Cloris Leachman
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1926-04-30 – 2021-01-26
Place of birth: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Biography
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
History of the World: Part I
1981Madame Defarge
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969Agnes
Young Frankenstein
1974Frau Blücher
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Spanglish
2004Evelyn Wright
The Iron Giant
1999Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Daisy Miller
1974Mrs. Ezra Miller
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993Granny
Love Takes Wing
2009Hattie Clarence
Scavenger Hunt
1979Mildred Carruthers
Sky High
2005Nurse Spex
Prancer
1989Mrs. McFarland
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980Louise Trends
The Last Picture Show
1971Ruth Popper
High Anxiety
1977Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Now and Then
1995Grandma Albertson
The Longest Yard
2005Lynette
Music of the Heart
1999Assunta
Beerfest
2006Great Gam Gam