Full Name: 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)