Frances McDormand Profile
| Full Name: | Frances McDormand - Contact Frances McDormand |
| Birth Name: | Frances Louise McDormand |
| Famous As: | Actress |
| Date of Birth: | June 23, 1957 |
| Place of Birth: | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Height: | 5' 6 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Father: | Vernon McDormand |
| Mother: | Noreen McDormand |
| Sister(s): | Dorothy A. McDormand (older, ordained Disciples of Christ minister and chaplain) |
| Spouse: | Joel Coen (film director, since 1984) |
| Son(s): | Pedro McDormand Coen (adopted in 1994) |
| Education: | Graduated from Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia with a BA degree in theater in 1979 Graduated from Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut with an MFA degree in 1982 |
| Claim to Fame: | As Mrs. Pell in Mississippi Burning (1988) |
Frances McDormand News
Times Online - Found Nov. 6, 2009
Ethan?s two and Joel?s one, from their marriages to, respectively, the film editor Tricia Cooke and regular leading lady Frances McDormand.
Variety - Found Nov. 2, 2009
... s many wonders.Nicely directed by Nielsen, the supporting cast, especially Cecilie's parents (Frances McDormand lookalike Trine Wiggen and...
Variety - Found Oct. 29, 2009
State of Grace." "It was the first TV show I did and was like a girls' 'Wonder Years' and Frances McDormand was me grown up."Favorite Film...
Tahoe.com - Found Nov. 6, 2009
... or Blu-Ray (2009) * * *1/2 (Grade A-) Directed by Michael Schwarz Starring Michael Pollan Narrated by Frances McDormand PBS Video//Rated TV-PG...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Nov. 5, 2009
The first episode takes Ms. Reichl and pal Frances McDormand to Blackberry Farm in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee...
Chico News & Review - Found Nov. 5, 2009
PBS television show Adventures With Ruth, in which she travels the world with celebrities, including Frances McDormand and Dianne Wiest, in...
NOLA Live - Found Nov. 4, 2009
Frances McDormand in the Coen brothers' quirky 1996 crime drama 'Fargo.'What: 'Fargo,' the quirky 1996 crime drama that earned the Coen brothers
Rotten Tomatoes - Found Nov. 4, 2009
... with Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton) while simultaneously fooling around with Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), Pfarrer is hilariously unaware that...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Nov. 3, 2009
... for a Tony for 'Pillowman,' had become friends with Frances McDormand after working with her at Lincoln Center. McDormand's husband, Joel Coen...
Globe and Mail - Found Nov. 2, 2009
Narrated by Frances McDormand, it explores the social history of four plants, the apple, the tulip, cannabis and the potato.











