Cloris Leachman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 30, 1926
- Died
- Jan 27, 2021 (aged 94)
- Place of birth
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Credits
- 271
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
Filmography
Jump, Darling
2022Movie
Margaret
Not to Forget
2021Movie
Donna
High Holiday
2021Movie
Nana
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021Movie
Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
2020Movie
Gran (voice)
When We Last Spoke
2020Movie
Itasca
Mad About You
2019TV
Mrs. Mandelbaum
Being and Nothingness
2019Movie
Ivy
Lez Bomb
2018Movie
Josephine
It's Who You Know
2018Movie
Liz
I Can Only Imagine
2018Movie
Memaw
The Gliksmans
2017Movie
Helen Neuman
American Gods
2017TV
Zorya Vechernyaya
Justice League Action
2016TV
Granny Goodness (voice)
The Comedian
2016Movie
May Conner
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016Movie
Maxine
To Tell the Truth
2016TV
Self - Panelist
The Bronx Bull
2016Movie
Lilian Forrester
So B. It
2016Movie
Alice Wilinsky
Teachers
2016TV
Memaw
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016Movie
Self
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015Movie
Actress
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015Movie
Miss Fielder
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015Movie
Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
This Is Happening
2015Movie
Estelle (Grandmother)
Unity
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Wedding Ringer
2015Movie
Grandma Palmer
Girl Meets World
2014TV
Mrs. Svorski
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014TV
Self - Guest
Clarence
2014TV
Cloris (voice)
Adult World
2014Movie
Mary Ann
Kirstie
2013TV
Shirley Kluszewski
The Millers
2013TV
Louise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Croods
2013Movie
Gran (voice)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012Movie
Dotty Rounder
Foodfight!
2012Movie
Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Gambit
2012Movie
Grandma Merle
The Fields
2011Movie
Gladys
Franklin & Bash
2011TV
Irina Lottye Kruskal
Bob's Burgers
2011TV
Meryl (voice)
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
2011Movie
Self
Top Gear
2010TV
Expecting Mary
2010Movie
Annie
You Again
2010Movie
Helen (uncredited)
Raising Hope
2010TV
Maw Maw
Hawaii Five-0
2010TV
Ruth Tennenbaum
Hot in Cleveland
2010TV
Peg
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009Movie
Self
American Cowslip
2009Movie
Sandy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Love Takes Wing
2009Movie
Hattie Clarence
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009TV
Self - Guest Judge
The Women
2008Movie
Maggie
New York, I Love You
2008Movie
Mitzie
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008Movie
Self
Phineas and Ferb
2007TV
Mrs. Feyersied (voice), Doof's Mom (voice)
Lake Placid 2
2007Movie
Sadie
The Wedding Bells
2007TV
Edith Fleischman
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Beerfest
2006Movie
Great Gam Gam
Scary Movie 4
2006Movie
Mrs. Norris
The Californians
2005Movie
Eileen Boatwright
Mrs. Harris
2005Movie
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Beach Girls
2005TV
Aunt Aida
Sky High
2005Movie
Nurse Spex
Dancing with the Stars
2005TV
Self - Contestant
The Longest Yard
2005Movie
Lynette
James Dean: Forever Young
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Buzz
2005Movie
The Office
2005TV
Lily Hanaday
Spanglish
2004Movie
Evelyn Wright
Bad Santa
2003Movie
Grandma (uncredited)
Joan of Arcadia
2003TV
Aunt Olive
Two and a Half Men
2003TV
Norma
Happy Family
2003TV
Lois, Peter's Mother
Comedy Central Roasts
2003TV
Self
Alex & Emma
2003Movie
Grandmother
The Twilight Zone
2002TV
Agnes Fremont
Manna from Heaven
2002Movie
Helen
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002Movie
Self
The Ellen Show
2001TV
Dot Richmond
The Animal
2001Movie
Cat Lady (uncredited)
The Amati Girls
2001Movie
Dolly Amati
Hanging Up
2000Movie
Pat Mozell
Malcolm in the Middle
2000TV
Ida Welker
Music of the Heart
1999Movie
Assunta
Twice in a Lifetime
1999TV
Ruth Harper / Miss Storey
The Iron Giant
1999Movie
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Thanks
1999TV
Grammy Winthrop
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999Movie
Self
Family Guy
1999TV
Cloris Leachman (voice)
The Titanic Chronicles
1999Movie
(voice)
Gen¹³
1998Movie
Helga (voice)
Skip Chasers
1998Movie
Annabelle's Wish
1997Movie
Aunt Agnes (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996Movie
Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Promised Land
1996TV
Aunt Ethel Mooster
Never Too Late
1996Movie
Olive
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996Movie
Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Now and Then
1995Movie
Grandma Albertson
Maybe This Time
1995TV
Beasy
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995Movie
Laura Evans
Between Love and Honor
1995Movie
Anna Collura
A Troll in Central Park
1994Movie
Queen Gnorga (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Ruth
Storybook Cinema
1994TV
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self
The Nanny
1993TV
Clara Mueller
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993Movie
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Sudie
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993Movie
Granny
My Boyfriend's Back
1993Movie
Maggie The Zombie Expert
Miracle Child
1993Movie
Doc Betty
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993Movie
Mrs. Samuels
Spies
1993Movie
Pamela Beale
Fade to Black
1993Movie
Ruth
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991Movie
Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Walter & Emily
1991TV
Emily Collins
Picture This
1991Movie
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991Movie
Herself
In Broad Daylight
1991Movie
Ruth Westerman
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990Movie
Narrator / The Elder Amy
Fine Things
1990Movie
Ruth Fine
Texasville
1990Movie
Ruth Popper
Ferris Bueller
1990TV
Grandma
Love Hurts
1990Movie
Ruth Weaver
The Simpsons
1989TV
Mrs. Glick (voice)
Prancer
1989Movie
Mrs. McFarland
The Nutt House
1989TV
Ms. Frick
Hansel and Gretel
1988Movie
Griselda the Witch
Going to the Chapel
1988Movie
Mrs. Haldane
The Little Troll Prince
1987Movie
Queen Sirena (voice)
Walk Like a Man
1987Movie
Margaret Shand
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987Movie
Beverly Ann Stickle
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987Movie
Shadow Play
1986Movie
Millie Crown
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986Movie
Hydia (voice)
Love Is Never Silent
1985Movie
Mrs. Anglin
Deadly Intentions
1985Movie
Charlotte Raynor
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985Movie
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984Movie
Self
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984Movie
Mary Kovacs
The Demon Murder Case
1983Movie
Joan Greenway
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983Movie
Sister Eugenio
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983Movie
May Lemke
Miss All-American Beauty
1982Movie
Agatha Blaine
American Playhouse
1982TV
Bess Dischinger
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981Movie
Maggie Dale
History of the World: Part I
1981Movie
Madame Defarge
The Acorn People
1981Movie
Nurse Betty Nelson
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981Movie
Performer
Foolin' Around
1980Movie
Samantha
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980Movie
Louise Trends
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980Movie
Maureen
Yesterday
1980Movie
Mrs Kramer
S.O.S. Titanic
1980Movie
Molly Brown
Scavenger Hunt
1979Movie
Mildred Carruthers
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979Movie
Ruth Rendell
The Facts of Life
1979TV
Beverly Ann Stickle
The Muppet Movie
1979Movie
Lord's Secretary
Willa
1979Movie
Darla Jean
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979Movie
Claire
Backstairs at the White House
1979TV
Mrs. Jaffray
Long Journey Back
1978Movie
Laura Casella
High Anxiety
1977Movie
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
It Happened One Christmas
1977Movie
Clara Oddbody
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977Movie
Self
The Mouse and His Child
1977Movie
Euterpe (voice)
The Love Boat
1977TV
Karen Cooper
The Love Boat
1976Movie
Iris Havlicek
The Muppet Show
1976TV
Self - Special Guest Star
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976Movie
Self
Wonder Woman
1975TV
Queen Hippolyta
Death Scream
1975Movie
Mrs. Singleton
Phyllis
1975TV
Phyllis Lindstrom
A Girl Named Sooner
1975Movie
Old Mam Hawes
Crazy Mama
1975Movie
Melba
Someone I Touched
1975Movie
Laura Hyatt
Cher
1975TV
Self
Young Frankenstein
1974Movie
Frau Blücher
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Death Sentence
1974Movie
Susan Davies
Rhoda
1974TV
Daisy Miller
1974Movie
Mrs. Ezra Miller
Thursday's Game
1974Movie
Lois Ellison
Hitchhike!
