Cloris Leachman

Known For: Acting
Born: April 30, 1926
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Died: January 26, 2021

Cloris Leachman

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

Jump, Darling

2022 · Margaret

Not to Forget

2021 · Donna

High Holiday

2021 · Nana

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

2021 · Gran (voice)

The Croods: A New Age

2020 · Gran (voice)

When We Last Spoke

2020 · Itasca

Mad About You

2019 · Mrs. Mandelbaum

Being and Nothingness

2019 · Ivy

Lez Bomb

2018 · Josephine

It's Who You Know

2018 · Liz

I Can Only Imagine

2018 · Memaw

The Gliksmans

2017 · Helen Neuman

American Gods

2017 · Zorya Vechernyaya

Justice League Action

2016 · Granny Goodness (voice)

The Comedian

2016 · May Conner

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

2016 · Maxine

To Tell the Truth

2016 · Self - Panelist

The Bronx Bull

2016 · Lilian Forrester

So B. It

2016 · Alice Wilinsky

Teachers

2016 · Memaw

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

2016 · Self

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Baby, Baby, Baby

2015 · Actress

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

2015 · Miss Fielder

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015 · Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)

This Is Happening

2015 · Estelle (Grandmother)

Unity

2015 · Narrator (voice)

The Wedding Ringer

2015 · Grandma Palmer

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

2014 · Mrs. Feyersied (voice)

Girl Meets World

2014 · Mrs. Svorski

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · Self - Guest

Clarence

2014 · Cloris (voice)

Adult World

2014 · Mary Ann

Kirstie

2013 · Shirley Kluszewski

The Millers

2013 · Louise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013 · Self (archive footage)

The Croods

2013 · Gran (voice)

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

2012 · Dotty Rounder

Foodfight!

2012 · Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)

Gambit

2012 · Grandma Merle

The Fields

2011 · Gladys

Franklin & Bash

2011 · Irina Lottye Kruskal

Bob's Burgers

2011 · Meryl (voice)

Obsession: Letters to David Lynch

Obsession: Letters to David Lynch

2011 · Self

Top Gear

2010

Expecting Mary

2010 · Annie

You Again

2010 · Helen (uncredited)

Raising Hope

2010 · Maw Maw

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Ruth Tennenbaum

Hot in Cleveland

2010 · Peg

Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

2009 · Self

Inglourious Basterds

2009 · Thanks

American Cowslip

2009 · Sandy

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Love Takes Wing

2009 · Hattie Clarence

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009 · Self - Guest Judge

The Women

2008 · Maggie

New York, I Love You

2008 · Mitzie

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

2008 · Self

Phineas and Ferb

2007 · Mrs. Feyersied (voice), Doof's Mom (voice)

Lake Placid 2

2007 · Sadie

The Wedding Bells

2007 · Edith Fleischman

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · Self - Guest

Beerfest

2006 · Great Gam Gam

Scary Movie 4

2006 · Mrs. Norris

Mrs. Harris

2006 · Pearl "Billie" Schwartz

The Californians

2005 · Eileen Boatwright

Beach Girls

2005 · Aunt Aida

Sky High

2005 · Nurse Spex

Dancing with the Stars

2005 · Self - Contestant

The Longest Yard

2005 · Lynette

Buzz

2005

The Office

2005 · Lily Hanaday

Spanglish

2004 · Evelyn Wright

Bad Santa

2003 · Grandma (uncredited)

Joan of Arcadia

2003 · Aunt Olive

Two and a Half Men

2003 · Norma

Happy Family

2003 · Lois, Peter's Mother

Comedy Central Roasts

2003 · Self

Alex & Emma

2003 · Grandmother

The Twilight Zone

2002 · Agnes Fremont

Manna from Heaven

2002 · Helen

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

2002 · Self

The Ellen Show

2001 · Dot Richmond

The Animal

2001 · Cat Lady (uncredited)

The Amati Girls

2001 · Dolly Amati

Gen¹³

2000 · Helga (voice)

