Cloris Leachman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-04-30
Day of Death
2021-01-26 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Cloris Leachman
Biography
Cloris Leachman 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
Acting
(2022)
Jump, Darling
as Margaret
(2021)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Gran (voice)
(2021)
Not to Forget
as Donna
(2021)
High Holiday
as Nana
(2020)
The Croods: A New Age
as Gran (voice)
(2020)
When We Last Spoke
as Itasca
(2019)
Being and Nothingness
as Ivy
(2018)
I Can Only Imagine
as Memaw
(2018)
Lez Bomb
as Josephine
(2018)
It's Who You Know
as Liz
(2017)
The Gliksmans
as Helen Neuman
(2016)
So B. It
as Alice Wilinsky
(2016)
The Comedian
as May Conner
(2016)
The Bronx Bull
as Lilian Forrester
(2016)
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
as Maxine
(2016)
(2015)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Miss Fielder
(2015)
The Wedding Ringer
as Grandma Palmer
(2015)
Baby, Baby, Baby
as Actress
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
This Is Happening
as Estelle (Grandmother)
(2015)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
(2015)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Adult World
as Mary Ann
(2014)
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
(2013)
The Croods
as Gran (voice)
(2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Gambit
as Grandma Merle
(2012)
Foodfight!
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
(2012)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
as Dotty Rounder
(2011)
The Fields
as Gladys
(2011)
(2010)
You Again
as Helen (uncredited)
(2010)
Expecting Mary
as Annie
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Sandy
(2009)
Love Takes Wing
as Hattie Clarence
(2009)
(2008)
New York, I Love You
as Mitzie
(2008)
The Women
as Maggie
(2008)
(2007)
Lake Placid 2
as Sadie
(2006)
Scary Movie 4
as Mrs. Norris
(2006)
Beerfest
as Great Gam Gam
(2006)
Mrs. Harris
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
(2005)
The Longest Yard
as Lynette
(2005)
Sky High
as Nurse Spex
(2005)
The Californians
as Eileen Boatwright
(2005)
(2004)
Spanglish
as Evelyn Wright
(2003)
Bad Santa
as Granny
(2003)
Alex & Emma
as Grandmother
(2002)
Manna from Heaven
as Helen
(2002)
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
(2001)
The Animal
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
(2001)
The Amati Girls
as Dolly Amati
(2000)
Hanging Up
as Pat Mozell
(2000)
Gen¹³
as Helga (voice)
(1999)
The Iron Giant
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
(1999)
Music of the Heart
as Assunta
(1999)
(1999)
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
(1998)
(1997)
Annabelle's Wish
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
(1996)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
(1996)
Never Too Late
as Olive
(1996)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
(1995)
Now and Then
as Grandma Albertson
(1995)
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Laura Evans
(1995)
Between Love and Honor
as Anna Collura
(1994)
A Troll in Central Park
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
(1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny
(1993)
My Boyfriend's Back
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
(1993)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
(1993)
Miracle Child
as Doc Betty
(1993)
Fade to Black
as Ruth
(1993)
Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Mrs. Samuels
(1993)
Spies
as Pamela Beale
(1991)
A Little Piece of Heaven
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
(1991)
In Broad Daylight
as Ruth Westerman
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
Love Hurts
as Ruth Weaver
(1990)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
(1990)
Texasville
as Ruth Popper
(1990)
Fine Things
as Ruth Fine
(1989)
Prancer
as Mrs. McFarland
(1988)
Hansel and Gretel
as Griselda the Witch
(1988)
Going to the Chapel
as Mrs. Haldane
(1987)
The Facts of Life Down Under
as Beverly Ann Stickle
(1987)
(1987)
Walk Like a Man
as Margaret Shand
(1987)
(1986)
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Hydia (voice)
(1986)
Shadow Play
as Millie Crown
(1985)
Deadly Intentions
as Charlotte Raynor
(1985)
Love Is Never Silent
as Mrs. Anglin
(1984)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mary Kovacs
(1984)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
(1983)
The Demon Murder Case
as Joan Greenway
(1983)
Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Eugenio
(1983)
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as May Lemke
(1982)
Miss All-American Beauty
as Agatha Blaine
(1981)
History of the World: Part I
as Madame Defarge
(1981)
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maggie Dale
(1981)
The Acorn People
as Nurse Betty Nelson
(1981)
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
as Performer
(1980)
Herbie Goes Bananas
as Louise Trends
(1980)
S.O.S. Titanic
as Molly Brown
(1980)
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Maureen
(1980)
Foolin' Around
as Samantha
(1980)
Yesterday
as Mrs Kramer
(1979)
The Muppet Movie
as Lord's Secretary
(1979)
Scavenger Hunt
as Mildred Carruthers
(1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Claire
(1979)
Willa
as Darla Jean
(1979)
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Ruth Rendell
(1978)
Long Journey Back
as Laura Casella
(1977)
High Anxiety
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
(1977)
It Happened One Christmas
as Clara Oddbody
(1977)
The Mouse and His Child
as Euterpe (voice)
(1977)
(1976)
The Love Boat
as Iris Havlicek
(1976)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
(1975)
Crazy Mama
as Melba
(1975)
Death Scream
as Mrs. Singleton
(1975)
Someone I Touched
as Laura Hyatt
(1975)
A Girl Named Sooner
as Old Mam Hawes
(1974)
Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher
(1974)
Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
(1974)
Death Sentence
as Susan Davies
(1974)
Thursday's Game
as Lois Ellison
(1974)
The Migrants
as Viola Barlow
(1974)
Hitchhike!
as Claire Stevens
(1973)
Dillinger
as Anna Sage
(1973)
Charley and the Angel
as Nettie Appleby
(1973)
Dying Room Only
as Jean Mitchell
(1973)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Ronda
(1973)
A Brand New Life
as Victoria Douglas
(1973)
Crime Club
as Hilary Kelton
(1972)
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Ellen Blunt
(1972)
Of Thee I Sing
as Mary Turner
(1971)
The Last Picture Show
as Ruth Popper
(1971)
The Steagle
as Rita Weiss
(1971)
Suddenly Single
as Joanne Hackett
(1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Bernice Henderson
(1970)
WUSA
as Philomene
(1970)
The People Next Door
as Tina Hoffman
(1969)
(1969)
Silent Night, Lonely Night
as Ginny
(1962)
The Chapman Report
as Miss Selby
(1956)
The Rack
as Caroline
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Christina Bailey
(1952)
Forgotten Children
as Martha Berry
Crew
(2009)
Inglourious Basterds
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