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Cloris Leachman

Born 30 April 1926 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA · Died 27 January 2021

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2022Jump, Darling1h 30mMargaret
  2. 2021High Holiday1h 25mNana
  3. 2021Not to Forget1h 21mDonna
  4. 2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks3mGran (voice)
  5. 2020When We Last Spoke1h 47mItasca
  6. 2020The Croods: A New Age1h 35mGran (voice)
  7. 2019Being and Nothingness30mIvy
  8. 2018It's Who You Know20mLiz
  9. 2018I Can Only Imagine1h 50mMemaw
  10. 2018Lez Bomb1h 31mJosephine
  11. 2017The Gliksmans1h 12mHelen Neuman
  12. 2016Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?1h 35mMaxine
  13. 2016So B. It1h 38mAlice Wilinsky
  14. 2016The Comedian2hMay Conner
  15. 2016The Bronx Bull1h 34mLilian Forrester
  16. 2016A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story19mSelf
  17. 2015This Is Happening1h 24mEstelle (Grandmother)
  18. 2015Baby, Baby, Baby1h 32mActress
  19. 2015Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse1h 33mMiss Fielder
  20. 2015The Wedding Ringer1h 41mGrandma Palmer
  21. 2015Enzian: When the Lights Go UpSelf (archive footage)
  22. 2015Unity1h 39mNarrator (voice)
  23. 2014Adult World1h 47mMary Ann
  24. 2013The Croods1h 39mGran (voice)
  25. 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise1h 30mSelf (archive footage)
  26. 2012Gambit1h 29mGrandma Merle
  27. 2012The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure1h 27mDotty Rounder
  28. 2012Foodfight!1h 31mBrand X Lunch Lady (voice)
  29. 2011The Fields1h 40mGladys
  30. 2011Obsession: Letters to David Lynch1h 9mSelf
  31. 2010Expecting Mary1h 37mAnnie
  32. 2010Raising Hope4 seasonsMaw Maw
  33. 2009American Cowslip1h 47mSandy
  34. 2009Love Takes Wing1h 28mHattie Clarence
  35. 2009Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense29mSelf
  36. 2008The Women1h 54mMaggie
  37. 2008Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget1h 6mSelf
  38. 2007Lake Placid 21h 28mSadie
  39. 2006Beerfest1h 50mGreat Gam Gam
  40. 2006Scary Movie 41h 23mMrs. Norris
  41. 2005Mrs. Harris1h 34mPearl "Billie" Schwartz
  42. 2005The Californians1h 31mEileen Boatwright
  43. 2005Buzz1h 58m
  44. 2005Beach Girls1 seasonAunt Aida
  45. 2005Sky High1h 40mNurse Spex
  46. 2004Spanglish2h 10mEvelyn Wright
  47. 2003Alex & Emma1h 36mGrandmother
  48. 2002Manna from Heaven1h 59mHelen
  49. 2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion1hSelf
  50. 2001The Amati Girls1h 31mDolly Amati
  51. 2001The Ellen Show1 seasonDot Richmond
  52. 2000Hanging Up1h 34mPat Mozell
  53. 1999Thanks1 seasonGrammy Winthrop
  54. 1999The Titanic Chronicles55m(voice)
  55. 1999Music of the Heart2h 4mAssunta
  56. 1999The Iron Giant1h 26mMrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
  57. 1999The Last Picture Show: A Look Back1h 5mSelf
  58. 1998Skip Chasers43m
  59. 1998Gen¹³1h 13mHelga (voice)
  60. 1997Annabelle's Wish54mAunt Agnes (voice)
  61. 1996Never Too Late1h 36mOlive
  62. 1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do America1h 21mOld Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
  63. 1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein42mFrau Blücher (archive footage)
  64. 1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West1h 30mLaura Evans
  65. 1995Between Love and Honor1h 27mAnna Collura
  66. 1995Now and Then1h 42mGrandma Albertson
  67. 1994A Troll in Central Park1h 15mQueen Gnorga (voice)
  68. 1994Storybook Cinema1 season
  69. 1993Miracle Child1h 40mDoc Betty
  70. 1993Double, Double, Toil and Trouble1h 36mAunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
  71. 1993Fade to Black1h 37mRuth
  72. 1993The Beverly Hillbillies1h 33mGranny
  73. 1993Without a Kiss Goodbye1h 35mMrs. Samuels
  74. 1993Spies1h 25mPamela Beale
  75. 1993My Boyfriend's Back1h 25mMaggie The Zombie Expert
  76. 1991Walter & Emily1 seasonEmily Collins
  77. 1991In Broad Daylight1h 30mRuth Westerman
