Conchata Ferrell began her career on the stage, appearing in the original Broadway cast of Lanford Wilson's Hot L Baltimore and winning both the Drama Desk and Obie Awards for the off-Broadway The Sea Horse.A successful character actress, her career has spanned three decades and includes supporting roles in such films as Network, Mystic Pizza, Edward Scissorhands, Erin Brockovich, Mr. Deeds and K-PAX. Her other television credits include B.J. and the Bear, Hearts Afire, Townies, and Push, Nevada.
Conchata Ferrell is best known for her role as Berta the housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, a role for which she received a 2005 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series.
Charleston, West Virginia
- She married Arnold Anders Anderson and they have one daughter, Samantha.
- She was awarded the 1974 Drama Desk (Vernon Rice) award and Obie for the off-Broadway "The Sea Horse."
- One of her hobbies is playing video games, particularly role-playing games.
2009: TV Land Awards - Future Classic Award for: "Two and a Half Men". Shared.
1981: Western Heritage Awards - Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture
for: Heartland. Share.
2003-2011: Two and a Half Men (TV series) - Berta
2007: Kabluey - Kathleen
2004: Surviving Eden - Rosemary Flotchky
2003: Judging Amy (TV series) - Maxine's Co-Worker
2003: Becker (TV series) - Pearl
2002: Push, Nevada (TV series) - Martha
2002: Mr. Deeds - Jan
2002: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) - Bus Driver
2001: K-PAX - Betty McAllister
2001: Going to California (TV series) - Nurse Lucy
2001: Amy & Isabelle (TV movie) - Bev
2001: The Zeta Project (TV series) - Dr. Greer
2001: Popular (TV series) - Calamity Jane
2001: Stranger Inside (TV movie) - Mama Cass
2000: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (TV series) - Ma/Ma Munchapper
2000: The Wild Thornberrys (TV series) - Harriet
2000: Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV series) - Helen Williams
2000: Get Real (TV series) - Rosa Hernandez
2000: Erin Brockovich - Brenda
2000: Crime and Punishment in Suburbia - Bella
1999: Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series) - Mrs. Patterson
1999: Friends (TV series) - The Judge
1999: JAG (TV series) - Deanne
1999: Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (TV series) - Shawn's Mother
1998: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) - Nurse Greenliegh
1998: Modern Vampires (TV movie) - Wanda, Nico's Mother
1997-1998: Teen Angel (TV series) - Pam
1997: ABC TGIF (TV series) - Pam
1997: Touch - Virginia Worrel
1996: My Fellow Americans - Woman Truck Driver
1996: Townies (TV series) - Marge
1996: Sweet Dreams (TV movie) - Dr. Kate Lowe
1996: Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series) - Lureen Smith
1996: Minor Adjustments (TV series) - Mrs. Daisy Gotschel
1996: Freeway - Mrs. Sheets
1995: The Client (TV series) - Rue
1995: The Mask (TV series) - Willamina Bubask
1995: The Naked Truth (TV series) - Maxine Mansfield
1994-1995: Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series) - Roxanne
1995: The Buccaneers (TV mini-series) - Mrs. Elmsworth
1992-1995: Hearts Afire (TV series) - Dr. Madeline Stoessinger/Madeline Stoessinger/Dr. Ruth Colquist
1994: A Worn Path - Nurse
1993: Heaven & Earth - Bernice
1993: Cobra (TV series) - Bobby Gutner
1993: True Romance - Mary Louise Ravencroft
1993: Sirens (TV series) - Mrs. Chattle
1993: Family Prayers - Mrs. Romeyo
1993: Dinosaurs (TV series) - Shelly
1993: Samurai Cowboy - Bobbi Bob Pickette
1988-1992: L.A. Law (TV series) - Susan Bloom/Lorna Landsberg
1991: Backfield in Motion (TV movie) - Ann Bedowski
1991: Deadly Intentions... Again? (TV movie) - Joan
1990: Edward Scissorhands - Helen
1990: Opposites Attract (TV movie) - Flo
1989: A Peaceable Kingdom (TV series) - Kate Galindo
1989: Hard Time on Planet Earth (TV series) - Annie
1989: Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (TV movie) - Specialist Mononaghee
1989: Murder, She Wrote (TV series) - Harriet Lundgren
1988: Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (TV movie)
1988: ABC Weekend Specials (TV series) - Aunt Jill
1988: Mystic Pizza - Leona
1988: CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) - Kate
1988: Who's the Boss? (TV series) - Frances
1988: For Keeps? - Mrs. Bobrucz
1988: Hooperman (TV series)
1988: Portrait of a White Marriage
1987: Eye on the Sparrow (TV movie) - Mary
1987: Sledge Hammer! (TV series) - Judge Ida Grim
1987: Night Court (TV series) - Nurse
1986: Matlock (TV series) - Mrs. Reese
1986: Picnic (TV movie) - Helen Potts
1986: Where the River Runs Black - Mother Marta
1986: Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (TV movie) - Ida Sinclair
1985: North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie) - Doc Norman
1984-1985: E/R (TV series) - Nurse Joan Thor
1985: This Is the Life (TV series)
1984: The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (TV movie) - Dr. Gardner
1984: Nadia (TV movie) - Mili Simonescu
1984: Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series) - Thumbelina's Mother
1983: Emergency Room (TV movie) - Nurse Sylvia Kaye
1983: Miss Lonelyhearts (TV movie) - Faye Doyle
1983: St. Elsewhere (TV series) - Gina Barnett
1982: Cagney & Lacey (TV series) - Charlene
1982: Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (TV movie) - Captain Burnsite
1982: Quincy M.E. (TV series) - Mrs. Werner
1981: Lou Grant (TV series) - Myra Wexler
1981: McClain's Law (TV series) - Vangie Cruise
1979-1981: B.J. and the Bear (TV series) - The Fox/Wilhemina 'The Fox' Johnson
1981: CBS Afternoon Playhouse (TV series) - Mamie Trotter
1980: Knots Landing (TV series) - Mrs. Messinger
1980: Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (TV movie) - Helen
1980: Reunion (TV movie) - Toni Owens
1980: The Seduction of Miss Leona (TV movie) - Hazel Dawson
1979: The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series) - The Fox
1979: Before and After (TV movie) - Marge
1979: Heartland - Elinore Randall Stewart
1979: The Love Boat (TV series) - Bitsy Sheldon
1978: Who'll Save Our Children? (TV movie) - Dodie Hart
1978: A Death in Canaan (TV movie) - Rita Parsons
1977: Good Times (TV series) - Miss Johnson
1977: The Girl Called Hatter Fox (TV movie) - Nurse Rinehart
1977: Blansky's Beauties (TV series) - Nurse Gibbons
1977: Mixed Nuts (TV short) - Nurse Cassidy
1977: The Rockford Files (TV series) - Ella Mae White
1977: One Day at a Time (TV series) - Phyllis McDermott
1976: Network - Barbara Schlesinger
1976: Deadly Hero - Slugger Ann
1975: Hot L Baltimore (TV series) - April Green
1974: Maude (TV series) - Rita Valdez