Hanging Up

2000 · Pat Mozell

Malcolm in the Middle

2000 · Ida Welker

Music of the Heart

1999 · Assunta

Twice in a Lifetime

1999 · Ruth Harper / Miss Storey

The Iron Giant

1999 · Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)

Thanks

1999 · Grammy Winthrop

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

1999 · Self

Family Guy

1999 · Cloris Leachman (voice)

The Titanic Chronicles

1999 · (voice)

Skip Chasers

1998

Annabelle's Wish

1997 · Aunt Agnes (voice)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

1996 · Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)

Promised Land

1996 · Aunt Ethel Mooster

Never Too Late

1996 · Olive

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996 · Frau Blücher (archive footage)

Now and Then

1995 · Grandma Albertson

Maybe This Time

1995 · Beasy

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

1995 · Laura Evans

Between Love and Honor

1995 · Anna Collura

A Troll in Central Park

1994 · Queen Gnorga (voice)

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Ruth

Storybook Cinema

Storybook Cinema

1994

Intimate Portrait

1993 · Self

The Nanny

1993 · Clara Mueller

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

1993 · Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · Sudie

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993 · Granny

My Boyfriend's Back

1993 · Maggie The Zombie Expert

Miracle Child

1993 · Doc Betty

Without a Kiss Goodbye

1993 · Mrs. Samuels

Spies

1993 · Pamela Beale

Fade to Black

1993 · Ruth

A Little Piece of Heaven

1991 · Edwina 'Ed' McKevin

Walter & Emily

1991 · Emily Collins

Picture This

1991 · Self

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

1991 · Herself

In Broad Daylight

1991 · Ruth Westerman

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990 · Narrator / The Elder Amy

Fine Things

1990 · Ruth Fine

Texasville

1990 · Ruth Popper

Ferris Bueller

1990 · Grandma

Love Hurts

1990 · Ruth Weaver

The Simpsons

1989 · Mrs. Glick (voice)

Prancer

1989 · Mrs. McFarland

The Nutt House

1989 · Ms. Frick

Hansel and Gretel

1988 · Griselda the Witch

Going to the Chapel

1988 · Mrs. Haldane

The Little Troll Prince

1987 · Queen Sirena (voice)

Walk Like a Man

1987 · Margaret Shand

The Facts of Life Down Under

1987 · Beverly Ann Stickle

Sparky's Magic Piano

1987

Shadow Play

1986 · Millie Crown

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986 · Hydia (voice)

Love Is Never Silent

1985 · Mrs. Anglin

Deadly Intentions

1985 · Charlotte Raynor

Breakfast with Les and Bess

1985

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984 · Self

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

1984 · Mary Kovacs

The Demon Murder Case

1983 · Joan Greenway

Dixie: Changing Habits

1983 · Sister Eugenio

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

1983 · May Lemke

Miss All-American Beauty

1982 · Agatha Blaine

American Playhouse

1982 · Bess Dischinger

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981 · Maggie Dale

History of the World: Part I

1981 · Madame Defarge

The Acorn People

1981 · Nurse Betty Nelson

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

1981 · Performer

Foolin' Around

1980 · Samantha

Herbie Goes Bananas

1980 · Louise Trends

The Oldest Living Graduate

1980 · Maureen

Yesterday

1980 · Mrs Kramer

S.O.S. Titanic

1980 · Molly Brown

Scavenger Hunt

1979 · Mildred Carruthers

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979 · Ruth Rendell

The Facts of Life

1979 · Beverly Ann Stickle

The Muppet Movie

1979 · Lord's Secretary

Willa

1979 · Darla Jean

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979 · Claire

Backstairs at the White House

1979 · Mrs. Jaffray

Long Journey Back

1978 · Laura Casella

High Anxiety

1977 · Nurse Charlotte Diesel

It Happened One Christmas

1977 · Clara Oddbody

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

1977 · Self

The Mouse and His Child

1977 · Euterpe (voice)

The Love Boat

1977 · Karen Cooper

The Love Boat

1976 · Iris Havlicek

The Muppet Show

1976 · Self - Special Guest Star

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

1976 · Self

Wonder Woman

1975 · Queen Hippolyta

Death Scream

1975 · Mrs. Singleton

Phyllis

1975 · Phyllis Lindstrom

A Girl Named Sooner

1975 · Old Mam Hawes

Crazy Mama

1975 · Melba

Someone I Touched

1975 · Laura Hyatt

Cher

1975 · Self

Young Frankenstein

1974 · Frau Blücher

Dinah!

