Frances Hardman Conroy is an American theater, film and television actress. For her role in the film "The Client is Always Dead" she was awarded the Golden Globe Award. She has also been repeatedly nominated for Emmy, Saturn, Screen Actors Guild, Tony and others. Conroy is best known to horror fans for her seven seasons in American Horror Story.
During her creative career, which began in 1978, Frances has played in more than a hundred films and TV series. In addition, she is engaged in dubbing cartoons and has been performing on the theater stage for over 30 years.
Childhood and youth
Frances was born in Monroe in the fall of 1953. The girl's parents were engaged in business and had their own farm. Since childhood, the girl was fond of art and during her school years she participated in all theatrical performances and performances.
After leaving school, Francis continued her studies at college, where she also engaged in creativity. Later, after moving to New York, she entered the famous Juilliard School of the Playhouse Theater, where she studied the art of drama.
Thanks to her active student years and participation in many performances, the girl not only receives an education, but also begins her theatrical and cinematic career. Despite this, recognition came to her much later. Playwright Arthur Miller had a huge influence on her work, who later helped the young actress get her first roles in big cinema and on stage.
Creative career
One of the first roles in the movie Conroy received from the famous director Woody Allen in the film "Manhattan", and a year later made her debut on Broadway in the play "Lady of Dubuque".
Further creative biography of Francis for many years is associated with the theater, where she becomes one of the leading actresses who received the theater award "Tony" for her work on stage. In addition, she was repeatedly nominated for the Drama Desk Award and received an award for her role in the play Secret Admiration.
In addition to working in the theater, Conroy often appears in television films and series. One of her most famous works is the role of Ruth Fisher in the television series "The Client is Always Dead", for which Frances received several Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nominations, as well as a Golden Globe.
Among her works, it is worth noting roles in the films: "Lovers", "The Smell of a Woman," Inveterate Swindlers "," Sleepless in Seattle "," Catwoman "," Aviator "," Rise of Darkness ". In the TV series Desperate Housewives, she becomes a guest star, and during the same period starred in Grey's Anatomy and The Mentalist.
American Horror Story
Particularly popular was Conroy's work in American Horror Story, where she became one of the main characters and took part in the filming of almost all seasons, starting in 2011.
It is interesting to note that especially for Conroy, the role intended for her in the picture was slightly changed and rewritten. The reason was a defect in her eye, and the actress's dream to play in a film without the special lenses that she wore.
A few years before participating in the series, the actress had a serious accident and had surgery on her eyes, after which the iris of one of them became discolored. Fans of the series are well aware of this story, and in the film itself, a defect hidden by it in ordinary life helped to bring a new twist to the storyline, where the heroine Conroy loses one eye due to a bullet wound.
The actress won an Emmy for her supporting role in American Horror Story.
New projects and personal life
Despite her age, and the actress will turn 66 this year (2019), she continues to work in new projects in film and television. In the fall of 2019, it is planned to release a film about the cult villain from DC comics - Joker, where she will play the role of his mother. The actress is also involved in the American TV series Casual and the fantastic comedy James vs. His Future Self.
Not much is known about the actress's personal life. She has been married twice. The first husband is Jonathan Furst, whose marriage lasted several years. The second husband was the actor Jean Munro. The couple got married in 1992.
