Which actresses best portray fraus?

Candace Cameron Bure is the first thing I think of when I think of fraus.

r2 as a person or characters she portrays?

Stephnie Weir

Either, but her Hallmark/soon to be GAC depictions are frauness personified.

Mary Kay Place

Mare Winningham

Not sure about best but my go-to Frau example is always Edie McClurg's portrayal of the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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Or Edie M in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. Religious frau.

Kathy Baker is also kinda frau-ish but I really like her.

Melanie Lynskey is fantastic in everything, but especially at playing fraus.

Kathy Bates - Fried Green Tomatoes - mike drop, thread closed, boom!

Speaking of Mad TV if we can expand to actors Paul Vogt gets my vote

German actresses

Literal Frau - Frau Farbissina played by Mindy Sterling.

R4 I love Stephanie Weir! And Mary Kay Place, R6.

r15

r15 she really does it so well..

Maura Tierney.

Miriam Flynn

Beth Grant

R5 You could say the same thing about her fellow Hallmark star Lacey Chabert. Ever seen her in an interview promoting her Hallmark stuff?

Debra Jo Rupp

It's a testament to their skill that many actresses who excel at portraying fraus never had kids (or, in some cases, even husbands).

Mary Jo Catlett

R11. Kathy Bates was my first thought. Although, a frau would never repeatedly smash into another car like Evelyn did.

R7 R9 Edie was scarcely 40 when she had that string of roles as matronly Fraus and midwestern ditzes.

Same for Debra Jo Rupp and Kathy Bates. They came to fame later than others, but they just had the "motherly" look even when they weren't that old.

Shirley Booth

Wendy Schaal

Mary Kay Place

JoBeth Williams

Beatrice Straight

Dee Wallace Stone

Harriet Sansom Harris

Marcia Cross

Mindy Sterling

Donna Reed

Bibi Besch

Edie McClurg also gets my vote as the ultimate frau.

Sally Field

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(someone had to say it)...

I feel like people are getting frau and frump confused. Edie McClurg, Mary Jo Witlett, Kathy Bates, and Melanie Lynskey are frumps. Cynthia Stevenson, Mary Kay Place, and Maura Tierney are terrific examples of fraus.

Exactly, r33. Kathy Bates is not a Frau. Kathy Baker is a Frau. Jennifer Garner is a Frau.

Louise Lasser

Frumps can also be fraus.

[quote]I feel like people are getting frau and frump confused.

Same. I always thought of a frau as a woman whom is typically conservative, loves Jesus and a bit plump. She is basic and simple and loves everything middle American like Michael Kors and scrapbooking. She definitely has a craft room and has owned a SUV or mini van at some point.

Frump is a subset of frau.

Mary Hartman was a freak not a Frau.

She was obsessed with waxy yellow buildup, a foundational frau issue!

[quote]Frump is a subset of frau.

Is it, though? I personlly have known many women who are not frumps, but who definitely meet frau criteria. I don’t think being frumpy is related. A lot of lesbians and feminists are dumpy, but they are definitely not frauen.

Cloris Leachman

Vanessa Bayer

Tom Hanks

[quote] Frump is a subset of frau.

Not at all. DL Frauen can intersect with Frumps on a Venn diagram, but most, actually, DGAF women are anti-Frau in their outlook.

For instance, all blonde women from Salt Lake City with more than 2 children, a yoga toned body and a MLM are Frauen, regardless of their commitment to looking hot for their man.

I don't know if she qualifies as a frau, but I'm watching the movie "Luce" and it occurs to me Naomi Watts is always perfect as the annoying washed-out blonde lady. That's mean, I'm sorry.

Speaking of the movie, someone on here said it was good so I decided to watch. It's kind of disjointed and boring to me. Octavia Spencer is good. Tim Roth is weird and detached as always, and I have no idea what sort of accent he's doing.

Yes to the divine Edie McClurg

[quote] Kathy Baker is also kinda frau-ish but I really like her.

I do too. For some reason, I thought she was well cast as Jennifer Garner's mother in 13 Going 30.

Has Bonnie Bedelia been mentioned?

First, let me light a vagina candle to set the mood.

Blythe.

Danner.

Dianne Weist (sp?)

Vivian Vance!

Patricia Heaton!

Marcia Gay Harden

There was a great character actress back in the '80s named Lucy Lee Flippen who used to be great at playing fraus. She has since retired:

Joanne Woodward back in the day.

Goop.

Kelly Preston

r37 I think there are many subtypes but they share a commonality of putting on airs.. they're the greatest mother, greatest wife, greatest at everying -- sometimes the greatest at even being most dysfunctional. They brag about it. They act like it's a brand as they have a signature style of dressing, talking, doing things.. They're always wound tight with an easily triggered low self esteem that's paired with an overinflated ego -- there's a massive two ton cunt just beneath the surface ready to rip your head off over a perceived slight. The main problem they have is that eveyone including their spouse and children are threat to whatever fantasy they're trying to present. Thus it's unsurprising so many claim to have narcissistic mothers, spouses, children.. a sheer talent of finding them everywhre in their lives. Which I suppose sounds more exciting than plain ol' empty nest syndrome.

you shall recocognize them by their holiday family portrait and plastered smiles.

Jill Clayburgh

Jennifer Garner.

Lori Loughlin.

Meg Ryan.

Kate McKinnon has frau face. I woudln't be surprised if she becomes a total frau actress.

R61, McKinnon will segue into Kathy Griffin’s career before D List. Celebrity Pyramid, direct to video sequels to kids movies. On the Carole Baskin show, she was too self conscious to play the role in any authentic way. Same old weirdo ticks. That’s the kiss of death for a star.

Why has no one mentioned Reece Witherspoon?

Amy Adams

R62 Nicole Sullivan would've won Emmy/GG gold for that role, and it would've brought her career into a fresh new light.

But no, they had to stunt-cast it with everyone's favorite sketch dyke. Sure, she sucks at most impressions and hasn't disappeared into a role in years, but she's SO BRAVE!

Jeanne Tripplehorn is The Queen of Fraus. She is forever being typecast as a Frau. She's always someone's virtuous, suburban wife.