1974 · Self

Death Sentence

1974 · Susan Davies

Rhoda

1974

Daisy Miller

1974 · Mrs. Ezra Miller

Thursday's Game

1974 · Lois Ellison

Hitchhike!

1974 · Claire Stevens

The Migrants

1974 · Viola Barlow

Dying Room Only

1973 · Jean Mitchell

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

1973 · Ronda

Dillinger

1973 · Anna Sage

Charley and the Angel

1973 · Nettie Appleby

Crime Club

1973 · Hilary Kelton

A Brand New Life

1973 · Victoria Douglas

The Bobby Darin Show

1973

Of Thee I Sing

1972 · Mary Turner

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972 · Ellen Blunt

The Sixth Sense

1972

Suddenly Single

1971 · Joanne Hackett

The Last Picture Show

1971 · Ruth Popper

The Steagle

1971 · Rita Weiss

Night Gallery

1970 · Mrs. Fulton

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970 · Phyllis Lindstrom

The People Next Door

1970 · Tina Hoffman

WUSA

1970 · Philomene

Lovers and Other Strangers

1970 · Bernice Henderson

Silent Night, Lonely Night

1969 · Ginny

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969 · Agnes

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969 · Jean Cullen

Lancer

1968 · Angel Day

Adam-12

1968 · Judy

The Name of the Game

1968 · Vera Walker

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Mannix

1967 · Barker's Ex-Wife

Judd, for the Defense

1967 · , Louise Lockhart

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

Ironside

1967 · Molly Strong

That Girl

1966

Run for Your Life

1965 · Deborah Wilson

Mr. Novak

1963 · Dorothy Hummer

The Chapman Report

1962 · Miss Selby

Going My Way

1962

Stoney Burke

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Virginian

1962 · Clara

Saints and Sinners

1962 · Helen Graham

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self - Co-Host

The New Breed

1961 · Elsie Condon

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961 · Rhoda Kirsh

Cain's Hundred

1961 · Katie Cortner

The Defenders

1961 · Angela Simms

Route 66

1960 · Lydia Manning

Outlaws

1960

Thriller

1960 · Beatrice Stafford

Hawaiian Eye

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Mrs. Fremont

Laramie

1959

Johnny Staccato

1959

One Step Beyond

1959 · Rita Wallace

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · , Eve Winters, Connie Wingate

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Ann Barchester

Perry Mason

1957 · Gloria Shine

Wagon Train

1957 · Loretta

The Rack

1956 · Caroline

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Martha Jessop

Telephone Time

1956

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Presenter

Life of Vernon Hathaway

Life of Vernon Hathaway

1955 · Irma

Matinee Theater

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Irma

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Susan Stanger, Mary Templeton, Caroline Hardy

Gunsmoke

1955 · Flory Tibbs, Boni

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 · Christina Bailey

Climax!

1954 · Mrs. Sullivan, Anne Colt

Lassie

1954 · Ruth Martin

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Ella, Ruth Harron

The Oscars

1953 · Self

General Electric Theater

1953 · Leah Beth, Miriam Raskin

Forgotten Children

1952 · Martha Berry

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Martha Berry, Mrs. Anglin

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Dottie

Suspense

1949 · , Margaret Sou, Ruth Shaw

Studio One

1948 · Mrs. Adams

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 · Jenny Blanchard, Marianne Dashwood, Patricia

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter

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