1. Conchata Ferrell played Berta the housekeeper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2015, and she received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role.
15 Facts About Conchata Ferrell
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Conchata Galen Ferrell was born March 28,1943, in Loudendale, West Virginia, to Mescal Loraine and Luther Martin Ferrell.
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Conchata Ferrell attended West Virginia University for two years, dropped out, and after working several jobs, enrolled and graduated from Marshall University with a degree in history education.
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Conchata Ferrell made her first onstage performance at Marshall in 1969, in the second Barfenon Review, a skit comedy and musical production.
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Conchata Ferrell began her career on the stage as a member of the Circle Repertory Company.
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Conchata Ferrell appeared in the original off-Broadway cast of Lanford Wilson's The Hot l Baltimore and won the Drama Desk, Obie, and Theatre World Best Actress awards for her performance in the off-Broadway play The Sea Horse.
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Conchata Ferrell had previously appeared in an episode of the show in 1988 as Lorna Landsberg, an entirely different character.
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Conchata Ferrell's supporting roles in films include performances in Deadly Hero, Network, Edward Scissorhands, Erin Brockovich, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia, Mr Deeds, and K-PAX, as well as a small part in True Romance.
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Conchata Ferrell made memorable appearances portraying blunt, authoritative judges.
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Conchata Ferrell accepted a role in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore for an April 27 through May 29,2011, run with Minka Kelly, AnnaLynne McCord, Anne Meara, and B Smith.
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Conchata Ferrell portrayed Berta the housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, appearing in a total of 212 episodes from 2003 to 2015.
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Conchata Ferrell had received two nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2007, but lost to Doris Roberts for Everybody Loves Raymond and Jaime Pressly for My Name Is Earl.
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Conchata Ferrell was slated to appear in the upcoming feature film Deported, and had earlier acted in A Very Nutty Christmas, a holiday-themed television film.
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Conchata Ferrell was a self-described Democrat and a practicing Roman Catholic.
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Conchata Ferrell died on October 12,2020, from complications following cardiac arrest at the Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California.