Cloris Leachman

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: Acting

Born: Des Moines, Iowa, USA, 1926-04-30

Died: 2021-01-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Kiss Me Deadly	Christina Bailey	72
2	1956	The Rack	Caroline	66
3	1962	The Chapman Report	Miss Selby	53
4	1969	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Agnes	76
5	1969	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Ginny	100
6	1974	The Migrants	Viola Barlow	57
7	1975	A Girl Named Sooner	Old Mam Hawes	42
8	1979	The Muppet Movie	Lord's Secretary	72
9	1979	Mrs. R's Daughter	Ruth Rendell	60
10	1980	The Oldest Living Graduate	Maureen	0
11	1981	Advice to the Lovelorn	Maggie Dale	50
12	1983	Dixie: Changing Habits	Sister Eugenio	35
13	1985	Deadly Intentions	Charlotte Raynor	64
14	1986	My Little Pony: The Movie	Hydia (voice)	63
15	1987	Sparky's Magic Piano		59
16	1987	The Facts of Life Down Under	Beverly Ann Stickle	50
17	1987	The Little Troll Prince		70
18	1988	Going to the Chapel	Mrs. Haldane	50
19	1990	Fine Things	Ruth Fine	58
20	1991	A Little Piece of Heaven	Edwina 'Ed' McKevin	65
21	1993	Fade to Black	Ruth	20
22	1995	Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West	Laura Evans	0
23	1996	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)	66
24	1997	Annabelle's Wish	Aunt Agnes (voice)	65
25	1999	The Last Picture Show: A Look Back	Self	73
26	2000	Hanging Up	Pat Mozell	52
27	2007	Lake Placid 2	Sadie	49
28	2008	Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget	Self	70
29	2008	New York, I Love You	Mitzie	59
30	2012	Foodfight!	Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)	19
31	2014	Adult World	Mary Ann	60
32	2014	Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists	Mrs. Feyersied (voice)	78
33	2015	Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse	Miss Fielder	65
34		Everbrook (The Home)		0
35	1952	Forgotten Children	Martha Berry	0
36	1970	Lovers and Other Strangers	Bernice Henderson	51
37	1970	WUSA	Philomene	54
38	1970	The People Next Door	Tina Hoffman	62
39	1971	The Steagle	Rita Weiss	48
40	1971	The Last Picture Show	Ruth Popper	77
41	1971	Suddenly Single	Joanne Hackett	0
42	1972	Haunts of the Very Rich	Ellen Blunt	57
43	1972	Of Thee I Sing	Mary Turner	60
44	1973	A Brand New Life	Victoria Douglas	0
45	1973	Crime Club	Hilary Kelton	0
46	1973	Charley and the Angel	Nettie Appleby	52
47	1973	Dillinger	Anna Sage	66
48	1973	Happy Mother's Day, Love George	Ronda	60
49	1973	Dying Room Only	Jean Mitchell	66
50	1974	Hitchhike!	Claire Stevens	80
51	1974	Thursday's Game	Lois Ellison	52
52	1974	Daisy Miller	Mrs. Ezra Miller	61
53	1974	Death Sentence	Susan Davies	57
54	1974	Young Frankenstein	Frau Blücher	79
55	1975	Someone I Touched	Laura Hyatt	54
56	1975	Crazy Mama	Melba	57
57	1975	Death Scream	Mrs. Singleton	66
58	1976	Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?	Self	0
59	1976	The Love Boat	Iris Havlicek	0
60	1977	The Mouse and His Child	Euterpe (voice)	58
61	1977	Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera	Self	0
62	1977	It Happened One Christmas	Clara Oddbody	37
63	1977	High Anxiety	Nurse Charlotte Diesel	64
64	1978	Long Journey Back	Laura Casella	60
65	1979	The North Avenue Irregulars	Claire	64
66	1979	Willa	Darla Jean	30
67	1979	Scavenger Hunt	Mildred Carruthers	56
68	1980	S.O.S. Titanic	Molly Brown	59
69	1980	Herbie Goes Bananas	Louise Trends	52
70	1980	Foolin' Around	Samantha	62
71	1981	Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued	Performer	0
72	1981	Yesterday	Mrs Kramer	0
73	1981	The Acorn People	Nurse Betty Nelson	20
74	1981	History of the World: Part I	Madame Defarge	68
75	1982	Miss All-American Beauty	Agatha Blaine	20
76	1983	The Woman Who Willed a Miracle	May Lemke	100
77	1983	The Demon Murder Case	Joan Greenway	60
78	1984	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter	Mary Kovacs	0
79	1984	Donald Duck's 50th Birthday	Self	60
80	1985	Love Is Never Silent	Mrs. Anglin	0
81	1986	Shadow Play	Millie Crown	63
82	1987	Walk Like a Man	Margaret Shand	51
83	1988	Hansel and Gretel	Griselda The Witch	71
