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Conchata Ferrell

 
Actor: Conchata Ferrell
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  • Born: Mar 28, 1943 in Charleston, West Virginia
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Heartland, Eye on the Sparrow, Kabluey
  • First Major Screen Credit: Hot L Baltimore (1975)

Biography

Expressive comic actress Conchata Ferrell attended drama classes at West Virginia University and Marshall University. Ferrell's first off-Broadway appearance was as good-natured hooker April Green in Lanford Wilson's Hot L Baltimore (1972), a role she would reprise in the short-lived 1975 TV sitcom version. In 1973, she won an Obie Award for her performance in The Sea Horse. Her first major film role was feisty frontier widow Elinore in the 1981 western Heartland, a performance that earned her a "Wrangler Award" from the Cowboy Hall of Fame. She has also been seen in Network (1976), Mystic Pizza (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1991), to name but a few. As active on TV as elsewhere, Conchata Ferrell has played such regular TV-series roles as female cop Wilhelmina "The Fox" Johnson in BJ and the Bear (1979), café owner Vangie Cruise in McClain's Law (1981), nurse Joan Thor in the original ER (1984), zoo secretary Kate Galindo in A Peaceable Kingdom (1989), entertainment lawyer Susan Bloom in LA Law (1991-92 season, earning an Emmy nomination in 1992), and cynical psychologist/advice columnist Dr. Madeline Stoessinger in Hearts Afire (1993-95). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Conchata Ferrell
Born Conchata Galen Ferrell
March 28, 1943 (1943-03-28) (age 66)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Other name(s) Conchatta Ferrell
Occupation Actress
Years active 1974—present
Spouse(s) Arnie Anderson

Conchata Galen Ferrell (born March 28, 1943) is an American actress, most recently known for her role as Berta the middle-aged housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which she received a 2005 and a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She was previously nominated in 1992 for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Susan Bloom on L.A. Law.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
1974 Maude Rita Valdez TV, 1 episode
1975 Hot L Baltimore April Green TV, 13 episodes
1976 Network Barbara Schlesinger
1977 The Rockford Files Ella Mae White TV, 1 episode
Blansky's Beauties Nurse Gibbons TV, 1 episode
Good Times Miss Johnson TV, 1 episode
1979 The Love Boat Bitsy TV, 2 episodes
Heartland Elinore Randall Stewart
1979-1981 B. J. and the Bear Wilhemina "The Fox" Johnson TV, 5 episodes
1980 Knots Landing Mother TV, 2 episodes
1981 Lou Grant Myra Wexler TV, 1 episode
1982 Quincy, M.E. Mrs. Werner TV, 1 episode
Cagney & Lacey Charlene TV, 1 episode
1983 St. Elsewhere Gina Barnett TV, 1 episode
1984-1985 E/R Nurse Joan Thor TV, 22 episodes
1986 Matlock Mrs. Reese TV, 1 episode
1987 Night Court Nurse TV, 1 episode
Sledge Hammer! Judge Ida Grim TV, 1 episode
1988 For Keeps? Mrs. Bobrucz
Who's the Boss? Frances TV, 1 episode
Mystic Pizza Leona
1988-1992 L.A. Law Susan Bloom TV, 15 episodes
1989 Murder, She Wrote Harriet Lundgren TV, 1 episode
A Peaceable Kingdom Kate Galindo TV, 9 episodes
1990 Edward Scissorhands Helen
1992-1993 Hearts Afire Dr. Ruth Colquist/Madeline Stoessinger TV, 5 episode
1993 Samurai Cowboy Bobbi Bob Pickette
Sirens Mrs. Chattle TV, 1 episode
True Romance Mary Louise Ravencroft
Heaven & Earth Bernice
1996 Freeway Mrs. Sheets
Minor Adjustments Mrs. Daisy Gotschel TV, 1 episode
Walker, Texas Ranger Lureen Smith TV, 1 episode
1997-1998 Teen Angel Pam TV, 17 episodes
1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nurse Greenliegh TV, 1 episode
1999 Touched by an Angel Irene TV, 1 episode
Two Guys and a Girl Shawn's Mother TV, 1 episode
JAG Deanne TV, 1 episode
Friends The Judge TV, 1 episode
2000 Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Bella
Erin Brockovich Brenda
2001 Popular Calamity Jane TV, 1 episode
ER Mrs. Jenkins TV, 1 episode
K-PAX Betty McAllister
2002 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Bus Driver TV, 1 episode
Mr. Deeds Jan
2003 Becker Pearl TV, 1 episode
Judging Amy Maxine's Co-Worker TV, 1 episode
2003-present Two and a Half Men Berta TV, 101 episodes
2008 Kabluey Kathleen

Awards and nominations

Year Award Result Category Work
1974 Drama Desk Award Won Outstanding Performance The Sea Horse
1974 Theatre World Award Won The Sea Horse
1981 Western Heritage Awards Won Bronze Wrangler Heartland (Shared with cast)
1992 Emmy Award Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series L.A. Law
2005 Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Two and a Half Men
2007 Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Two and a Half Men

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