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 (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
Acting
(2022)
Jump, Darling
as Margaret
(2021)
High Holiday
as Nana
(2021)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Gran (voice)
(2021)
Not to Forget
as Donna
(2020)
The Croods: A New Age
as Gran (voice)
(2020)
When We Last Spoke
as Itasca
(2019)
Being and Nothingness
as Ivy
(2018)
Lez Bomb
as Josephine
(2018)
I Can Only Imagine
as Memaw
(2018)
It's Who You Know
as Liz
(2017)
The Gliksmans
as Helen Neuman
(2016)
The Comedian
as May Conner
(2016)
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
as Maxine
(2016)
The Bronx Bull
as Lilian Forrester
(2016)
So B. It
as Alice Wilinsky
(2016)
(2015)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Miss Fielder
(2015)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
(2015)
The Wedding Ringer
as Grandma Palmer
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Baby, Baby, Baby
as Actress
(2015)
This Is Happening
as Estelle (Grandmother)
(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)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
as Dotty Rounder
(2012)
Foodfight!
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
(2011)
The Fields
as Gladys
(2011)
(2010)
You Again
as Helen (uncredited)
(2010)
Expecting Mary
as Annie
(2009)
(2009)
Love Takes Wing
as Hattie Clarence
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Sandy
(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)
Alex & Emma
as Grandmother
(2003)
Bad Santa
as Granny
(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)
Never Too Late
as Olive
(1996)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
(1996)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
(1995)
Between Love and Honor
as Anna Collura
(1995)
Now and Then
as Grandma Albertson
(1995)
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Laura Evans
(1994)
A Troll in Central Park
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
(1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny
(1993)
Miracle Child
as Doc Betty
(1993)
Fade to Black
as Ruth
(1993)
Spies
as Pamela Beale
(1993)
My Boyfriend's Back
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
(1993)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
(1993)
Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Mrs. Samuels
(1991)
A Little Piece of Heaven
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
In Broad Daylight
as Ruth Westerman
(1990)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
(1990)
Love Hurts
as Ruth Weaver
(1990)
Fine Things
as Ruth Fine
(1990)
Texasville
as Ruth Popper
(1989)
Prancer
as Mrs. McFarland
(1988)
Hansel and Gretel
as Griselda the Witch
(1988)
Going to the Chapel
as Mrs. Haldane
(1987)
Walk Like a Man
as Margaret Shand
(1987)
(1987)
The Facts of Life Down Under
as Beverly Ann Stickle
(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)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
(1984)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mary Kovacs
(1983)
Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Eugenio
(1983)
The Demon Murder Case
as Joan Greenway
(1983)
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as May Lemke
(1982)
Miss All-American Beauty
as Agatha Blaine
(1981)
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
as Performer
(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
(1980)
Herbie Goes Bananas
as Louise Trends
(1980)
S.O.S. Titanic
as Molly Brown
(1980)
Yesterday
as Mrs Kramer
(1980)
Foolin' Around
as Samantha
(1980)
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Maureen
(1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Claire
(1979)
The Muppet Movie
as Lord's Secretary
(1979)
Willa
as Darla Jean
(1979)
Scavenger Hunt
as Mildred Carruthers
(1979)
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Ruth Rendell
(1978)
Long Journey Back
as Laura Casella
(1977)
High Anxiety
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
(1977)
The Mouse and His Child
as Euterpe (voice)
(1977)
It Happened One Christmas
as Clara Oddbody
(1977)
(1976)
The Love Boat
as Iris Havlicek
(1976)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
(1975)
Death Scream
as Mrs. Singleton
(1975)
Crazy Mama
as Melba
(1975)
A Girl Named Sooner
as Old Mam Hawes
(1975)
Someone I Touched
as Laura Hyatt
(1974)
Death Sentence
as Susan Davies
(1974)
Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher
(1974)
Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
(1974)
Thursday's Game
as Lois Ellison
(1974)
The Migrants
as Viola Barlow
(1974)
Hitchhike!
as Claire Stevens
(1973)
Charley and the Angel
as Nettie Appleby
(1973)
A Brand New Life
as Victoria Douglas
(1973)
Dillinger
as Anna Sage
(1973)
Dying Room Only
as Jean Mitchell
(1973)
Crime Club
as Hilary Kelton
(1973)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Ronda
(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)
Suddenly Single
as Joanne Hackett
(1971)
The Steagle
as Rita Weiss
(1970)
WUSA
as Philomene
(1970)
The People Next Door
as Tina Hoffman
(1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Bernice Henderson
(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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