![]() She contacted Alan Ball, who was about to be in high demand when the Oscar nominations were announced, even though his sitcom, Oh, Grow Up, had just been cancelled. ![]() Six Feet Under was originally inspired by a 1948 bookĬarolyn Strauss, then head programmer of HBO, wanted her network to do a show about death after watching the 1965 movie adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical book The Loved One, which was based on the Los Angeles funeral business. To mark the 20th anniversary of the debut episode of Six Feet Under on June 3, 2021, we are sharing 20 things that you might not have known about the show that raised the bar for storytelling on TV and then left us with (arguably) the most satisfying series finale in television history. Patrick as David’s boyfriend Keith Rachel Griffiths as Brenda Chenowith, a bohemian woman who shags Nate after meeting him on a flight Jeremy Sisto as Billy Chenoweth, Brenda’s younger brother who struggles with bipolar disorder. Rounding out the cast were Freddy Rodríguez as the staff mortician Rico Mathew St. Hall as closeted son David and Lauren Ambrose as free-spirited teenage daughter Claire, who’s high on meth when she learns of her dad’s death. Created by Oscar-winning American Beauty screenwriter Alan Ball, the show received widespread critical acclaim and won nine Emmys, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globes and a Peabody Award.īall assembled a mesmerizing group of actors to play the dysfunctional Fisher family: Richard Jenkins as Nathaniel (who - TWO-DECADE-OLD SPOILER ALERT - dies in the pilot) Frances Conroy as his tightly wound wife, Ruth Peter Krause as the prodigal son Nate Michael C. The hit series made its debut on Jand ran for five seasons as audiences watched the Fisher family run their Los Angeles funeral home while dealing with the stress and drama of everyday life - and death. You can’t discuss HBO’s golden age in the late 1990s and early 2000s without mentioning Six Feet Under.
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