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.
Acting (148 movies)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
History of the World: Part I
1981
Young Frankenstein
1974
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Spanglish
2004
The Iron Giant
1999
Daisy Miller
1974
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
Love Takes Wing
2009
Scavenger Hunt
1979
Sky High
2005
Prancer
1989
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
The Last Picture Show
1971
High Anxiety
1977
Now and Then
1995
The Longest Yard
2005
Music of the Heart
1999
Beerfest
2006
Dillinger
1973
Walk Like a Man
1987
A Troll in Central Park
1994
The Women
2008
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
The Mouse and His Child
1977
Gen¹³
2000
American Cowslip
2009
Expecting Mary
2010
You Again
2010
Death Sentence
1974
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
Alex & Emma
2003
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
WUSA
1970
The Croods
2013
Miss All-American Beauty
1982
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
Texasville
1990
The Rack
1956
The Californians
2005
Hansel and Gretel
1988
Between Love and Honor
1995
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
The Demon Murder Case
1983
Manna from Heaven
2002
Dying Room Only
1973
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
Gambit
2012
The Fields
2011
Crazy Mama
1975
Charley and the Angel
1973
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
The People Next Door
1970
Foolin' Around
1980
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
It Happened One Christmas
1977
In Broad Daylight
1991
The Chapman Report
1962
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Someone I Touched
1975
Thursday's Game
1974
The Amati Girls
2001
Love Hurts
1990
The Wedding Ringer
2015
Suddenly Single
1971
A Brand New Life
1973
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
The Acorn People
1981
Being and Nothingness
2019
The Migrants
1974
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
Lake Placid 2
2007
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
Annabelle's Wish
1997
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
Fine Things
1990
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
New York, I Love You
2008
The Muppet Movie
1979
Foodfight!
2012
Going to the Chapel
1988
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
Fade to Black
1993
So B. It
2016
Unity
2015
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
This Is Happening
2015
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
Hanging Up
2000
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
Adult World
2014
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
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