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