
Cloris Leachman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 30, 1926
- Died
- January 27, 2021 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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.
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Filmography

Jump, Darling
Movie · as Margaret

High Holiday
Movie · as Nana

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Movie · as Gran (voice)

Not to Forget
Movie · as Donna

The Croods: A New Age
Movie · as Gran (voice)

When We Last Spoke
Movie · as Itasca

Being and Nothingness
Movie · as Ivy

Mad About You
TV · as Mrs. Mandelbaum · 1 ep

I Can Only Imagine
Movie · as Memaw

Lez Bomb
Movie · as Josephine

It's Who You Know
Movie · as Liz

The Gliksmans
Movie · as Helen Neuman

American Gods
TV · as Zorya Vechernyaya · 3 eps

So B. It
Movie · as Alice Wilinsky

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Movie · as Maxine

The Bronx Bull
Movie · as Lilian Forrester

The Comedian
Movie · as May Conner

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
Movie · as Self

To Tell the Truth
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

Justice League Action
TV · as Granny Goodness (voice) · 3 eps

Teachers
TV · as Memaw · 1 ep

The Wedding Ringer
Movie · as Grandma Palmer

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Movie · as Miss Fielder

Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

This Is Happening
Movie · as Estelle (Grandmother)

Baby, Baby, Baby
Movie · as Actress

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie · as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Adult World
Movie · as Mary Ann

Clarence
TV · as Cloris (voice) · 1 ep

Girl Meets World
TV · as Mrs. Svorski · 1 ep

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Croods
Movie · as Gran (voice)

Kirstie
TV · as Shirley Kluszewski · 1 ep

The Millers
TV · as Louise · 1 ep

Gambit
Movie · as Grandma Merle

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Movie · as Dotty Rounder

Foodfight!
Movie · as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)

The Fields
Movie · as Gladys
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
Movie · as Self

Bob's Burgers
TV · as Meryl (voice) · 1 ep

Franklin & Bash
TV · as Irina Lottye Kruskal · 1 ep

Expecting Mary
Movie · as Annie

You Again
Movie · as Helen (uncredited)

Raising Hope
TV · as Maw Maw · 86 eps

Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Ruth Tennenbaum · 1 ep

Top Gear
TV · 1 ep

Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Peg · 1 ep

Adventure Time
TV · as Old Marceline (voice) · 1 ep

Love Takes Wing
Movie · as Hattie Clarence

American Cowslip
Movie · as Sandy

Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Movie · as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Women
Movie · as Maggie

New York, I Love You
Movie · as Mitzie

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Movie · as Self

Lake Placid 2
Movie · as Sadie

The Wedding Bells
TV · as Edith Fleischman · 1 ep

Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Mrs. Feyersied (voice), Doof's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

Beerfest
Movie · as Great Gam Gam

Scary Movie 4
Movie · as Mrs. Norris

The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Sky High
Movie · as Nurse Spex

The Longest Yard
Movie · as Lynette

The Californians
Movie · as Eileen Boatwright

Buzz
Movie

Mrs. Harris
Movie · as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz

James Dean: Forever Young
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beach Girls
TV · as Aunt Aida · 6 eps

Dancing with the Stars
TV · as Self - Contestant · 13 eps

The Office
TV · as Lily Hanaday · 1 ep

Spanglish
Movie · as Evelyn Wright

Alex & Emma
Movie · as Grandmother

Bad Santa
Movie · as Grandma (uncredited)

Two and a Half Men
TV · as Norma · 1 ep

Comedy Central Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Happy Family
TV · as Lois, Peter's Mother · 1 ep

Joan of Arcadia
TV · as Aunt Olive · 1 ep
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Movie · as Self

Manna from Heaven
Movie · as Helen

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Agnes Fremont · 1 ep

The Amati Girls
Movie · as Dolly Amati

The Animal
Movie · as Cat Lady (uncredited)

The Ellen Show
TV · as Dot Richmond · 13 eps

Hanging Up
Movie · as Pat Mozell

Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Ida Welker · 11 eps

The Iron Giant
Movie · as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)

Music of the Heart
Movie · as Assunta

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Movie · as Self

The Titanic Chronicles
Movie · as (voice)

Family Guy
TV · as Cloris Leachman (voice) · 1 ep

Thanks
TV · as Grammy Winthrop · 6 eps

Twice in a Lifetime
TV · as Ruth Harper / Miss Storey · 1 ep

Gen¹³
Movie · as Helga (voice)

Skip Chasers
Movie

Annabelle's Wish
Movie · as Aunt Agnes (voice)

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Frau Blücher (archive footage)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Movie · as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)

Never Too Late
Movie · as Olive

Promised Land
TV · as Aunt Ethel Mooster · 1 ep

Now and Then
Movie · as Grandma Albertson

Between Love and Honor
Movie · as Anna Collura
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Movie · as Laura Evans

Maybe This Time
TV · as Beasy · 1 ep

A Troll in Central Park
Movie · as Queen Gnorga (voice)

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Ruth · 4 eps
Storybook Cinema
TV · 9 eps

The Beverly Hillbillies
Movie · as Granny

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Movie · as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

Without a Kiss Goodbye
Movie · as Mrs. Samuels

Fade to Black
Movie · as Ruth

Spies
Movie · as Pamela Beale

My Boyfriend's Back
Movie · as Maggie The Zombie Expert

Miracle Child
Movie · as Doc Betty

The Nanny
TV · as Clara Mueller · 1 ep

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Sudie · 1 ep

Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Picture This
Movie · as Self

In Broad Daylight
Movie · as Ruth Westerman

A Little Piece of Heaven
Movie · as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Movie · as Herself

Walter & Emily
TV · as Emily Collins · 13 eps

Texasville
Movie · as Ruth Popper

The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie · as Narrator / The Elder Amy

Love Hurts
Movie · as Ruth Weaver

Fine Things
Movie · as Ruth Fine

Ferris Bueller
TV · as Grandma · 1 ep

Prancer
Movie · as Mrs. McFarland

The Simpsons
TV · as Mrs. Glick (voice) · 1 ep

The Nutt House
TV · as Ms. Frick · 5 eps

Hansel and Gretel
Movie · as Griselda the Witch

Going to the Chapel
Movie · as Mrs. Haldane

Walk Like a Man
Movie · as Margaret Shand

The Facts of Life Down Under
Movie · as Beverly Ann Stickle

Sparky's Magic Piano
Movie

The Little Troll Prince
Movie · as Queen Sirena (voice)

My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie · as Hydia (voice)

Shadow Play
Movie · as Millie Crown

Deadly Intentions
Movie · as Charlotte Raynor

Love Is Never Silent
Movie · as Mrs. Anglin

Breakfast with Les and Bess
Movie

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Movie · as Mary Kovacs

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Movie · as Self

The Demon Murder Case
Movie · as Joan Greenway

Dixie: Changing Habits
Movie · as Sister Eugenio

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Movie · as May Lemke

Miss All-American Beauty
Movie · as Agatha Blaine

American Playhouse
TV · as Bess Dischinger · 1 ep

History of the World: Part I
Movie · as Madame Defarge

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Movie · as Performer

The Acorn People
Movie · as Nurse Betty Nelson

Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie · as Maggie Dale

Herbie Goes Bananas
Movie · as Louise Trends

S.O.S. Titanic
Movie · as Molly Brown

Foolin' Around
Movie · as Samantha

The Oldest Living Graduate
Movie · as Maureen

Yesterday
Movie · as Mrs Kramer

Scavenger Hunt
Movie · as Mildred Carruthers

The North Avenue Irregulars
Movie · as Claire

The Muppet Movie
Movie · as Lord's Secretary

Mrs. R's Daughter
Movie · as Ruth Rendell

Willa
Movie · as Darla Jean

The Facts of Life
TV · as Beverly Ann Stickle · 48 eps

Backstairs at the White House
TV · as Mrs. Jaffray · 4 eps

Long Journey Back
Movie · as Laura Casella

High Anxiety
Movie · as Nurse Charlotte Diesel

The Mouse and His Child
Movie · as Euterpe (voice)
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Movie · as Self

It Happened One Christmas
Movie · as Clara Oddbody

The Love Boat
TV · as Karen Cooper · 1 ep

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Movie · as Self

The Love Boat
Movie · as Iris Havlicek

The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

Crazy Mama
Movie · as Melba

Someone I Touched
Movie · as Laura Hyatt

A Girl Named Sooner
Movie · as Old Mam Hawes

Death Scream
Movie · as Mrs. Singleton

Phyllis
TV · as Phyllis Lindstrom · 48 eps

Cher
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Wonder Woman
TV · as Queen Hippolyta · 1 ep

Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Frau Blücher

Daisy Miller
Movie · as Mrs. Ezra Miller

Death Sentence
Movie · as Susan Davies

Thursday's Game
Movie · as Lois Ellison

The Migrants
Movie · as Viola Barlow

Hitchhike!
Movie · as Claire Stevens

Rhoda
TV · 2 eps

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Dillinger
Movie · as Anna Sage

Dying Room Only
Movie · as Jean Mitchell

Charley and the Angel
Movie · as Nettie Appleby

Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Movie · as Ronda

A Brand New Life
Movie · as Victoria Douglas

Crime Club
Movie · as Hilary Kelton

The Bobby Darin Show
TV · 1 ep

Haunts of the Very Rich
Movie · as Ellen Blunt

Of Thee I Sing
Movie · as Mary Turner

The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep

The Last Picture Show
Movie · as Ruth Popper

Suddenly Single
Movie · as Joanne Hackett

The Steagle
Movie · as Rita Weiss

Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie · as Bernice Henderson

WUSA
Movie · as Philomene

The People Next Door
Movie · as Tina Hoffman

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Phyllis Lindstrom · 45 eps

Night Gallery
TV · as Mrs. Fulton · 1 ep

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Movie · as Agnes

Silent Night, Lonely Night
Movie · as Ginny

Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Jean Cullen · 1 ep

Adam-12
TV · as Judy · 1 ep

Lancer
TV · as Angel Day · 2 eps

The Name of the Game
TV · as Vera Walker · 1 ep

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Judd, for the Defense
TV · as Louise Lockhart · 1 ep

The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · 1 ep

Ironside
TV · as Molly Strong · 1 ep

Mannix
TV · as Barker's Ex-Wife · 1 ep

That Girl
TV · 1 ep

Run for Your Life
TV · as Deborah Wilson · 1 ep

Mr. Novak
TV · as Dorothy Hummer · 2 eps

The Chapman Report
Movie · as Miss Selby

Saints and Sinners
TV · as Helen Graham · 1 ep

Going My Way
TV · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Clara · 1 ep

Stoney Burke
TV · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Cain's Hundred
TV · as Katie Cortner · 1 ep

Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep

The New Breed
TV · as Elsie Condon · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Rhoda Kirsh · 4 eps

The Defenders
TV · as Angela Simms · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep

Outlaws
TV · 2 eps

Thriller
TV · as Beatrice Stafford · 1 ep

Route 66
TV · as Lydia Manning · 1 ep

Hawaiian Eye
TV · 1 ep

Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Mrs. Fremont · 1 ep

One Step Beyond
TV · as Rita Wallace · 1 ep

Laramie
TV · 1 ep

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Eve Winters, Connie Wingate · 1 ep

The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Iris · 1 ep

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Ann Barchester · 1 ep

Perry Mason
TV · as Gloria Shine · 1 ep

Wagon Train
TV · as Loretta · 1 ep

The Rack
Movie · as Caroline

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Martha Jessop · 1 ep

Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

Kiss Me Deadly
Movie · as Christina Bailey
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Movie · as Irma

Gunsmoke
TV · as Flory Tibbs, Boni · 1 ep

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Susan Stanger, Mary Templeton, Caroline Hardy · 1 ep

Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Irma · 1 ep

Climax!
TV · as Mrs. Sullivan, Anne Colt · 1 ep

Lassie
TV · as Ruth Martin · 2 eps

General Electric Theater
TV · as Leah Beth, Miriam Raskin · 1 ep

Letter to Loretta
TV · as Ella, Ruth Harron · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Forgotten Children
Movie · as Martha Berry

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Martha Berry, Mrs. Anglin · 1 ep

Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Dottie · 1 ep

Suspense
TV · as Margaret Sou, Ruth Shaw · 4 eps

Studio One
TV · as Mrs. Adams · 1 ep

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Jenny Blanchard, Marianne Dashwood, Patricia · 1 ep

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 1 ep





