Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
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
Actor
as Margaret
as Donna
as Nana
as Gran (voice)
as Gran Crood (voice)
as Itasca
as Ivy
as Mrs. Mandelbaum
as Josephine
as Liz
as Memaw
as Zorya Vechernyaya
as Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
as May Conner
as Maxine
as Lilian Forrester
as Alice Wilinsky
as Granny Goodness (voice)
as Self - Panelist
as Self (archive footage)
as Actress
as Miss Fielder
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
as Estelle (Grandmother)
as Narrator (voice)
as Grandma Palmer
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
as Mary Ann
as Mrs. Svorski
as Cloris (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Gran (voice)
as Shirley Kluszewski
as Dotty Rounder
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
as Grandma Merle
as Gladys
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
as Meryl (voice)
as Annie
as Helen (uncredited)
as Maw Maw
as Ruth Tennenbaum
as Peg
as Sandy
as Hattie Clarence
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest Judge
as Maggie
as Mitzie
as Sadie
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
as Doof's Mom (voice)
as Great Gam Gam
as Mrs. Norris
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
as Self - Guest
as Eileen Boatwright
as Nurse Spex
as Lynette
as Aunt Aida
as Self - Contestant
as Lily Hanaday
as Evelyn Wright
as Grandmother
as Norma
as Lois, Peter's Mother
as Self
as Helen
as Self
as Agnes Fremont
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
as Dolly Amati
as Dot Richmond
as Helga (voice)
as Pat Mozell
as Ida Welker
as Assunta
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
as (voice)
as Grammy Winthrop
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
as Olive
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
as Aunt Ethel Mooster
as Grandma Albertson
as Laura Evans
as Anna Collura
as Beasy
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
as Ruth
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
as Granny
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
as Doc Betty
as Mrs. Samuels
as Pamela Beale
as Ruth
as Self
as Clara Mueller
as Sudie
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
as Herself
as Ruth Westerman
as Emily Collins
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
as Ruth Fine
as Ruth Popper
as Ruth Weaver
as Grandma
as Mrs. McFarland
as Mrs. Glick (voice)
as Mrs. Frick
as Griselda The Witch
as Mrs. Haldane
as Margaret Shand
as Beverly Ann Stickle
as Millie Crown
as Hydia (voice)
as Mrs. Anglin
as Charlotte Raynor
as Self
as Mary Kovacs
as Joan Greenway
as Sister Eugenio
as May Lemke
as Agatha Blaine
as Maggie Dale
as Madame Defarge
as Nurse Betty Nelson
as Mrs Kramer
as Performer
as Samantha
as Louise Trends
as Maureen
as Molly Brown
as Mildred Carruthers
as Ruth Rendell
as Lord's Secretary
as Darla Jean
as Claire
as Beverly Ann Stickle
as Mrs. Jaffray
as Laura Casella
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
as Clara Oddbody
as Euterpe (voice)
as Karen Cooper
as Iris Havlicek
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Mrs. Singleton
as Old Mam Hawes
as Melba
as Laura Hyatt
as Queen Hippolyta
as Phyllis Lindstrom
as Self
as Frau Blücher
as Susan Davies
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
as Lois Ellison
as Claire Stevens
as Viola Barlow
as Self
as Jean Mitchell
as Ronda
as Anna Sage
as Nettie Appleby
as Hilary Kelton
as Victoria Douglas
as Mary Turner
as Ellen Blunt
as Joanne Hackett
as Ruth Popper
as Rita Weiss
as Tina Hoffman
as Philomene
as Bernice Henderson
as Mrs. Fulton
as Phyllis Lindstrom
as Ginny
as Agnes
as Jean Cullen
as Angel Day
as Judy
as Vera Walker
as Self - Guest
as Barker's Ex-Wife
as Louise Lockhart
as Molly Strong
as Deborah Wilson
as Dorothy Hummer
as Miss Selby
as Clara
as Helen Graham
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Elsie Condon
as Rhoda Kirsh
as Katie Cortner
as Angela Simms
as Lydia Manning
as Beatrice Stafford
as Mrs. Fremont
as Rita Wallace
as Eve Winters
as Connie Wingate
as Ann Barchester
as Gloria Shine
as Loretta
as Caroline
as Martha Jessop
as Self - Presenter
as Christina Bailey
as Irma
as Susan Stanger
as Mary Templeton
as Caroline Hardy
as Flory Tibbs
as Boni
as Mrs. Sullivan
as Anne Colt
as Ruth Martin
as Ella
as Ruth Harron
as Self
as Leah Beth
as Miriam Raskin
as Martha Berry
as Martha Berry
as Mrs. Anglin
as Dottie
as Margaret Sou
as Ruth Shaw
as Mrs. Adams
as Jenny Blanchard
as Marianne Dashwood
as Patricia
as Self
as Self - Winner
as Self - Presenter
Crew
as Thanks