Cloris Leachman

Known for ActingBorn 1926-04-30Died 2021-01-27Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Manna from Heaven

Spies

Crime Club

The Bobby Darin Show

Picture This

Between Love and Honor

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

The Love Boat

A Brand New Life

The Office

The Titanic Chronicles

Malcolm in the Middle

Girl Meets World

Mad About You

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Inglourious Basterds

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Clarence

The Twilight Zone

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

Skip Chasers

The Nanny

Phineas and Ferb

The Iron Giant

Bob's Burgers

The Simpsons

Walter & Emily

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Hawaii Five-0

The Muppet Show

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

Hitchhike!

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

I Can Only Imagine

Unity

The Croods: A New Age

Night Gallery

Young Frankenstein

RuPaul's Drag Race

Raising Hope

Two and a Half Men

Maybe This Time

Joan of Arcadia

Franklin & Bash

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Family Guy