Cloris Leachman
Birthdate
April 30, 1926 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date of Death
January 26, 2021
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
April 30, 1926 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Date of Death
January 26, 2021
Known For
Acting
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.
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.
Cloris Leachman's LGBTQ+ Titles
Lez Bomb
Josephine
Acting (270)
Everbrook (The Home)
2022
Jump, Darling as Margaret
2021
Not to Forget as Donna
2021
High Holiday as Nana
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Gran (voice)
2020
The Croods: A New Age as Gran Crood (voice)
2020
When We Last Spoke as Itasca
2019
Being and Nothingness as Ivy
2018
Lez Bomb as Josephine
2018
It's Who You Know as Liz
2018
I Can Only Imagine as Memaw
2017
American Gods as Zorya Vechernyaya (3 episodes)
2016
Justice League Action as Granny Goodness (voice) (3 episodes)
2016
The Comedian as May Conner
2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? as Maxine
2016
To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist (1 episode)
2016
The Bronx Bull as Lilian Forrester
2016
So B. It as Alice Wilinsky
2016
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story as Self
2015
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
2015
Baby, Baby, Baby as Actress
2015
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse as Miss Fielder
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom
2015
This Is Happening as Estelle (Grandmother)
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015
The Wedding Ringer as Grandma Palmer
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
2014
Girl Meets World as Mrs. Svorski (1 episode)
2014
Clarence as Cloris (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Kirstie as Shirley Kluszewski (1 episode)
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2013
Adult World as Mary Ann
2013
The Croods as Gran Crood (voice)
2012
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure as Dotty Rounder
2012
Foodfight! as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
2012
Gambit as Grandma Merle
2011
The Fields as Gladys
2011
Franklin & Bash as Irina Lottye Kruskal (1 episode)
2011
Bob's Burgers as Meryl (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Top Gear (1 episode)
2010
Expecting Mary as Annie
2010
You Again as Helen (uncredited)
2010
Raising Hope as Maw Maw (66 episodes)
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Ruth Tennenbaum (1 episode)
2010
Hot in Cleveland as Peg (1 episode)
2009
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense as Self
2009
American Cowslip as Sandy
2009
Love Takes Wing as Hattie Clarence
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (1 episode)
2008
The Women as Maggie
2008
New York, I Love You as Mitzie
2008
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget as Self
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Doof's Mom (voice) (1 episode)
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Mrs. Feyersied (voice) (1 episode)
2007
Lake Placid 2 as Sadie
2007
The Wedding Bells (1 episode)
2006
Beerfest as Great Gam Gam
2006
Scary Movie 4 as Mrs. Norris
2006
Mrs. Harris as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
2005
The Californians as Eileen Boatwright
2005
Beach Girls as Aunt Aida (6 episodes)
2005
Sky High as Nurse Spex
2005
Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant (13 episodes)
2005
The Longest Yard as Lynette
2005
Buzz
2005
The Office as Lily Hanaday (1 episode)
2004
Spanglish as Evelyn Wright
2003
Bad Santa as Grandma (uncredited)
2003
Two and a Half Men as Norma (1 episode)
2003
Alex & Emma as Grandmother
2002
The Twilight Zone as Agnes Fremont (1 episode)
2002
Manna from Heaven as Helen
2002
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
2001
The Ellen Show as Dot Richmond (18 episodes)
2001
The Animal as Cat Lady (uncredited)
2001
The Amati Girls as Dolly Amati
2000
Gen 13 as Helga (voice)
2000
Hanging Up as Pat Mozell
2000
Malcolm in the Middle (1 episode)
2000
Malcolm in the Middle as Ida Welker (11 episodes)
1999
Music of the Heart as Assunta
1999
Twice in a Lifetime (2 episodes)
1999
The Iron Giant as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
1999
Thanks as Grammy Winthrop (6 episodes)
1999
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back as Self
1999
Family Guy as Cloris Leachman (voice) (2 episodes)
1997
Annabelle's Wish as Aunt Agnes (voice)
1996
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
1996
Promised Land as Aunt Ethel Mooster (1 episode)
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
Maybe This Time as Beasy (1 episode)
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)
1994
Touched by an Angel as Ruth (4 episodes)
1994
Storybook Cinema (9 episodes)
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1993
The Nanny as Clara Mueller (1 episode)
1993
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Sudie (1 episode)
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies as Granny
1993
My Boyfriend's Back as Maggie The Zombie Expert
1993
Miracle Child as Doc Betty
1993
Without a Kiss Goodbye as Mrs. Samuels
1993
Spies as Pamela Beale
1993
Fade to Black as Ruth
1991
A Little Piece of Heaven as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
1991
Walter & Emily as Emily Collins (13 episodes)
1991
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1991
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Herself
1991
In Broad Daylight as Ruth Westerman
1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Narrator / The Elder Amy
1990
Fine Things as Ruth Fine
1990
Texasville as Ruth Popper
1990
Ferris Bueller as Grandma (1 episode)
1990
Love Hurts as Ruth Weaver
1989
The Simpsons as Mrs. Glick (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Prancer as Mrs. McFarland
1989
The Nutt House (1 episode)
1989
The Nutt House as Mrs. Frick (6 episodes)
1988
Hansel and Gretel as Griselda The Witch
1988
Going to the Chapel as Mrs. Haldane
1987
The Little Troll Prince
1987
Walk Like a Man as Margaret Shand
1987
The Facts of Life Down Under as Beverly Ann Stickle
1987
Sparky's Magic Piano
1986
Shadow Play as Millie Crown
1986
My Little Pony: The Movie as Hydia (voice)
1985
Love Is Never Silent as Mrs. Anglin
1985
Deadly Intentions as Charlotte Raynor
1984
