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