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Cloris Leachman
Actor
Born April 30, 1926Died January 26, 2021 (94 years)
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.
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| 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 | Jump, Darling · as Margaret |
| 2019 | Being and Nothingness · as Ivy |
| 2019 | When We Last Spoke · as Itasca |
| 2018 | Lez Bomb · as Josephine |
| 2018 | I Can Only Imagine · as Memaw |
| 2017 | The Gliksmans · as Helen Neuman |
| 2017 | Justice League Action Shorts! (TV Series) · as Granny Goodness |
| 2017 | American Gods (TV Series) · as Zorya Vechernyaya, The Evening Star |
| 2016 | The Comedian · as May Conner |
| 2016 | Justice League Action (TV Series) · as Granny Goodness (voice) |
| 2016 | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? · as Maxine |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor (TV Series) · as Hool |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull · as Lilian Forrester |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Teachers (2016) (TV Series) · as Memaw |
| 2015 | Baby, Baby, Baby · as Actress |
| 2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse · as Miss Fielder |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Svorski |
| 2013 | Kirstie (TV Series) · as Shirley Kluszewski |
| 2013 | The Millers (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 2013 | Clarence (2014) (TV Series) · as Cloris (voice) |
| 2013 | Creative Galaxy (TV Series) · as Gallaria |
| 2013 | Adult World · as Mary Ann |
| 2013 | The Croods · as Gran (voice) |
| 2013 | Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday · as Archival |
| 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 | Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Irina Lottye Kruskal |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Meryl (voice) |
| 2010 | Expecting Mary · as Annie |
| 2010 | You Again · as Helen (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (TV Series) · as Ruth Tennenbaum |
| 2010 | Raising Hope (TV Series) · as Maw Maw |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Peg |
| 2010 | Adventure Time (TV Series) · as Old Marceline |
| 2010 | Blue Mountain State (TV Series) · as Professor's Mom |
| 2009 | American Cowslip · as Sandy |
| 2009 | HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lachman |
| 2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Annette Bellamy |
| 2009 | Love Takes Wing · as Hattie Clarence |
| 2008 | Top Gear (US) (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Assunta Guaspari |
| 2008 | The Women · as Maggie |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You · as Mitzie |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Kayo |
| 2008 | Role Model: Gene Wilder · as Frau Blücher |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) · as Mrs. Feyersied (voice) |
| 2007 | Lake Placid 2 · as Sadie |
| 2007 | The Wedding Bells (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Beerfest · as Great Gam Gam |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 · as Mrs. Norris |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris · as Pearl "billie" Schwartz |
| 2005 | The Californians · as Eileen Boatwright |
| 2005 | Beach Girls (TV Series) · as Aunt Aida |
| 2005 | Sky High · as Nurse Spex |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard · as Lynette |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Office (US) (TV Series) · as Lily Hanaday |
| 2004 | Spanglish · as Evelyn Wright |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Aunt Olive |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men (TV Series) · as Norma |
| 2003 | Happy Family (TV Series) · as Lois, Peter's Mother |
| 2003 | Alex & Emma · as Grandmother |
| 2003 | Crazy Love · as Cast |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone (2002) (TV Series) · as Agnes Fremont |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven · as Helen |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show (TV Series) · as Dot Richmond |
| 2001 | The Animal · as Cat Lady (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Hanging Up · as Pat Mozell |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Ida Welker |
| 2000 | The Amati Girls · as Dolly Amati |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart · as Assunta |
| 1999 | Love & Money (TV Series) · as Beverly Lapeer |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant · as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice) |
| 1999 | Thanks (TV Series) · as Grammy Winthrop |
| 1999 | The Norm Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Beaumont |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Cloris Leachman (voice) |
| 1999 | The Titanic Chronicles · as (voice) |
| 1998 | Gen¹³ · as Helga (voice) |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Aunt Ethel Mooster |
| 1996 | Never Too Late · as Olive |
| 1995 | Now and Then · as Grandma Albertson |
| 1995 | Maybe This Time (TV Series) · as Beasy |
| 1995 | Between Love and Honor · as Anna Collura |
| 1994 | A Troll in Central Park · as Queen Gnorga (voice) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Clara Mueller |
| 1993 | Double, Double Toil and Trouble · as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Sudie |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Mad About You (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mandelbaum |
| 1992 | The Powers That Be (TV Series) · as Enid Powers |
| 1991 | A Little Piece of Heaven · as Edwina 'ed' Mckevin |
| 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 |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller (TV Series) · as Grandma |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Mrs. Glick (voice) |
| 1989 | Prancer · as Mrs. Mcfarland |
| 1989 | The Nutt House (TV Series) · as Mrs. Frick |
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel · as Mrs. Haldane |
| 1987 | Hansel and Gretel · as Griselda The Witch |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Walk Like a Man · as Margaret Shand |
| 1987 | The Facts of Life Down Under · as Beverly Ann Stickle |
| 1986 | Shadow Play · as Millie Crown |
| 1986 | Our House (TV Series) · as Miss Temple |
| 1986 | Castle in the Sky · as Dola (disney Dub) |
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie · as Hydia (voice) |
| 1985 | Love Is Never Silent · as Mrs. Anglin |
| 1985 | Deadly Intentions · as Charlotte Raynor |