84	1989	Prancer	Mrs. McFarland	59
85	1990	Love Hurts	Ruth Weaver	48
86	1990	Texasville	Ruth Popper	59
87	1990	The Giant of Thunder Mountain	Narrator / The Elder Amy	52
88	1991	In Broad Daylight	Ruth Westerman	57
89	1991	Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show	Herself	60
90	1991	Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas	Self	90
91	1993	Spies	Pamela Beale	0
92	1993	Without a Kiss Goodbye	Mrs. Samuels	60
93	1993	Miracle Child	Doc Betty	60
94	1993	My Boyfriend's Back	Maggie The Zombie Expert	57
95	1993	The Beverly Hillbillies	Granny	63
96	1993	Double, Double, Toil and Trouble	Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia	65
97	1994	A Troll in Central Park	Queen Gnorga (voice)	50
98	1995	Between Love and Honor	Anna Collura	0
99	1995	Now and Then	Grandma Albertson	69
100	1996	Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein	Frau Blücher (archive footage)	85
101	1996	Never Too Late	Olive	40
102	1999	The Titanic Chronicles	(voice)	70
103	1999	The Iron Giant	Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)	79
104	1999	Music of the Heart	Assunta	67
105	2000	Gen¹³	Helga (voice)	61
106	2001	The Amati Girls	Dolly Amati	25
107	2001	The Animal	Cat Lady (uncredited)	51
108	2002	The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion	Self	0
109	2002	Manna from Heaven	Helen	0
110	2003	Alex & Emma	Grandmother	53
111	2003	Bad Santa	Granny	65
112	2004	Spanglish	Evelyn Wright	60
113	2005	Buzz		0
114	2005	The Longest Yard	Lynette	67
115	2005	Sky High	Nurse Spex	62
116	2005	The Californians	Eileen Boatwright	52
117	2006	Mrs. Harris	Pearl "Billie" Schwartz	60
118	2006	Scary Movie 4	Mrs. Norris	55
119	2006	Beerfest	Great Gam Gam	59
120	2008	The Women	Maggie	51
121	2009	Love Takes Wing	Hattie Clarence	68
122	2009	American Cowslip	Sandy	54
123	2009	Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense	Self	0
124	2010	You Again	Helen (uncredited)	63
125	2010	Expecting Mary	Annie	49
126	2011	Obsession: Letters to David Lynch	Self	0
127	2011	The Fields	Gladys	41
128	2012	Gambit	Grandma Merle	55
129	2012	The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure	Dotty Rounder	25
130	2013	The Croods	Gran (voice)	69
131	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
132	2015	The Wedding Ringer	Grandma Palmer	65
133	2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)	75
134	2015	This Is Happening	Estelle (Grandmother)	40
135	2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration	Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)	100
136	2015	Baby, Baby, Baby	Actress	59
137	2015	Enzian: When the Lights Go Up	Self (archive footage)	0
138	2016	A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story	Self	70
139	2016	So B. It	Alice Wilinsky	66
140	2016	The Bronx Bull	Lilian Forrester	50
141	2016	Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?	Maxine	65
142	2016	The Comedian	May Conner	57
143	2018	I Can Only Imagine	Memaw	75
144	2018	It's Who You Know	Liz	40
145	2018	Lez Bomb	Josephine	69
146	2019	Being and Nothingness	Ivy	0
147	2020	When We Last Spoke	Itasca	65
148	2020	The Croods: A New Age	Gran Crood (voice)	75
149	2021	Dear Diary: World's First Pranks	Gran (voice)	63
150	2021	High Holiday	Nana	53
151	2021	Not to Forget	Donna	67
152	2022	Jump, Darling	Margaret	51

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
3	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
4	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Jenny Blanchard	60
5	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Marianne Dashwood	60
6	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		60
7	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Patricia	60
8	1948	Studio One	Mrs. Adams	47
9	1948	Studio One		47
10	1949	Suspense		46
11	1949	Suspense	Margaret Sou	46
12	1949	Suspense	Ruth Shaw	46
13	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Dottie	60
14	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
15	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Martha Berry	87
