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 ing 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 278
Movies 156
TV Shows 122
self 38
Voice 19
Narrator 1
Margaret
Jump, Darling (2022)
Movie
Gran (voice)
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
Movie
Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Movie
6.97
Mrs. Mandelbaum
Mad About You (2019)
TV
Josephine
Lez Bomb (2018)
Movie
Helen Neuman
The Gliksmans (2017)
Movie
Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star / Zorya Vechernyaya
American Gods (2017)
TV
5.95
Granny Goodness (voice)
Justice League Action (2016)
TV
3.5
May Conner
The Comedian (2016)
Movie
Self - ist
To Tell the Truth (2016)
TV
Lilian Forrester
The Bronx Bull (2016)
Movie
6
Alice Wilinsky
So B. It (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)
Movie
Actress
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
Movie
Miss Fielder
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Movie
5
Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
Movie
Estelle (Grandmother)
This Is Happening (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Unity (2015)
Movie
Grandma Palmer
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Movie
7
Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists (2014)
Movie
Mrs. Svorski
Girl Meets World (2014)
TV
6.7
Cloris (voice)
Clarence (2014)
TV
7.33
Mary Ann
Adult World (2014)
Movie
Shirley Kluszewski
Kirstie (2013)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Movie
Gran (voice)
The Croods (2013)
Movie
7.48
Dotty Rounder
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)
Movie
Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Foodfight! (2012)
Movie
Grandma Merle
Gambit (2012)
Movie
Gladys
The Fields (2011)
Movie
Irina Lottye Kruskal
Franklin & Bash (2011)
TV
Meryl (voice)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
TV
8.56
Helen (uncredited)
You Again (2010)
Movie
8.33
Maw Maw
Raising Hope (2010)
TV
6.24
Ruth Tennenbaum
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
TV
6.04
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Hattie Clarence
Love Takes Wing (2009)
Movie
4
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
TV
6.63
Maggie
The Women (2008)
Movie
Frau Blücher
Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
Movie
Mrs. Feyersied (voice) / Doof's Mom (voice)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
TV
7.15
Self - Guest
The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
TV
Great Gam Gam
Beerfest (2006)
Movie
6
Mrs. Norris
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Movie
5.44
Pearl 'Billie' Schwartz
Mrs. Harris (2006)
Movie
Eileen Boatwright
The Californians (2005)
Movie
Aunt Aida
Beach Girls (2005)
TV
Nurse Spex
Sky High (2005)
Movie
7.75
Self - Contestant
Dancing with the Stars (2005)
TV
6
Lily Hanaday
The Office (2005)
TV
7.61
Evelyn Wright
Spanglish (2004)
Movie
6
Granny
Bad Santa (2003)
Movie
6
Lois, Peter's Mother
Happy Family (2003)
TV
Grandmother
Alex & Emma (2003)
Movie
Agnes Fremont
The Twilight Zone (2002)
TV
Dot Richmond
The Ellen Show (2001)
TV
Cat Lady (uncredited)
The Animal (2001)
Movie
5.25
Dolly Amati
The Amati Girls (2001)
Movie
Helga (voice)
Gen¹³ (2000)
Movie
Pat Mozell
Hanging Up (2000)
Movie
6
Ida Welker
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
TV
6.67
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Movie
8.11
Grammy Winthrop
Thanks (1999)
TV
Cloris Leachman (voice)
Family Guy (1999)
TV
6.34
Aunt Agnes (voice)
Annabelle's Wish (1997)
Movie
6
Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Movie
6
Aunt Ethel Mooster
Promised Land (1996)
TV
Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein (1996)
Movie
Grandma Albertson
Now and Then (1995)
Movie
7
Anna Collura
Between Love and Honor (1995)
Movie
Queen Gnorga (voice)
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Movie
6.26
Clara Mueller
The Nanny (1993)
TV
6.18
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
Movie
8.67
Maggie The Zombie Expert
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Movie
Doc Betty
Miracle Child (1993)
Movie
Mrs. Samuels
Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993)
Movie
Pamela Beale
Spies (1993)
Movie
Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
A Little Piece of Heaven (1991)
Movie
Emily Collins
Walter & Emily (1991)
TV
Georgianna Romani
Sunday Dinner (1991)
TV
Ruth Westerman
In Broad Daylight (1991)
Movie
Narrator / The Elder Amy
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
Movie
Ruth Fine
Fine Things (1990)
Movie
Ruth Popper
Texasville (1990)
Movie
Grandma
Ferris Bueller (1990)
TV
Ruth Weaver
Love Hurts (1990)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Marsha Warfield Show (1990)
TV
Mrs. Glick (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.68
Mrs. McFarland
Prancer (1989)
Movie
Mrs. Frick
The Nutt House (1989)
TV
Griselda The Witch
Hansel and Gretel (1988)
Movie
Mrs. Haldane
Going to the Chapel (1988)
Movie
Margaret Shand
Walk Like a Man (1987)
Movie
Beverly Ann Stickle
The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
Movie
Millie Crown
Shadow Play (1986)
Movie
Hydia (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
Movie
Mrs. Anglin
Love Is Never Silent (1985)
Movie
Charlotte Raynor
Deadly Intentions (1985)
Movie
Mary Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
Movie
Joan Greenway
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Movie
Sister Eugenio
Dixie: Changing Habits (1983)
Movie
Agatha Blaine
Miss All-American Beauty (1982)
Movie
Maggie Dale
Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
Movie
Madame Defarge
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Movie
4.38
Nurse Betty Nelson
The Acorn People (1981)
Movie
Mrs Kramer
Yesterday (1981)
Movie
Samantha
Foolin' Around (1980)