1974Movie
Claire Stevens
The Migrants
1974Movie
Viola Barlow
Dying Room Only
1973Movie
Jean Mitchell
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973Movie
Ronda
Dillinger
1973Movie
Anna Sage
Charley and the Angel
1973Movie
Nettie Appleby
Crime Club
1973Movie
Hilary Kelton
A Brand New Life
1973Movie
Victoria Douglas
The Bobby Darin Show
1973TV
Of Thee I Sing
1972Movie
Mary Turner
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972Movie
Ellen Blunt
The Sixth Sense
1972TV
Suddenly Single
1971Movie
Joanne Hackett
The Last Picture Show
1971Movie
Ruth Popper
The Steagle
1971Movie
Rita Weiss
Night Gallery
1970TV
Mrs. Fulton
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970TV
Phyllis Lindstrom
The People Next Door
1970Movie
Tina Hoffman
WUSA
1970Movie
Philomene
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970Movie
Bernice Henderson
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969Movie
Ginny
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969Movie
Agnes
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Jean Cullen
Lancer
1968TV
Angel Day
Adam-12
1968TV
Judy
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Vera Walker
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Mannix
1967TV
Barker's Ex-Wife
Judd, for the Defense
1967TV
Louise Lockhart
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
Molly Strong
That Girl
1966TV
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Deborah Wilson
Mr. Novak
1963TV
Dorothy Hummer
The Chapman Report
1962Movie
Miss Selby
Going My Way
1962TV
Stoney Burke
1962TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Virginian
1962TV
Clara
Saints and Sinners
1962TV
Helen Graham
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Co-Host, Self
The New Breed
1961TV
Elsie Condon
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Rhoda Kirsh
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Katie Cortner
The Defenders
1961TV
Angela Simms
Route 66
1960TV
Lydia Manning
Outlaws
1960TV
Thriller
1960TV
Beatrice Stafford
Hawaiian Eye
1959TV
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Mrs. Fremont
Laramie
1959TV
Johnny Staccato
1959TV
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Rita Wallace
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Eve Winters, Connie Wingate
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Iris
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Ann Barchester
Perry Mason
1957TV
Gloria Shine
Wagon Train
1957TV
Loretta
The Rack
1956Movie
Caroline
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Martha Jessop
Telephone Time
1956TV
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955Movie
Irma
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Irma
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Susan Stanger, Mary Templeton, Caroline Hardy
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Flory Tibbs, Boni
Kiss Me Deadly
1955Movie
Christina Bailey
Climax!
1954TV
Mrs. Sullivan, Anne Colt
Lassie
1954TV
Ruth Martin
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Ella, Ruth Harron
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Leah Beth, Miriam Raskin
Forgotten Children
1952Movie
Martha Berry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Martha Berry, Mrs. Anglin
Tales of Tomorrow
1951TV
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Dottie
Suspense
1949TV
Margaret Sou, Ruth Shaw
Studio One
1948TV
Mrs. Adams
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Jenny Blanchard, Marianne Dashwood, Patricia
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter