
Cloris Leachman
Born: 1926-04-30
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick

Charley and the Angel

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods

The Longest Yard

Scary Movie 4

The Iron Giant

Miss All-American Beauty

Sky High

Between Love and Honor

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Bad Santa

Young Frankenstein

The Animal

Crazy Mama

Unity

The Beverly Hillbillies

Beerfest

History of the World: Part I

New York, I Love You

Alex & Emma

The Women

The Comedian

Adult World

The Wedding Ringer

Fine Things

The Muppet Movie

High Anxiety

Daisy Miller

Expecting Mary

Prancer

Dillinger

The Californians

Lez Bomb

The North Avenue Irregulars

Foodfight!

Gen¹³

Mrs. Harris

Spanglish

The Last Picture Show

The Fields

When We Last Spoke

Miracle Child

High Holiday

Love Hurts

Spies

I Can Only Imagine

Now and Then

Willa

Music of the Heart

Shadow Play

Jump, Darling

You Again

Lake Placid 2

WUSA

Hansel and Gretel

Skip Chasers

Kiss Me Deadly

Suddenly Single

Gambit

Walk Like a Man

Buzz

Foolin' Around

Hitchhike!

Herbie Goes Bananas

Someone I Touched

So B. It

A Troll in Central Park

Annabelle's Wish

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Hanging Up

Scavenger Hunt

Forgotten Children

Manna from Heaven

Baby, Baby, Baby

My Little Pony: The Movie

The Mouse and His Child

Being and Nothingness

The Love Boat

Haunts of the Very Rich

S.O.S. Titanic

This Is Happening

The Acorn People

The Titanic Chronicles

Going to the Chapel

It's Who You Know

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Thursday's Game

My Boyfriend's Back

Texasville

Never Too Late

Love Takes Wing

The Rack

Picture This

The Chapman Report

Silent Night, Lonely Night

American Cowslip

Death Sentence

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Of Thee I Sing

The Bronx Bull

Dixie: Changing Habits

Sparky's Magic Piano

Lovers and Other Strangers

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

The People Next Door

A Little Piece of Heaven

Yesterday

The Amati Girls

Long Journey Back

The Oldest Living Graduate

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Dying Room Only

In Broad Daylight

The Demon Murder Case

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

The Little Troll Prince

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

It Happened One Christmas

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Not to Forget

Deadly Intentions

The Migrants

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

The Steagle

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

Crime Club

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

The Gliksmans

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Death Scream

Advice to the Lovelorn

Fade to Black

A Girl Named Sooner

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

Mrs. R's Daughter

A Brand New Life

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

The Facts of Life Down Under

Love Is Never Silent

Breakfast with Les and Bess
