Cloris Leachman
Actor
- Born
- April 30, 1926 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Died
- January 27, 2021 (age 94)
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
The Croods
March 15, 2013
The Iron Giant
August 6, 1999
The Croods: A New Age
November 25, 2020
The Longest Yard
May 27, 2005
Scary Movie 4
April 12, 2006
Young Frankenstein
December 15, 1974
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
September 23, 1969
Sky High
July 29, 2005
Bad Santa
November 26, 2003
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
October 23, 2015
The Wedding Ringer
January 16, 2015
Spanglish
December 17, 2004
Acting156
- 2022Jump, Darling as Margaret
- 2021Not to Forget as Donna
- 2021High Holiday as Nana
- 2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Gran (voice)
- 2020The Croods: A New Age as Gran (voice)
- 2020When We Last Spoke as Itasca
- 2019Being and Nothingness as Ivy
- 2018Lez Bomb as Josephine
- 2018It's Who You Know as Liz
- 2018I Can Only Imagine