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