
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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