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