| 1984 | Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter · as Mary Kovacs |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case · as Joan Greenway |
| 1983 | Dixie: Changing Habits · as Sister Eugenio |
| 1982 | Miss All-American Beauty · as Agatha Blaine |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I · as Madame Defarge |
| 1981 | The Acorn People · as Nurse Betty Nelson |
| 1981 | Szerelem Montreálban · as Mrs Kramer |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Bess Dischinger |
| 1980 | Foolin' Around · as Samantha |
| 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas · as Louise Trends |
| 1980 | The Oldest Living Graduate · as Maureen |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt · as Mildred Carruthers |
| 1979 | S.O.S. Titanic · as Molly Brown |
| 1979 | The Associates (1979) (TV Series) · as Mary Nicholson |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) · as Beverly Ann Stickle |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jaffray |
| 1978 | Long Journey Back · as Laura Casella |
| 1977 | High Anxiety · as Nurse Charlotte Diesel |
| 1977 | It Happened One Christmas · as Clara Oddbody |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child · as Euterpe (voice) |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Karen Cooper |
| 1976 | The Love Boat · as Iris Havlicek |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Queen Hippolyta |
| 1975 | The New Original Wonder Woman · as Queen Hippolyta |
| 1975 | Streetkill · as Mrs. Singleton |
| 1975 | Phyllis (TV Series) · as Phyllis Lindstrom |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooner · as Old Mam Hawes |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama · as Melba |
| 1975 | Someone I Touched · as Laura Hyatt |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein · as Frau Blücher |
| 1974 | Death Sentence · as Susan Davies |
| 1974 | Rhoda (TV Series) |
| 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 | Dillinger · as Anna Sage |
| 1973 | Dying Room Only · as Jean Mitchell |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George · as Ronda |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel · as Nettie Appleby |
| 1973 | Crime Club · as Hilary Kelton |
| 1973 | A Brand New Life · as Victoria Douglas |
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as May Lemke |
| 1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich · as Ellen Blunt |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Last Picture Show · as Ruth Popper |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single · as Joanne Hackett |
| 1971 | The Steagle · as Rita Weiss |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Phyllis Lindstrom |
| 1970 | Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Marcy Yates |
| 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 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fulton |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · as Agnes |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Jean Cullen |
| 1968 | Lancer (TV Series) · as Angel Day |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Judy |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Vera Walker |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Barker's Ex-Wife |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Molly Strong |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Louise Lockhart |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Road West (TV Series) · as Amadee |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Isobel Ballentine |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Fay |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Deborah Wilson |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Laurie Sherman |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Dorothy Hummer |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report · as Miss Selby |
| 1962 | Going My Way (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The New Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Sugar Burnside |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Helen Graham |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Meg Bent |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Elsie Condon |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Rhoda Kirsh |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Katie Cortner |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Angela Simms |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) · as Joan Lindsay |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Marilyn Parker |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Beatrice Stafford |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fremont |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Julie Liemer |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Rita Wallace |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mary Ann Belden |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Eve Winters |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Ann Barchester |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Martha |
| 1957 | The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) · as Helen Wasson |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Gloria Shine |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Loretta |
| 1956 | The Rack · as Caroline |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Martha Jessop |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Irma |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Mary Templeton |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Boni |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Christina Bailey |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sullivan |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Ruth Martin |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Kitty Foyle |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Ruth Harron |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Miriam Raskin |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Martha Berry |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Dottie |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Margaret Sou |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Mrs. Adams |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Dora The Maid |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Patricia |
| 1948 | Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | Carnegie Hall · as Dancing Nightclub Patron - Vaughn Monroe Sequence |