Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under: Everyone's Waiting
Frances Conroy (1953 - )
Film Deaths[]
- The Aviator (2004) [Katharine Houghton]: Dies (off-screen) of cerebral hemorrhage, several years after the movie ends.
- Joker (2019) [Penny Fleck]: Smothered with a pillow by Joaquin Phoenix in her hospital room.
- Nimona (2023) [The Director]: Killed in an explosion when Nimona (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz) charges at her cannon to stop her from firing it at the cost of innocent lives just to kill Nimona, who is in her phoenix form at the time.
Television Deaths[]
- Murder in a Small Town (1999; TV movie) [Martha Lassiter]: Drowned in her bathtub when Ebon Moss-Bachrach pushes her head under; her body is shown afterwards lying on the bathroom floor as Mike Starr investigates the crime scene.
- Six Feet Under: Everyone's Waiting (2005) [Ruth Fisher]: Dies of old age/natural causes, in an "epilogue" sequence showing all the major characters' future deaths.
- American Horror Story: Murder House (2011) [Moira O'Hara]: Throughout the first season, she appears as the ghost of Alexandra Breckenridge. She manifests in two forms: her "young" self (Alexandra), reflecting her physical appearance at the time of her death (the form seen by men), and her "older" self (Frances), reflecting her "old soul" (the form seen by women). Due to the dual-cast nature of the role, I'm listing it for both actresses.
- American Horror Story: Coven: Burn Witch Burn (2013) [Myrtle Snow]: Burned at the stake by Jessica Lange, after being falsely accused of Sarah Paulson's blinding. At the end of the episode, she is resurrected by Lily Rabe.
- American Horror Story: Coven: Seven Wonders (2014) [Myrtle Snow]: Burned at the stake by Sarah Paulson at Frances' own request. She is later resurrected by Sarah Paulson to aid her in the Apocalypse; revealed in the episode Forbidden Fruit and confirmed onscreen in the episode Traitor. Her resurrection is undone in the episode Apocalypse Then when Billie Lourd travels back in time to kill Cody Fern so that the apocalypse won't happen.
- American Horror Story: Freakshow: Blood Bath (2014) [Gloria Mott]: Shot in the head by her son (Finn Wittrock) after telling him that she couldn't live with herself if he committed suicide.
- The Mist: The Tenth Meal (2017) [Nathalie Raven]: Ages rapidly and dies after breastfeeding a baby that sucks the life out of her. The Mist had taken the form of Frances' deceased husband (Derek McGrath) who gave her the baby.
- American Horror Story: Cult: Charles (Manson) in Charge (2017) [Bebe Babbitt]: Shot in the back of the head by Sarah Paulson while she is attempting to kill Evan Peters.
- American Horror Story: Double Feature: Winter Kills (2021) [Sarah "Belle Noir" Cunningham]: Eaten by the Pale People, along with Evan Peters while Finn Wittrock, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Angelica Ross look on. It is revealed that Leslie Grossman unleashed them.
Gallery[]
Frances Conroy with Lara Grice dead in American Horror Story: Freakshow: Blood Bath
Frances Conroy in Joker
Frances Conroy in American Horror Story: Double Feature: Winter Kills
Frances Conroy being drowned in Murder in a Small Town
Frances Conroy dead on floor in Murder in a Small Town
Frances Conroy's aged corpse in The Mist: The Tenth Meal
Frances Conroy's animated death in Nimona
Noteworthy Connections[]
- Wife of Jan Munroe