Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

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Birthday: 
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: 
Frances Louise McDormand
Height: 
165 cm
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Vernon Weir McDormand, a minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned her B.A. in Theater from Bethany College in 1979 and her MFA from Yale in 1... Show more »
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Vernon Weir McDormand, a minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She earned her B.A. in Theater from Bethany College in 1979 and her MFA from Yale in 1982. Her career after graduation began onstage, and she has retained her association with the theater throughout her career. She soon obtained prominent roles in movies as well, first starring in Blood Simple. (1984), in which she worked with filmmaker Joel Coen, whom she married that year. She frequently collaborated with Coen and his brother Ethan Coen in their films.McDormand's skilled and versatile acting has been recognized by both the critics and the Academy and, in addition to many critics' awards, she has been nominated for an Academy Award four times - for Mississippi Burning (1988), Fargo (1996) (for which she won the Best Actress Award), Almost Famous (2000) and North Country (2005). Keenly intelligent and possessed of a sharp wit, McDormand is the antithesis of the Hollywood starlet - rather than making every role about Frances McDormand, Frances McDormand dissolves into the characters she plays. Accordingly, she has expressed some reservations about the iconic recognition she has gained from her touching and amusing portrayal of Police Chief Marge Gunderson, the quintessential Minnesota Scandinavian, in Fargo (1996).McDormand and Coen adopted a son, Pedro, who was born in Paraguay, in 1994. They live in Manhattan, New York. Show less «

Frances McDormand's FILMOGRAPHY

The Twilight Zone - Season 2 (1985)

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The Twilight Zone - Season 3 (1985)

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Spenser: For Hire - Season 2

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Hunter - Season 3 (1984)

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Crimewave

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Hill Street Blues - Season 6

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The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (1985)

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Spenser: For Hire - Season 1

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Hunter - Season 2 (1984)

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Hill Street Blues - Season 5

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Blood Simple

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Hunter - Season 1 (1984)

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Hill Street Blues - Season 4

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Hill Street Blues - Season 3

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Hill Street Blues - Season 1

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Hill Street Blues - Season 2

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Frances McDormand'S roles

Doris Crane
Doris Crane
Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings
Miss Pettigrew
Miss Pettigrew
Dot
Dot
Handler
Handler
Marge Gunderson
Marge Gunderson
Sue Thomason
Sue Thomason
Elaine Miller
Elaine Miller
Abby
Abby
Linda Litzke
Linda Litzke
Glory
Glory
Mrs. Pell
Mrs. Pell
Zoe
Zoe
Momma Ida
Momma Ida
Mearing
Mearing
Michelle
Michelle
Mrs. Bishop
Mrs. Bishop
Jane
Jane
Captain Chantel DuBois
Captain Chantel DuBois
Miss Clavel
Miss Clavel
Herself
Herself