Cloris Leachman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-04-30 (95 years old)
Deathday
2021-01-26
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also known As
کلوریس لیچمن
Cloris Leachman
Biography
Cloris Leachman 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 1...
Acting
1969
1981
as Madame Defarge
1974
as Frau Blücher
1996
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
2004
as Evelyn Wright
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
1993
as Granny
2009
as Hattie Clarence
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
2005
as Nurse Spex
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
1980
as Louise Trends
1971
as Ruth Popper
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
1995
as Grandma Albertson
2005
as Lynette
1999
as Assunta
2006
as Great Gam Gam
1973
as Anna Sage
1987
as Margaret Shand
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
2008
as Maggie
2013
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self
1970
as Bernice Henderson
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
2000
as Helga (voice)
2009
as Sandy
2010
as Annie
2010
as Helen (uncredited)
1974
as Susan Davies
1979
as Claire
2003
as Grandmother
1981
as Performer
1955
as Christina Bailey
1970
as Philomene
2013
as Gran (voice)
1982
as Agatha Blaine
1990
as Ruth Popper
1956
as Caroline
2005
as Eileen Boatwright
1988
as Griselda the Witch
1995
as Anna Collura
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
1983
as Joan Greenway
2002
as Helen
1973
as Jean Mitchell
1980
as Molly Brown
2012
as Grandma Merle
2011
as Gladys
1975
as Melba
1973
as Nettie Appleby
1984
as Mary Kovacs
1970
as Tina Hoffman
1980
as Samantha
2012
as Dotty Rounder
1973
as Ronda
1972
as Ellen Blunt
1977
as Clara Oddbody
2005
1991
as Ruth Westerman
1962
as Miss Selby
1990
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
1975
as Laura Hyatt
1974
as Lois Ellison
2001
as Dolly Amati
1990
as Ruth Weaver
2015
as Grandma Palmer
1971
as Joanne Hackett
1973
as Victoria Douglas
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
1981
as Nurse Betty Nelson
2019
as Ivy
1974
as Viola Barlow
1986
as Hydia (voice)
2007
as Sadie
1969
as Ginny
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
2014
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
1990
as Ruth Fine
2015
as Miss Fielder
2008
as Mitzie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
2008
1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle
1993
as Ruth
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
2015
as Narrator (voice)
1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
1981
as Maggie Dale
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
1980
as Maureen
2000
as Pat Mozell
1995
as Laura Evans
2015
as Actress
1983
as Sister Eugenio
2014
as Mary Ann
1999
2016
as Maxine
1975
as Old Mam Hawes
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
2016
as Lilian Forrester
2016
as May Conner
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
1996
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
1979
as Ruth Rendell
1978
as Laura Casella
2006
as Mrs. Norris
2018
as Memaw
1991
1986
as Millie Crown
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
1981
as Mrs Kramer
2020
as Gran (voice)
2020
as Itasca
2018
as Josephine
1974
as Claire Stevens
1979
as Darla Jean
1971
as Rita Weiss
1973
as Hilary Kelton
1996
as Olive
1993
as Pamela Beale
1984
as Self
1983
as May Lemke
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
1985
as Mrs. Anglin
2018
as Liz
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
2021
as Nana
2022
as Margaret
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1993
as Doc Betty
1976
as Self
2021
as Gran (voice)
2021
as Donna
2016
1972
as Mary Turner
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
1999
as (voice)
1976
as Iris Havlicek
1952
as Martha Berry
2011
2003
as Granny
1998
2017
as Helen Neuman
Production
2009
as Thanks
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