Movie
Louise Trends
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Movie
5.23
Self - Guest
The David Letterman Show (1980)
TV
Molly Brown
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
Movie
Mildred Carruthers
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Movie
Mary Nicholson
The Associates (1979)
TV
Ruth Rendell
Mrs. R's Daughter (1979)
Movie
Beverly Ann Stickle
The Facts of Life (1979)
TV
10
Lord's Secretary
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie
5.36
Darla Jean
Willa (1979)
Movie
Mrs. Jaffray
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
TV
Laura Casella
Long Journey Back (1978)
Movie
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
High Anxiety (1977)
Movie
3.67
Clara Oddbody
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
Movie
Euterpe (voice)
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
Movie
Karen Cooper
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Iris Havlicek
The Love Boat (1976)
Movie
Self - Special Guest Star
The Muppet Show (1976)
TV
6.14
Queen Hippolyta
Wonder Woman (1975)
TV
8
Mrs. Singleton
Death Scream (1975)
Movie
Phyllis Lindstrom
Phyllis (1975)
TV
Old Mam Hawes
A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
Movie
Melba
Crazy Mama (1975)
Movie
Laura Hyatt
Someone I Touched (1975)
Movie
Self
Cher (1975)
TV
Frau Blücher
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Movie
6.73
Self
Dinah! (1974)
TV
Susan Davies
Death Sentence (1974)
Movie
Mrs. Ezra Miller
Daisy Miller (1974)
Movie
Lois Ellison
Thursday's Game (1974)
Movie
Claire Stevens
Hitchhike! (1974)
Movie
Viola Barlow
The Migrants (1974)
Movie
Jean Mitchell
Dying Room Only (1973)
Movie
Anna Sage
Dillinger (1973)
Movie
Nettie Appleby
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Movie
Hilary Kelton
Crime Club (1973)
Movie
Victoria Douglas
A Brand New Life (1973)
Movie
Mary Turner
Of Thee I Sing (1972)
Movie
Ellen Blunt
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972)
TV
Joanne Hackett
Suddenly Single (1971)
Movie
Ruth Popper
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Movie
4.25
Rita Weiss
The Steagle (1971)
Movie
Mrs. Fulton
Night Gallery (1970)
TV
Phyllis Lindstrom
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
TV
6.67
Tina Hoffman
The People Next Door (1970)
Movie
Philomene
WUSA (1970)
Movie
Bernice Henderson
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Movie
Jean Cullen
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
TV
4.8
Angel Day
Lancer (1968)
TV
Vera Walker
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Barker's Ex-Wife
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Louise Lockhart
Judd for the Defense (1967)
TV
Molly Strong
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Laurie Sherman
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965)
TV
Deborah Wilson
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Dorothy Hummer
Mr. Novak (1963)
TV
Miss Selby
The Chapman Report (1962)
Movie
Clara
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Helen Graham
Saints and Sinners (1962)
TV
Self / Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Elsie Condon
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Rhoda Kirsh
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Katie Cortner
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
Angela Simms
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Joan Lindsay
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
TV
Lydia Manning
Route 66 (1960)
TV
Beatrice Stafford
Thriller (1960)
TV
Mrs. Fremont
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Rita Wallace
One Step Beyond (1959)
TV
Connie Wingate / Eve Winters
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Ann Barchester
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Gloria Shine
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Loretta
Wagon Train (1957)
TV
8
Caroline
The Rack (1956)
Movie
Martha Jessop
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Caroline Hardy / Susan Stanger / Mary Templeton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Flory Tibbs / Boni
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Christina Bailey
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Movie
4.67
Mrs. Sullivan / Anne Colt
Climax! (1954)
TV
Ruth Martin
Lassie (1954)
TV
8
Ella / Ruth Harron
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Miriam Raskin / Leah Beth
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Martha Berry
Forgotten Children (1952)
Movie
Martha Berry / Mrs. Anglin
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Dottie
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Ruth Shaw / Margaret Sou
Suspense (1949)
TV
Mrs. Adams
Studio One (1948)
TV
Jenny Blanchard / Patricia / Marianne Dashwood
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Actress
Actors Studio (1948)
TV
Self - Presenter / Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Actress
Crazy Love
TV
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Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-04-30
Deathday
2021-01-26 (94 years old)
Birth Name
Cloris Wallace Leachman
Birth Place
Des Moines, United States
Lifestyle
Vegetarianism
Religion
atheism
Relationships
George Englund (1953 - 1979)
Children
Adam Englund, Dinah Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund, Jr., Morgan Englund
Siblings
Claiborne Cary
Citizenships
United States
Residences
Chicago, United States
Also Known As
کلوریس لیچمن
Awards
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a ing Role, Academy Award for Best ing Actress, Golden Plate Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, Primetime 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 ing Actress in a Comedy Series
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