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Mary Kovacs
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
Advice to the Lovelorn as Maggie Dale
1981
History of the World: Part I as Madame Defarge
1981
The Acorn People as Nurse Betty Nelson
1981
Yesterday as Mrs Kramer
1981
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued as Performer
1980
Foolin' Around as Samantha
1980
Herbie Goes Bananas as Louise Trends
1980
The Oldest Living Graduate as Maureen
1980
S.O.S. Titanic as Molly Brown
1979
Scavenger Hunt as Mildred Carruthers
1979
Mrs. R's Daughter as Ruth Rendell
1979
The Facts of Life as Beverly Ann Stickle (48 episodes)
1979
The Muppet Movie as Lord's Secretary
1979
Willa as Darla Jean
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars as Claire
1979
Backstairs at the White House as Mrs. Jaffray (4 episodes)
1978
Long Journey Back as Laura Casella
1977
High Anxiety as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
1977
It Happened One Christmas as Clara Oddbody
1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self
1977
The Mouse and His Child as Euterpe (voice)
1976
The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star (1 episode)
1976
Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
1975
Wonder Woman as Queen Hippolyta (1 episode)
1975
Death Scream as Mrs. Singleton
1975
Phyllis as Phyllis Lindstrom (48 episodes)
1975
A Girl Named Sooner as Old Mam Hawes
1975
Crazy Mama as Melba
1975
Someone I Touched as Laura Hyatt
1975
Cher as Self (1 episode)
1974
Young Frankenstein as Frau Blücher
1974
Dinah! as Self (1 episode)
1974
Death Sentence as Susan Davies
1974
Rhoda (2 episodes)
1974
Daisy Miller as Mrs. Ezra Miller
1974
Thursday's Game as Lois Ellison
1974
Hitchhike! as Claire Stevens
1974
The Migrants as Viola Barlow
1973
Dying Room Only as Jean Mitchell
1973
Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Ronda
1973
Dillinger as Anna Sage
1973
Charley and the Angel as Nettie Appleby
1973
Crime Club as Hilary Kelton
1973
A Brand New Life as Victoria Douglas
1972
Of Thee I Sing as Mary Turner
1972
Haunts of the Very Rich as Ellen Blunt
1972
The Sixth Sense (1 episode)
1971
Suddenly Single as Joanne Hackett
1971
The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper
1971
The Steagle as Rita Weiss
1970
Night Gallery as Mrs. Fulton (1 episode)
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Phyllis Lindstrom (45 episodes)
1970
The People Next Door as Tina Hoffman
1970
WUSA as Philomene
1970
Lovers and Other Strangers as Bernice Henderson
1969
Silent Night, Lonely Night as Ginny
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Jean Cullen (1 episode)
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Agnes
1968
Lancer as Angel Day (2 episodes)
1968
Adam-12 as Judy (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game as Vera Walker (1 episode)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1967
Mannix (1 episode)
1967
Judd for the Defense (1 episode)
1967
Judd for the Defense as Louise Lockhart (1 episode)
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 episode)
1967
Ironside (1 episode)
1966
That Girl (1 episode)
1965
Run for Your Life as Deborah Wilson (1 episode)
1963
Mr. Novak as Dorothy Hummer (2 episodes)
1962
The Chapman Report as Miss Selby
1962
Going My Way (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1962
Stoney Burke (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian as Clara (1 episode)
1962
Saints and Sinners as Helen Graham (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host (1 episode)
1961
The New Breed as Elsie Condon (1 episode)
1961
Target: The Corruptors! (1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare as Rhoda Kirsh (4 episodes)
1961
Cain's Hundred as Katie Cortner (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders as Angela Simms (1 episode)
1960
Route 66 as Lydia Manning (1 episode)
1960
Outlaws (2 episodes)
1960
Thriller as Beatrice Stafford (1 episode)
1959
Hawaiian Eye (1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Fremont (1 episode)
1959
Laramie (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Staccato (1 episode)
1959
One Step Beyond as Rita Wallace (1 episode)
1958
77 Sunset Strip (1 episode)
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Connie Wingate (1 episode)
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Eve Winters (1 episode)
1958
The Donna Reed Show (1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Ann Barchester (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason as Gloria Shine (1 episode)
1957
Wagon Train as Loretta (1 episode)
1956
The Rack as Caroline
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Martha Jessop (1 episode)
1956
Telephone Time (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
1955
Matinee Theater (1 episode)
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Irma (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Caroline Hardy (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mary Templeton (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Susan Stanger (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke as Boni (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke as Flory Tibbs (1 episode)
1955
Kiss Me Deadly as Christina Bailey
1954
Climax! as Anne Colt (1 episode)
1954
Climax! as Mrs. Sullivan (1 episode)
1954
Lassie as Ruth Martin (2 episodes)
1953
Letter to Loretta as Ella (1 episode)
1953
Letter to Loretta as Ruth Harron (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater as Leah Beth (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater as Miriam Raskin (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Martha Berry (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Anglin (1 episode)
1951
Tales of Tomorrow (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Dottie (1 episode)
1949
Suspense (4 episodes)
1949
Suspense as Margaret Sou (1 episode)
1949
Suspense as Ruth Shaw (1 episode)
1948
Studio One (1 episode)
1948
Studio One as Mrs. Adams (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Jenny Blanchard (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Marianne Dashwood (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Patricia (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (2 episodes)
Crew (1)
2009
Inglourious Basterds
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