  78. 1991A Little Piece of Heaven1h 50mEdwina 'Ed' McKevin
  79. 1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show1h 30mHerself
  80. 1991Picture This58mSelf
  81. 1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain1h 28mNarrator / The Elder Amy
  82. 1990Fine Things2h 30mRuth Fine
  83. 1990Texasville2h 3mRuth Popper
  84. 1990Love Hurts1h 46mRuth Weaver
  85. 1989The Nutt House1 seasonMs. Frick
  86. 1989Prancer1h 39mMrs. McFarland
  87. 1988Hansel and Gretel1h 24mGriselda the Witch
  88. 1988Going to the Chapel1h 36mMrs. Haldane
  89. 1987The Facts of Life Down Under1h 40mBeverly Ann Stickle
  90. 1987Walk Like a Man1h 26mMargaret Shand
  91. 1987Sparky's Magic Piano47m
  92. 1987The Little Troll Prince47mQueen Sirena (voice)
  93. 1986Shadow Play1h 38mMillie Crown
  94. 1986My Little Pony: The Movie1h 26mHydia (voice)
  95. 1985Love Is Never Silent1h 40mMrs. Anglin
  96. 1985Deadly Intentions3h 20mCharlotte Raynor
  97. 1985Breakfast with Les and Bess1h 30m
  98. 1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter1h 40mMary Kovacs
  99. 1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday45mSelf
  100. 1983The Woman Who Willed a Miracle45mMay Lemke
  101. 1983Dixie: Changing Habits1h 40mSister Eugenio
  102. 1983The Demon Murder Case1h 31mJoan Greenway
  103. 1982Miss All-American Beauty1h 37mAgatha Blaine
  104. 1981Advice to the Lovelorn1h 40mMaggie Dale
  105. 1981Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued1h 32mPerformer
  106. 1981The Acorn People1h 40mNurse Betty Nelson
  107. 1981History of the World: Part I1h 32mMadame Defarge
  108. 1980Herbie Goes Bananas1h 33mLouise Trends
  109. 1980Foolin' Around1h 51mSamantha
  110. 1980S.O.S. Titanic2h 24mMolly Brown
  111. 1980The Oldest Living Graduate1h 33mMaureen
  112. 1980Yesterday1h 34mMrs Kramer
  113. 1979The Facts of Life9 seasonsBeverly Ann Stickle
  114. 1979Mrs. R's Daughter1h 40mRuth Rendell
  115. 1979Willa1h 40mDarla Jean
  116. 1979Scavenger Hunt1h 56mMildred Carruthers
  117. 1979The North Avenue Irregulars1h 40mClaire
  118. 1979Backstairs at the White House1 seasonMrs. Jaffray
  119. 1979The Muppet Movie1h 37mLord's Secretary
  120. 1978Long Journey Back1h 40mLaura Casella
  121. 1977The Mouse and His Child1h 23mEuterpe (voice)
  122. 1977High Anxiety1h 34mNurse Charlotte Diesel
  123. 1977It Happened One Christmas1h 50mClara Oddbody
  124. 1977Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera2hSelf
  125. 1976The Love Boat2hIris Havlicek
  126. 1976Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?1hSelf
  127. 1975Phyllis2 seasonsPhyllis Lindstrom
  128. 1975Someone I Touched1h 14mLaura Hyatt
  129. 1975Crazy Mama1h 23mMelba
  130. 1975A Girl Named Sooner1h 25mOld Mam Hawes
  131. 1975Death Scream1h 36mMrs. Singleton
  132. 1974Hitchhike!1h 14mClaire Stevens
  133. 1974The Migrants1h 30mViola Barlow
  134. 1974Death Sentence1h 14mSusan Davies
  135. 1974Daisy Miller1h 31mMrs. Ezra Miller
  136. 1974Thursday's Game1h 40mLois Ellison
  137. 1974Young Frankenstein1h 46mFrau Blücher
  138. 1973A Brand New Life1h 14mVictoria Douglas
  139. 1973Dying Room Only1h 14mJean Mitchell
  140. 1973Charley and the Angel1h 33mNettie Appleby
  141. 1973Happy Mother's Day, Love George1h 30mRonda
  142. 1973Dillinger1h 47mAnna Sage
  143. 1973Crime Club1h 15mHilary Kelton
  144. 1972Haunts of the Very Rich1h 15mEllen Blunt
  145. 1972Of Thee I Sing1h 30mMary Turner
  146. 1971The Steagle1h 27mRita Weiss
  147. 1971The Last Picture Show1h 59mRuth Popper
  148. 1971Suddenly Single1h 13mJoanne Hackett
  149. 1970The People Next Door1h 33mTina Hoffman
  150. 1970WUSA1h 55mPhilomene
  151. 1970Lovers and Other Strangers1h 44mBernice Henderson
  152. 1969Silent Night, Lonely Night1h 38mGinny
  153. 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1h 51mAgnes
  154. 1962The Chapman Report2h 5mMiss Selby
  155. 1956The Rack1h 40mCaroline
  156. 1955Life of Vernon Hathaway26mIrma
  157. 1955Premonition24mSusan Stranger
  158. 1955Kiss Me Deadly1h 46mChristina Bailey
  159. 1952Forgotten Children25mMartha Berry