Biography
Conchata Ferrell was an American actress. She graduated from Marshall University and began her career in New York theatre, where she won Drama Desk, Obie and Theatre World awards for her performance in the 1974 play The Sea Horse.
Ferrell appeared in films including Network (1976), Edward Scissorhands (1990), True Romance (1993) and Erin Brockovich (2000), in which she played Brenda. On television she was a regular cast member in several series and played Berta the housekeeper in Two and a Half Men (2003–2015). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2007 for that role, and an earlier nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for L.A. Law (1992).
Ferrell died on 12 October 2020.
