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)
Family Guy
1999
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Office
2005
as Lily Hanaday
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Norma
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Ruth Tennenbaum
Perry Mason
1957
as Gloria Shine
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Ida Welker
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Meryl (voice)
Mannix
1967
as Barker's Ex-Wife
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Love Boat
1977
as Karen Cooper
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Sudie
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice) / Doof's Mom (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
The Nanny
1993
as Clara Mueller
Ironside
1967
as Molly Strong
Wagon Train
1957
as Loretta
Adam-12
1968
as Judy
Lassie
1954
as Ruth Martin
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mrs. Fremont
The Virginian
1962
as Clara
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Jenny Blanchard / Marianne Dashwood / Patricia
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Rhoda Kirsh
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Ruth
The Facts of Life
1979
as Beverly Ann Stickle
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Climax!
1954
as Mrs. Sullivan / Anne Colt
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
Route 66
1960
as Lydia Manning
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Peg
Clarence
2014
as Cloris (voice)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Martha Jessop
Raising Hope
2010
as Maw Maw
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Adams
Matinee Theater
1955
Run for Your Life
1965
as Deborah Wilson
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ann Barchester
Night Gallery
1970
as Mrs. Fulton
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Phyllis Lindstrom
That Girl
1966
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Vera Walker
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
The Defenders
1961
as Angela Simms
Thriller
1960
as Beatrice Stafford
Gunsmoke
1955
as Flory Tibbs / Boni
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Jean Cullen
The Oscars
1953
as Self
American Gods
2017
as Zorya Vechernyaya
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Eve Winters / Connie Wingate
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Rhoda
1974
Movies (155)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
The Croods
2013
as Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
The Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
The Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Sky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Granny
New York, I Love You
2008
as Mitzie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
Bad Santa
2003
as Grandma (uncredited)
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Louise Trends
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
The Animal
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
Beerfest
2006
as Great Gam Gam
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Ruth Popper
Spanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Gambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
The Women
2008
as Maggie
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
You Again
2010
as Helen (uncredited)
Now and Then
1995
as Grandma Albertson
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Christina Bailey
Hansel and Gretel
1988
as Griselda the Witch
Foodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Hanging Up
2000
as Pat Mozell
The Comedian
2016
as May Conner
Adult World
2014
as Mary Ann
Lake Placid 2
2007
as Sadie
High Anxiety
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Madame Defarge
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
Dillinger
1973
as Anna Sage
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Dotty Rounder
Music of the Heart
1999
as Assunta
Alex & Emma
2003
as Grandmother
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Prancer
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
Death Sentence
1974
as Susan Davies
Crazy Mama
1975
as Melba
The Rack
1956
as Caroline
A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
Annabelle's Wish
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Bernice Henderson
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
as Hydia (voice)
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Molly Brown
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Ronda
Gen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
So B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
Texasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
American Cowslip
2009
as Sandy
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Clara Oddbody
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
as Self
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Claire
The Californians
2005
as Eileen Boatwright
Lez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
WUSA
1970
as Philomene
The Chapman Report
1962
as Miss Selby
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Nettie Appleby
Love Takes Wing
2009
as Hattie Clarence
Death Scream
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
Walk Like a Man
1987
as Margaret Shand
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Ruth Westerman
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Maggie Dale
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
Deadly Intentions
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Mary Kovacs
The Little Troll Prince
1987
as Queen Sirena
Willa
1979
as Darla Jean
The People Next Door
1970
as Tina Hoffman
The Migrants
1974
as Viola Barlow
Fine Things
1990
as Ruth Fine
Expecting Mary
2010
as Annie
Spies
1993
as Pamela Beale
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
Someone I Touched
1975
as Laura Hyatt
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Ellen Blunt
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
as Herself
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Ginny
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle
The Demon Murder Case
1983
as Joan Greenway
Thursday's Game
1974
as Lois Ellison
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Laura Evans
Foolin' Around
1980
as Samantha
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as May Lemke
Not to Forget
2021
as Donna
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
as Self
Shadow Play
1986
as Millie Crown
The Amati Girls
2001
as Dolly Amati
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Sister Eugenio
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
as (voice)
Long Journey Back
1978
as Laura Casella
High Holiday
2021
as Nana
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Old Mam Hawes
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Ruth Rendell
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
Buzz
2005
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Helen
Crime Club
1973
as Hilary Kelton
Jump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Mrs. Anglin
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
as Performer
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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Most Popular Cloris Leachman Movies
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) — as Miss Fielder
- Scary Movie 4 (2006) — as Mrs. Norris
- The Croods (2013) — as Gran (voice)
- The Croods: A New Age (2020) — as Gran (voice)
- The Longest Yard (2005) — as Lynette
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