Cloris Leachman
Known for Acting · 270 credits
- Born
- 1926-04-30
- Died
- 2021-01-26
- Place of birth
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- کلوریس لیچمن
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
TV Shows (115)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mrs. Glick (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Office
2005
as Lily Hanaday
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Ruth Tennenbaum
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Norma
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Perry Mason
1957
as Gloria Shine
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Meryl (voice)
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Ida Welker
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice) / Doof's Mom (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Sudie
The Love Boat
1977
as Karen Cooper
Mannix
1967
as Barker's Ex-Wife
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
The Nanny
1993
as Clara Mueller
Lassie
1954
as Ruth Martin
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
Ironside
1967
as Molly Strong
Wagon Train
1957
as Loretta
Adam-12
1968
as Judy
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mrs. Fremont
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Ruth
Climax!
1954
as Mrs. Sullivan / Anne Colt
Matinee Theater
1955
The Virginian
1962
as Clara
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Jenny Blanchard / Marianne Dashwood / Patricia
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Peg
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Rhoda Kirsh
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Martha Jessop
The Facts of Life
1979
as Beverly Ann Stickle
Clarence
2014
as Cloris (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Adams
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Run for Your Life
1965
as Deborah Wilson
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Phyllis Lindstrom
The Defenders
1961
as Angela Simms
Route 66
1960
as Lydia Manning
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ann Barchester
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Vera Walker
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Night Gallery
1970
as Mrs. Fulton
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Jean Cullen
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Raising Hope
2010
as Maw Maw
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Eve Winters / Connie Wingate
American Gods
2017
as Zorya Vechernyaya
Gunsmoke
1955
as Flory Tibbs / Boni
That Girl
1966
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Agnes Fremont
Thriller
1960
as Beatrice Stafford
One Step Beyond
1959
as Rita Wallace
Movies (155)
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
The Croods
2013
as Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
The Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
New York, I Love You
2008
as Mitzie
Sky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
Beerfest
2006
as Great Gam Gam
Bad Santa
2003
as Grandma (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Granny
The Animal
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
Now and Then
1995
as Grandma Albertson
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Gambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
Spanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
You Again
2010
as Helen (uncredited)
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Ruth Popper
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Louise Trends
High Anxiety
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
The Women
2008
as Maggie
The Comedian
2016
as May Conner
Hansel and Gretel
1988
as Griselda the Witch
Dillinger
1973
as Anna Sage
Alex & Emma
2003
as Grandmother
Lake Placid 2
2007
as Sadie
Adult World
2014
as Mary Ann
Gen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Hanging Up
2000
as Pat Mozell
The Rack
1956
as Caroline
Music of the Heart
1999
as Assunta
Death Sentence
1974
as Susan Davies
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Christina Bailey
Deadly Intentions
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Madame Defarge
Foodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Miracle Child
1993
as Doc Betty
The Fields
2011
as Gladys
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Dotty Rounder
The Little Troll Prince
1987
as Queen Sirena (voice)
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
Prancer
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
as Hydia (voice)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Helen
Texasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Nettie Appleby
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Molly Brown
Expecting Mary
2010
as Annie
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Lez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
Annabelle's Wish
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
Spies
1993
as Pamela Beale
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
Crazy Mama
1975
as Melba
Fine Things
1990
as Ruth Fine
WUSA
1970
as Philomene
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
as Self
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Death Scream
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
Someone I Touched
1975
as Laura Hyatt
The Migrants
1974
as Viola Barlow
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Bernice Henderson
Foolin' Around
1980
as Samantha
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Claire
Love Takes Wing
2009
as Hattie Clarence
Walk Like a Man
1987
as Margaret Shand
American Cowslip
2009
as Sandy
Willa
1979
as Darla Jean
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Ruth Rendell
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
The Chapman Report
1962
as Miss Selby
This Is Happening
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
as Self
Yesterday
1980
as Mrs Kramer
Jump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
Skip Chasers
1998
Dying Room Only
1973
as Jean Mitchell
Hitchhike!
1974
as Claire Stevens
Buzz
2005
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Maureen
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Ellen Blunt
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Ruth Westerman
Picture This
1991
as Self
Love Hurts
1990
as Ruth Weaver
The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Maggie Dale
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Mary Kovacs
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Clara Oddbody
Shadow Play
1986
as Millie Crown
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
The People Next Door
1970
as Tina Hoffman
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as May Lemke
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle
So B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Never Too Late
1996
as Olive
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Thursday's Game
1974
as Lois Ellison
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
as Herself
When We Last Spoke
2020
as Itasca
The Steagle
1971
as Rita Weiss
About Cloris Leachman
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 Th… With 270 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Cloris Leachman has appeared in 155 films and 115 TV shows.
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- Scary Movie 4 (2006) — as Mrs. Norris
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) — as Miss Fielder
- The Croods (2013) — as Gran (voice)
- The Croods: A New Age (2020) — as Gran (voice)
- The Iron Giant (1999) — as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
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