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.
Filmography
all 259
Movies 150
TV Shows 109
self 27
Voice 15
Narrator 1
Jump, Darling (2022)
Not to Forget (2021)
High Holiday (2021)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
When We Last Spoke (2020)
Being and Nothingness (2019)
Lez Bomb (2018)
It's Who You Know (2018)
I Can Only Imagine (2018)
The Gliksmans (2017)
American Gods (2017)
Justice League Action (2016)
The Comedian (2016)
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016)
The Bronx Bull (2016)
So B. It (2016)
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
This Is Happening (2015)
Unity (2015)
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists (2014)
Girl Meets World (2014)
Clarence (2014)
Kirstie (2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Adult World (2013)
The Croods (2013)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)
Foodfight! (2012)
Gambit (2012)
The Fields (2011)
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Top Gear (2010)
Expecting Mary (2010)
You Again (2010)
Raising Hope (2010)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
American Cowslip (2009)
Love Takes Wing (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
The Women (2008)
New York, I Love You (2008)
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (2008)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Lake Placid 2 (2007)
The Wedding Bells (2007)
Beerfest (2006)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Mrs. Harris (2006)
The Californians (2005)
Beach Girls (2005)
Sky High (2005)
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
The Longest Yard (2005)
Buzz (2005)
The Office (2005)
Spanglish (2004)
Bad Santa (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Alex & Emma (2003)
The Twilight Zone (2002)
Manna from Heaven (2002)
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion (2002)
The Ellen Show (2001)
The Animal (2001)
The Amati Girls (2001)
Gen 13 (2000)
Hanging Up (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Music of the Heart (1999)
Twice in a Lifetime (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Thanks (1999)
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Annabelle's Wish (1997)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Promised Land (1996)
Never Too Late (1996)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein (1996)
Now and Then (1995)
Maybe This Time (1995)
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995)
Between Love and Honor (1995)
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Storybook Cinema (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
The Nanny (1993)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Miracle Child (1993)
Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993)
Spies (1993)
Fade to Black (1993)
A Little Piece of Heaven (1991)
Walter & Emily (1991)
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)
Sunday Dinner (1991)
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991)
In Broad Daylight (1991)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
Fine Things (1990)
Texasville (1990)
Ferris Bueller (1990)
Love Hurts (1990)
The Marsha Warfield Show (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Prancer (1989)
The Nutt House (1989)
Hansel and Gretel (1988)
Going to the Chapel (1988)
The Little Troll Prince (1987)
Walk Like a Man (1987)
The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
Shadow Play (1986)
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
Love Is Never Silent (1985)
Deadly Intentions (1985)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984)
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Dixie: Changing Habits (1983)
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)
Miss All-American Beauty (1982)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
The Acorn People (1981)
Yesterday (1981)
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981)
Foolin' Around (1980)
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
The David Letterman Show (1980)
The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Mrs. R's Daughter (1979)
The Facts of Life (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Willa (1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Long Journey Back (1978)
High Anxiety (1977)
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
Wonder Woman (1975)
Death Scream (1975)
Phyllis (1975)
A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Someone I Touched (1975)
Cher (1975)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dinah! (1974)
Death Sentence (1974)
Rhoda (1974)
Daisy Miller (1974)
Thursday's Game (1974)
Hitchhike! (1974)
The Migrants (1974)
Dying Room Only (1973)
Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973)
Dillinger (1973)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Crime Club (1973)
A Brand New Life (1973)
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
Suddenly Single (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Steagle (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
The People Next Door (1970)
WUSA (1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Lancer (1968)
Adam-12 (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Mannix (1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Ironside (1967)
That Girl (1966)
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965)
Run for Your Life (1965)
Mr. Novak (1963)
The Chapman Report (1962)
Going My Way (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Stoney Burke (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Saints and Sinners (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The New Breed (1961)
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
Outlaws (1960)
Thriller (1960)
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Laramie (1959)
Johnny Staccato (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
The Rack (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Lassie (1954)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Actors Studio (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Everbrook (The Home)
Crazy Love
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1926-04-30
Deathday2021-01-26 (94 years old)
Birth NameCloris Wallace Leachman
Birth PlaceDes Moines, United States of America
LifestyleVegetarianism
Religionatheism
RelationshipsGeorge Englund (1953-01-01 - 1979-01-01)
ChildrenAdam Englund, Dinah Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund, Jr., Morgan Englund
SiblingsClaiborne Cary
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesChicago, United States of America
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Theatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Golden Plate Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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