
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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