Cloris Leachman
Acting
- Born:
- 1926-04-30
- Died:
- 2021-01-27
- Place of birth:
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Jump, Darling
Not to Forget
High Holiday
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
The Croods: A New Age
When We Last Spoke
Mad About You
Being and Nothingness
Lez Bomb
It's Who You Know
I Can Only Imagine
The Gliksmans
American Gods
Justice League Action
The Comedian
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
To Tell the Truth
The Bronx Bull
So B. It
Teachers
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Baby, Baby, Baby
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
This Is Happening
Unity
The Wedding Ringer
Girl Meets World
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Clarence
Adult World
Kirstie
The Millers
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
The Croods
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Foodfight!
Gambit
The Fields
Franklin & Bash
Bob's Burgers
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
Top Gear
Expecting Mary
You Again
Raising Hope
Hawaii Five-0
Hot in Cleveland
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
American Cowslip
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Love Takes Wing
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Women
New York, I Love You
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Phineas and Ferb
Lake Placid 2
The Wedding Bells
The Megan Mullally Show
Beerfest
Scary Movie 4
The Californians
Mrs. Harris
Beach Girls
Sky High
Dancing with the Stars
The Longest Yard
James Dean: Forever Young
Buzz
The Office
Spanglish
Bad Santa
Joan of Arcadia
Two and a Half Men
Happy Family
Comedy Central Roasts
Alex & Emma
The Twilight Zone
Manna from Heaven
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
The Ellen Show
The Animal
The Amati Girls
Hanging Up
Malcolm in the Middle
Music of the Heart
Twice in a Lifetime
The Iron Giant
Thanks
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Family Guy
The Titanic Chronicles
Gen¹³
Skip Chasers
Annabelle's Wish
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Promised Land
Never Too Late
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Now and Then
Maybe This Time
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Between Love and Honor
A Troll in Central Park
Touched by an Angel
Storybook Cinema
Intimate Portrait
The Nanny
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Diagnosis: Murder
The Beverly Hillbillies
My Boyfriend's Back
Miracle Child
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Spies
Fade to Black
A Little Piece of Heaven
Walter & Emily
Picture This
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
In Broad Daylight
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Fine Things
Texasville
Ferris Bueller
Love Hurts
The Simpsons
Prancer
The Nutt House
Hansel and Gretel
Going to the Chapel
The Little Troll Prince
Walk Like a Man
The Facts of Life Down Under
Sparky's Magic Piano
Shadow Play
My Little Pony: The Movie
Love Is Never Silent
Deadly Intentions
Breakfast with Les and Bess
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
The Demon Murder Case
Dixie: Changing Habits
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Miss All-American Beauty
American Playhouse
Advice to the Lovelorn
History of the World: Part I
The Acorn People
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Foolin' Around
Herbie Goes Bananas
The Oldest Living Graduate
Yesterday
S.O.S. Titanic
Scavenger Hunt
Mrs. R's Daughter
The Facts of Life
The Muppet Movie
Willa
The North Avenue Irregulars
Backstairs at the White House
Long Journey Back
High Anxiety
It Happened One Christmas
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
The Mouse and His Child
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Muppet Show
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Wonder Woman
Death Scream
Phyllis
A Girl Named Sooner
Crazy Mama
Someone I Touched
Cher
Young Frankenstein
Dinah!
Death Sentence
Rhoda
Daisy Miller
Thursday's Game
Hitchhike!
The Migrants
Dying Room Only
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Dillinger
Charley and the Angel
Crime Club
A Brand New Life
The Bobby Darin Show
Of Thee I Sing
Haunts of the Very Rich
The Sixth Sense
Suddenly Single
The Last Picture Show
The Steagle
Night Gallery
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The People Next Door
WUSA
Lovers and Other Strangers
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lancer
Adam-12
The Name of the Game
The Dick Cavett Show
Mannix
Judd, for the Defense
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ironside
That Girl
Run for Your Life
Mr. Novak
The Chapman Report
Going My Way
Stoney Burke
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Virginian
Saints and Sinners
The Mike Douglas Show
The New Breed
Target: The Corruptors!
Dr. Kildare
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
Route 66
Outlaws
Thriller
Hawaiian Eye
The Twilight Zone
Laramie
Johnny Staccato
One Step Beyond
77 Sunset Strip
The Donna Reed Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
The Rack
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Telephone Time
Tony Awards
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Matinee Theater
Premonition
Screen Director's Playhouse
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
Kiss Me Deadly
Climax!
Lassie
Letter to Loretta
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Forgotten Children
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tales of Tomorrow
Lux Video Theatre
Suspense
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Golden Globe Awards