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Ruth Fisher is a fictional character on the HBO television series Six Feet Under played by Frances...

Ruth Fisher is a fictional character on the HBO television series Six Feet Under played by Frances Conroy. She is very bitter about her past, neurotic and obsessive. Ruth O'Connor Fisher Sibley (1946–2025) is the widow of Nathaniel and mother of three: Nate, David and Claire. Ruth Fisher was born in Pasadena in 1946. She graduated from Pasadena High School in 1963 and never had the chance to go to college or enjoy her youth because she had to take care of her double amputee grandmother. She married Nathaniel Fisher in 1965 after becoming pregnant and raised their children — Nate, David and Claire — while helping him build up his mortuary business. Ruth felt Nathaniel was distant and near the end of their marriage she began to have an affair with a hairdresser, Hiram (Ed Begley, Jr.) who taught her how to explore her sexuality. When Nathaniel was suddenly killed, Ruth constantly feared being alone and struggled to accept Nate's relationship with Brenda, Claire's need for independence, and David's homosexuality. She gave David and Nate money to keep the business afloat, and for a time stayed away from Hiram. They reunited (in one memorable episode, she accidentally took Ecstasy,