Cloris Leachman
Known for Acting · 271 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 (116)
Family Guy
1999
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mrs. Glick (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Ruth Tennenbaum
The Office
2005
as Lily Hanaday
Perry Mason
1957
as Gloria Shine
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Norma
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Meryl (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
The Love Boat
1977
as Karen Cooper
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
Lassie
1954
as Ruth Martin
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Ida Welker
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Phyllis Lindstrom
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Wagon Train
1957
as Loretta
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
Ironside
1967
as Molly Strong
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Sudie
Adam-12
1968
as Judy
Mannix
1967
as Barker's Ex-Wife
The Virginian
1962
as Clara
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Agnes Fremont
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mrs. Fremont
Climax!
1954
as Mrs. Sullivan / Anne Colt
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Ruth
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Peg
The Facts of Life
1979
as Beverly Ann Stickle
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Rhoda Kirsh
American Playhouse
1982
as Bess Dischinger
Matinee Theater
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Jenny Blanchard / Marianne Dashwood / Patricia
Clarence
2014
as Cloris (voice)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Martha Jessop
Run for Your Life
1965
as Deborah Wilson
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Adams
Route 66
1960
as Lydia Manning
Thriller
1960
as Beatrice Stafford
Gunsmoke
1955
as Flory Tibbs / Boni
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Jean Cullen
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
American Gods
2017
as Zorya Vechernyaya
Night Gallery
1970
as Mrs. Fulton
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ann Barchester
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Angela Simms
The Name of the Game
1968
as Vera Walker
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Raising Hope
2010
as Maw Maw
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Eve Winters / Connie Wingate
Movies (155)
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)
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
The Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
Sky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
The Animal
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
Bad Santa
2003
as Grandma (uncredited)
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Granny
New York, I Love You
2008
as Mitzie
Spanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
Adult World
2014
as Mary Ann
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
Foodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
You Again
2010
as Helen (uncredited)
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Ruth Popper
Beerfest
2006
as Great Gam Gam
Now and Then
1995
as Grandma Albertson
The Women
2008
as Maggie
Gambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
Hansel and Gretel
1988
as Griselda the Witch
Foolin' Around
1980
as Samantha
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Louise Trends
A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
Lake Placid 2
2007
as Sadie
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Prancer
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
as Hydia (voice)
Hanging Up
2000
as Pat Mozell
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Helen
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Christina Bailey
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Nettie Appleby
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Molly Brown
The Demon Murder Case
1983
as Joan Greenway
The Comedian
2016
as May Conner
High Anxiety
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Hitchhike!
1974
as Claire Stevens
Music of the Heart
1999
as Assunta
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Thursday's Game
1974
as Lois Ellison
Buzz
2005
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Madame Defarge
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
The Love Boat
1976
as Iris Havlicek
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Dotty Rounder
Dying Room Only
1973
as Jean Mitchell
Texasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
Between Love and Honor
1995
as Anna Collura
Picture This
1991
as Self
Jump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
Annabelle's Wish
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Californians
2005
as Eileen Boatwright
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
The Chapman Report
1962
as Miss Selby
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Ronda
Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Mrs. Anglin
Spies
1993
as Pamela Beale
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Ruth Rendell
Alex & Emma
2003
as Grandmother
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
Lez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
The People Next Door
1970
as Tina Hoffman
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Ellen Blunt
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
as (voice)
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Bernice Henderson
Deadly Intentions
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
Gen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
Expecting Mary
2010
as Annie
Someone I Touched
1975
as Laura Hyatt
The Rack
1956
as Caroline
Dillinger
1973
as Anna Sage
Crazy Mama
1975
as Melba
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
2011
as Self
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
as Irma
Never Too Late
1996
as Olive
Miss All-American Beauty
1982
as Agatha Blaine
The Amati Girls
2001
as Dolly Amati
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Old Mam Hawes
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Claire
Love Takes Wing
2009
as Hattie Clarence
WUSA
1970
as Philomene
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
American Cowslip
2009
as Sandy
Being and Nothingness
2019
as Ivy
The Acorn People
1981
as Nurse Betty Nelson
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Death Sentence
1974
as Susan Davies
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Mary Kovacs
The Little Troll Prince
1987
as Queen Sirena (voice)
So B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
Fine Things
1990
as Ruth Fine
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
as Self
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
Death Scream
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
Love Hurts
1990
as Ruth Weaver
It's Who You Know
2018
as Liz
High Holiday
2021
as Nana
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as May Lemke
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Ruth Westerman
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Clara Oddbody
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Maggie Dale
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Ginny
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Sister Eugenio
This Is Happening
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
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 271 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Cloris Leachman has appeared in 155 films and 116 TV shows.
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- 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)
- Scary Movie 4 (2006) — as Mrs. Norris
- The Iron Giant (1999) — as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
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