Cloris Leachman
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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 26, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, whose career spanned over seven decades. She won various accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. In addition, she won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Leachman's breakthrough role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the landmark CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–75), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1974 and 1975; its spin-off, Phyllis (1975–77), earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy.
Known for
Credits
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
as Mrs. Norris
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
as Miss Fielder
The Croods (2013)
as Gran (voice)
The Iron Giant (1999)
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
as Gran (voice)
The Longest Yard (2005)
as Lynette
Young Frankenstein (1974)
as Frau Blücher
Sky High (2005)
as Nurse Spex
New York, I Love You (2008)
as Mitzie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Agnes
The Animal (2001)
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
Bad Santa (2003)
as Grandma (uncredited)
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
as Grandma Palmer
The Women (2008)
as Maggie
The Muppet Movie (1979)
as Lord's Secretary
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
as Granny
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Beerfest (2006)
as Great Gam Gam
I Can Only Imagine (2018)
as Memaw
History of the World: Part I (1981)
as Madame Defarge
You Again (2010)
as Helen (uncredited)
Now and Then (1995)
as Grandma Albertson
Spanglish (2004)
as Evelyn Wright
High Anxiety (1977)
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
The Last Picture Show (1971)
as Ruth Popper
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
as Hydia (voice)
Adult World (2014)
as Mary Ann
Gambit (2012)
as Grandma Merle
Foodfight! (2012)
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
as Louise Trends
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
as Christina Bailey
Hanging Up (2000)
as Pat Mozell
Lake Placid 2 (2007)
as Sadie
Hansel and Gretel (1988)
as Griselda the Witch
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
The Comedian (2016)
as May Conner
Alex & Emma (2003)
as Grandmother
Music of the Heart (1999)
as Assunta
The Rack (1956)
as Caroline
Mrs. Harris (2006)
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Gen¹³ (2000)
as Helga (voice)
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
as Actress
American Cowslip (2009)
as Sandy
Annabelle's Wish (1997)
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
as Mildred Carruthers
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
as Molly Brown
Prancer (1989)
as Mrs. McFarland
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Dillinger (1973)
as Anna Sage
Crazy Mama (1975)
as Melba
Daisy Miller (1974)
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
Love Hurts (1990)
as Ruth Weaver
Picture This (1991)
as Self
Foolin' Around (1980)
as Samantha
Death Scream (1975)
as Mrs. Singleton
So B. It (2016)
as Alice Wilinsky
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
as Bernice Henderson
Lez Bomb (2018)
as Josephine
Love Takes Wing (2009)
as Hattie Clarence
Death Sentence (1974)
as Susan Davies
The Migrants (1974)
as Viola Barlow
Walk Like a Man (1987)
as Margaret Shand
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
as Gran (voice)
The Bronx Bull (2016)
as Lilian Forrester
Crime Club (1973)
as Hilary Kelton
The Fields (2011)
as Gladys
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
as Claire
Fine Things (1990)
as Ruth Fine
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists (2014)
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Spies (1993)
as Pamela Beale
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Manna from Heaven (2002)
as Helen
The Californians (2005)
as Eileen Boatwright
WUSA (1970)
as Philomene
The Steagle (1971)
as Rita Weiss
Expecting Mary (2010)
as Annie
Jump, Darling (2022)
as Margaret
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
as Clara Oddbody
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
as Ellen Blunt
Someone I Touched (1975)
as Laura Hyatt
The Love Boat (1976)
as Iris Havlicek
In Broad Daylight (1991)
as Ruth Westerman
The Little Troll Prince (1987)
as Queen Sirena (voice)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
as Ronda
The Amati Girls (2001)
as Dolly Amati
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)
as Dotty Rounder
The People Next Door (1970)
as Tina Hoffman
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016)
as Maxine
The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
as (voice)
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (2008)
as Self
High Holiday (2021)
as Nana
Dying Room Only (1973)
as Jean Mitchell
This Is Happening (2015)
as Estelle (Grandmother)
Shadow Play (1986)
as Millie Crown
Thursday's Game (1974)
as Lois Ellison
The Chapman Report (1962)
as Miss Selby
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984)
as Self
Never Too Late (1996)
as Olive
Willa (1979)
as Darla Jean
Texasville (1990)
as Ruth Popper
The Acorn People (1981)
as Nurse Betty Nelson
A Little Piece of Heaven (1991)
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
as Mary Kovacs
Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993)
as Mrs. Samuels
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Not to Forget (2021)
as Donna
Hitchhike! (1974)
as Claire Stevens
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
as Ginny
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein (1996)
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Fade to Black (1993)
as Ruth
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
as Maggie Dale
Deadly Intentions (1985)
as Charlotte Raynor
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999)
as Self
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
as Joan Greenway
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
Love Is Never Silent (1985)
as Mrs. Anglin
Mrs. R's Daughter (1979)
as Ruth Rendell
Long Journey Back (1978)
as Laura Casella
Charley and the Angel (1973)
as Nettie Appleby
A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
as Old Mam Hawes
Life of Vernon Hathaway (1955)
as Irma
Between Love and Honor (1995)
as Anna Collura
The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
as Beverly Ann Stickle
Skip Chasers (1998)
Actor
Miracle Child (1993)
as Doc Betty
When We Last Spoke (2020)
as Itasca
Going to the Chapel (1988)
as Mrs. Haldane
Suddenly Single (1971)
as Joanne Hackett
Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
Actor
The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
as Maureen
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
as Euterpe (voice)
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
as Mary Turner
Miss All-American Beauty (1982)
as Agatha Blaine
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991)
as Herself
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009)
as Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion (2002)
as Self
Dixie: Changing Habits (1983)
as Sister Eugenio
Forgotten Children (1952)
as Martha Berry
The Gliksmans (2017)
as Helen Neuman
Buzz (2005)
Actor
Yesterday (1980)
as Mrs Kramer
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995)
as Laura Evans
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016)
as Self
Breakfast with Les and Bess (1985)
Actor
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
as Self
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)
as May Lemke
Being and Nothingness (2019)
as Ivy
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
A Brand New Life (1973)
as Victoria Douglas
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981)
as Performer
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
as Self
It's Who You Know (2018)
as Liz
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch (2011)
as Self