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Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Actor · Born 1926-04-30 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Simpsons (1989) — Mrs. Glick (voice)
  2. The Croods (2013) — Gran (voice)
  3. The Iron Giant (1999) — Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
  4. The Office (2005) — Lily Hanaday
  5. Family Guy (1999) — Cloris Leachman (voice)
  6. Malcolm in the Middle (2000) — Ida Welker
  7. The Croods: A New Age (2020) — Gran (voice)
  8. The Longest Yard (2005) — Lynette
  9. Two and a Half Men (2003) — Norma
  10. Scary Movie 4 (2006) — Mrs. Norris
  11. Young Frankenstein (1974) — Frau Blücher
  12. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — Agnes
  13. Sky High (2005) — Nurse Spex
  14. Bad Santa (2003) — Grandma (uncredited)
  15. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) — Miss Fielder
  16. Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — Ruth Tennenbaum
  17. American Gods (2017) — Zorya Vechernyaya
  18. The Wedding Ringer (2015) — Grandma Palmer
  19. Spanglish (2004) — Evelyn Wright
  20. The Animal (2001) — Cat Lady (uncredited)
  21. The Nanny (1993) — Clara Mueller
  22. You Again (2010) — Helen (uncredited)
  23. Bob's Burgers (2011) — Meryl (voice)
  24. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Mrs. Fremont
  25. Phineas and Ferb (2007) — Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
  26. History of the World: Part I (1981) — Madame Defarge
  27. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) — Self - Guest
  28. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) — Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
  29. The Last Picture Show (1971) — Ruth Popper
  30. Gambit (2012) — Grandma Merle
  31. Girl Meets World (2014) — Mrs. Svorski
  32. The Muppet Movie (1979) — Lord's Secretary
  33. Beerfest (2006) — Great Gam Gam
  34. New York, I Love You (2008) — Mitzie
  35. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) — Granny
  36. I Can Only Imagine (2018) — Memaw
  37. Wonder Woman (1975) — Queen Hippolyta
  38. Now and Then (1995) — Grandma Albertson
  39. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — Christina Bailey
  40. High Anxiety (1977) — Nurse Charlotte Diesel