Frances Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is an American actress. She is most widely known for playing the matriarch Ruth O'Connor Fisher Sibley on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under, which earned her a Golden Globe in 2004.
After losing her job and learning of her aunt's dire medical condition, an unremarkable middle-aged woman, Mary, returns to her hometown. However, the only welcome Mary receives are from mangled, decayed ghosts.
