Cloris Leachman

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.

Known For

Agnes

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Madame Defarge

History of the World: Part I

Frau Blücher

Young Frankenstein

Frau Blücher (archive footage)

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Evelyn Wright

Spanglish

Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)

The Iron Giant

Mrs. Ezra Miller

Daisy Miller

Granny

The Beverly Hillbillies

Hattie Clarence

Love Takes Wing

Mildred Carruthers

Scavenger Hunt

Nurse Spex

Sky High

Mrs. McFarland

Prancer

Louise Trends

Herbie Goes Bananas

Ruth Popper

The Last Picture Show

Nurse Charlotte Diesel

High Anxiety

Grandma Albertson

Now and Then

Lynette

The Longest Yard

Assunta

Music of the Heart

Great Gam Gam

Beerfest

Anna Sage

Dillinger

Margaret Shand

Walk Like a Man

Queen Gnorga (voice)

A Troll in Central Park

Maggie

The Women

Self (archive footage)

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Self

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

Bernice Henderson

Lovers and Other Strangers

Euterpe (voice)

The Mouse and His Child

Helga (voice)

Gen¹³

Sandy

American Cowslip

Annie

Expecting Mary

Helen (uncredited)

You Again

Susan Davies

Death Sentence

Claire

The North Avenue Irregulars

Grandmother

Alex & Emma

Performer

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

Christina Bailey

Kiss Me Deadly

Philomene

WUSA

Gran (voice)

The Croods

Agatha Blaine

Miss All-American Beauty

Self

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera

Self

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Ruth Popper

Texasville

Caroline

The Rack

Eileen Boatwright

The Californians

Griselda The Witch

Hansel and Gretel

Anna Collura

Between Love and Honor

Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Joan Greenway

The Demon Murder Case

Helen

Manna from Heaven

Jean Mitchell

Dying Room Only

Molly Brown

S.O.S. Titanic

Grandma Merle

Gambit

Gladys

The Fields

Melba

Crazy Mama

Nettie Appleby

Charley and the Angel

Mary Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

Tina Hoffman

The People Next Door

Samantha

Foolin' Around

Dotty Rounder

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

Ronda

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

Ellen Blunt

Haunts of the Very Rich

Clara Oddbody

It Happened One Christmas

Buzz

Ruth Westerman

In Broad Daylight

Miss Selby

The Chapman Report

Narrator / The Elder Amy

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Laura Hyatt

Someone I Touched

Lois Ellison

Thursday's Game

Dolly Amati

The Amati Girls

Ruth Weaver

Love Hurts

Grandma Palmer

The Wedding Ringer

Joanne Hackett

Suddenly Single

Victoria Douglas

A Brand New Life

Mrs. Samuels

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Nurse Betty Nelson

The Acorn People

Ivy

Being and Nothingness

Viola Barlow

The Migrants

Hydia (voice)

My Little Pony: The Movie

Sadie

Lake Placid 2

Ginny

Silent Night, Lonely Night

Aunt Agnes (voice)

Annabelle's Wish

Mrs. Feyersied (voice)

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Ruth Fine

Fine Things

Miss Fielder

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Mitzie

New York, I Love You

Lord's Secretary

The Muppet Movie

Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)

Foodfight!

Mrs. Haldane

Going to the Chapel

Self

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Beverly Ann Stickle

The Facts of Life Down Under

Ruth

Fade to Black

Everbrook (The Home)

Alice Wilinsky

So B. It

Narrator (voice)

Unity

Edwina 'Ed' McKevin

A Little Piece of Heaven

Maggie Dale

Advice to the Lovelorn

Estelle (Grandmother)

This Is Happening

Maureen

The Oldest Living Graduate

Pat Mozell

Hanging Up

Laura Evans

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Actress

Baby, Baby, Baby

Sparky's Magic Piano

Sister Eugenio

Dixie: Changing Habits

Mary Ann

Adult World

Self

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

Maxine

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Old Mam Hawes

A Girl Named Sooner

Charlotte Raynor

Deadly Intentions

Lilian Forrester

The Bronx Bull

May Conner

The Comedian

Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Ruth Rendell

Mrs. R's Daughter

The Little Troll Prince

Laura Casella

Long Journey Back

Mrs. Norris

Scary Movie 4

Memaw

I Can Only Imagine

Herself

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

Millie Crown

Shadow Play

Pearl "Billie" Schwartz

Mrs. Harris

Mrs Kramer

Yesterday

Gran Crood (voice)

The Croods: A New Age

Itasca

When We Last Spoke

Josephine

Lez Bomb

Claire Stevens

Hitchhike!

Darla Jean

Willa

Rita Weiss

The Steagle

Hilary Kelton

Crime Club

Olive

Never Too Late

Self

Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

Pamela Beale

Spies

Self

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

May Lemke

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

Mrs. Singleton

Death Scream

Mrs. Anglin

Love Is Never Silent

Liz

It's Who You Know

Maggie The Zombie Expert

My Boyfriend's Back

Nana

High Holiday

Margaret

Jump, Darling

Self (archive footage)

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

Doc Betty

Miracle Child

Self

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Gran (voice)

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Donna

Not to Forget

Self

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

Mary Turner

Of Thee I Sing

Cat Lady (uncredited)

The Animal

(voice)

The Titanic Chronicles

Iris Havlicek

The Love Boat

Martha Berry

Forgotten Children

Self

Obsession: Letters to David Lynch

Granny

Bad Santa

Skip Chasers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

153

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-04-30

Place of Birth

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

کلوریس لیچمن