, 1978
- Diana, All's Well That Ends Well, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1978
- Desdemona, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, then Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA, both 1979
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Measure for Measure, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1979-1980
- Jo, The Lady from Dubuque, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Woman in skirt, Girls, Girls, Girls, Other Stage, Public Theatre,New York City, 1980
- "Sally and Marsha," Winterset, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1980-1981
- Miranda, The Tempest, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1981
- Dona Elvire, Don Juan, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1981
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Ethan Frome, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, 1981-1982
- Julia, Zastrozzi, Other Stage, Public Theatre, 1982
- Mags Church, Painting Christmas, South Street Theatre, New York City, 1983
- Sonya, Uncle Vanya, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Annex, New York City, 1983
- Kevin, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Circle in the Square, NewYork City, 1984
- Elmire, Tartuffe, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1984
- Louisa May Alcott, Romance Language, Playwrights Horizons Theatre,New York City, 1984-1985, then Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1985-1986
- Kate, The Taming of the Shrew, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1985
- Elizabeth, Richard III, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1985
- Mrs. San Francisco, Mrs. California, Mark Taper Forum and CoronetTheatre, both Los Angeles, 1985-1986
- Corinna Stroller, The House of Blue Leaves, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1987
- Ann Whitefield, Man and Superman, Roundabout Theatre Company, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
- Samantha, Zero Positive, New York Shakespeare Festival, LuEsther Hall, Public Theatre, 1988
- Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
- Marion French, The Secret Rapture, Public Theatre, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, both New York City, 1989
- Frankie Lewis, Some Americans Abroad, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, both New York City, 1990
- Sasha Lebedev, Ivanov, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1990
- Agnes Eggling, A Bright Room Called Day, LuEsther Hall, Public Theatre, 1990-1991
- Hesione Hushaby, Heartbreak House, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA, 1991
- Catherine Forrest, Two Shakespearean Actors, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1992
- Sally Truman, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Lucille Lortel Theatre,New York City, 1992
- Patricia Hamilton, The Last Yankee, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1993
- Mrs. Constable, In the Summer House, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1993
- Margaret Hyman, Broken Glass, Longworth Theatre and Booth Theatre,both New York City, 1994
- Mary Ann, Booth, York Theatre Company, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1994
- "B," Three Tall Women, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
- Lenore, Arts and Leisure, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1996
- The countess, The Rehearsal, Roundabout Theatre Company, CriterionCenter Stage Right Theatre, New York City, 1996
- Birdie Hubbard, The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, LincolnCenter, 1997
- Theo, The Ride down Mount Morgan, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1998, then Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Mrs. Antrobus, The Skin of Our Teeth, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1998
- Capulat, Ring 'round the Moon, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1999
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The Dinner Party, Mark Taper Forum, 1999-2000
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Macbeth, Acting Company, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 2000
- Appeared as Christine in Sorrows of Stephen; also appeared in Broadway.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Ruth Fisher, Six Feet Under, HBO, beginning 2001
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Miniseries
- Jean Smith, Kennedy, NBC, 1983
- Mrs. Benson, Queen (also known as Alex Haley's Queen), CBS,1993
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Movies
- Mrs. Watson, The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, CBS, 1982
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Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number, NBC, 1983
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LBJ: The Early Years, NBC, 1987
- Lynn Kessler, Terrorist on Trial: The United States versus Salim Ajami (also known as Hostile Witness,
In the Hands of the Enemy,
Terrorist on Trial,
The Trial, and The United States versusSalim Ajami), CBS, 1988
- Peggy Breen, One More Mountain (also known as One More Mountain: An American Epic), ABC, 1994
- Mrs. Byrne, Thicker Than Blood (also known as Stand Up Tragedy), TNT, 1998
- Martha Lassiter, Murder in a Small Town, NBC, 1999
- Also appeared in The Mustache.
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Specials
- Diana, All's Well That Ends Well, 1978
- Mother and Lilian Steichen, Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences, PBS, 1982
- "Keeping On," American Short Story, PBS, 1983
- Louise Mallard, "The Joy That Kills," American Playhouse, PBS, 1985
- "Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts," American Masters, 1985
- Mrs. Gibbs, "Our Town," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
- Fiona, "Journey," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1995
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The Green Room, Bravo, 2000
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Episodic
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Newhart, CBS, 1986
- Ellie Pendleton, "The Library," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
- "Falling from Grace," Hill Street Blues, 1986
- Gladys Lynch, "Steele Hanging in There: Part 1," Remington Steele,1987
- Mrs. Jankowski, "Battle of Las Vegas," Crime Story, 1987
- Rosa Halasy, "Disciple," Law & Order, NBC, 1988
- Elizabeth Hendrick, "Prisoner of Love," Law & Order, NBC, 1990
- Beverly Rose, "The Pigeon," Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 2000
- Also appeared as Elizabeth in an episode of Cosby, and as Claire in an episode of Developing.
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Film Appearances
- Shakespearean actress, Manhattan, United Artists, 1979
- Desdemona, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1979
- Waitress, Falling in Love, Paramount, 1984
- Pamela Murdock, Amazing Grace and Chuck (also known as Silent Voice), TriStar, 1987
- Ruby Hanson, Rocket Gibraltar, Columbia, 1988
- Lynn, Another Woman, Orion, 1988
- Lady from Palm Beach, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988
- House owner, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion, 1989
- Mary Behan, Billy Bathgate, Buena Vista, 1991
- Christine Downes, Scent of a Woman, Universal, 1992
- Scrawny shanty lady, The Adventures of Huck Finn (also known as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Buena Vista, 1993
- Irene Reed, Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar, 1993
- Miss Scover, The Neon Bible (also known as La Biblia de neon), Strand Releasing, 1995
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Angela, Tree Farm Pictures, 1996
- Ann Putnam, The Crucible, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
- Paula Burns, Maid in Manhattan, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2002
- Bootsie, Die Mommie Die, Aviator Films, 2003
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WRITINGS
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Nonfiction
- Contributor to nonfiction texts, including Actors on Acting, edited by Holly Hill, Theatre Communications Group, 1993.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, March 25, 2003
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Interview, April, 1989, pp. 77, 126
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