16	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Anglin	87
17	1953	General Electric Theater	Leah Beth	60
18	1953	General Electric Theater	Miriam Raskin	60
19	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
20	1953	Letter to Loretta	Ella	62
21	1953	Letter to Loretta	Ruth Harron	62
22	1954	Lassie	Ruth Martin	61
23	1954	Climax!	Mrs. Sullivan	30
24	1954	Climax!	Anne Colt	30
25	1955	Gunsmoke	Flory Tibbs	66
26	1955	Gunsmoke	Boni	66
27	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Susan Stanger	77
28	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mary Templeton	77
29	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Caroline Hardy	77
30	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Irma	65
31	1955	Matinee Theater		46
32	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
33	1956	Telephone Time		63
34	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Martha Jessop	55
35	1957	Wagon Train	Loretta	64
36	1957	Perry Mason	Gloria Shine	77
37	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Ann Barchester	69
38	1958	The Donna Reed Show		63
39	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
40	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Eve Winters	67
41	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Connie Wingate	67
42	1959	One Step Beyond	Rita Wallace	56
43	1959	Johnny Staccato		56
44	1959	Laramie		64
45	1959	The Twilight Zone	Mrs. Fremont	84
46	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
47	1960	Thriller	Beatrice Stafford	64
48	1960	Outlaws		62
49	1960	Route 66	Lydia Manning	64
50	1961	The Defenders	Angela Simms	62
51	1961	Cain's Hundred	Katie Cortner	47
52	1961	Dr. Kildare	Rhoda Kirsh	54
53	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
54	1961	The New Breed	Elsie Condon	70
55	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
56	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
57	1962	Saints and Sinners	Helen Graham	60
58	1962	The Virginian	Clara	64
59	1962	Stoney Burke		57
60	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
61	1962	Going My Way		57
62	1963	Mr. Novak	Dorothy Hummer	65
63	1965	Run for Your Life	Deborah Wilson	72
64	1966	That Girl		61
65	1967	Ironside	Molly Strong	69
66	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
67	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		63
68	1967	Judd for the Defense	Louise Lockhart	75
69	1967	Mannix	Barker's Ex-Wife	67
70	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
71	1968	The Name of the Game	Vera Walker	68
72	1968	Adam-12	Judy	71
73	1968	Lancer	Angel Day	47
74	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Jean Cullen	65
75	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Phyllis Lindstrom	75
76	1970	Night Gallery	Mrs. Fulton	78
77	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
78	1973	The Bobby Darin Show		0
79	1974	Rhoda		62
80	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
81	1975	Cher	Self	63
82	1975	Phyllis	Phyllis Lindstrom	69
83	1975	Wonder Woman	Queen Hippolyta	70
84	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
85	1977	The Love Boat	Karen Cooper	63
86	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Mrs. Jaffray	59
87	1979	The Facts of Life	Beverly Ann Stickle	71
88	1989	The Nutt House		60
89	1989	The Nutt House	Mrs. Frick	60
90	1989	The Simpsons	Mrs. Glick (voice)	80
91	1990	Ferris Bueller	Grandma	60
92	1991	Walter & Emily	Emily Collins	0
93	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Sudie	71
94	1993	The Nanny	Clara Mueller	81
95	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
96	1994	Storybook Cinema		0
97	1994	Touched by an Angel	Ruth	72
98	1995	Maybe This Time	Beasy	73
99	1996	Promised Land	Aunt Ethel Mooster	66
100	1999	Family Guy	Cloris Leachman (voice)	74
101	1999	Thanks	Grammy Winthrop	20
102	1999	Twice in a Lifetime		55
103	2000	Malcolm in the Middle		85
104	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Ida Welker	85
105	2001	The Ellen Show	Dot Richmond	65
106	2002	The Twilight Zone	Agnes Fremont	72
107	2003	Comedy Central Roasts	Self	0
108	2003	Happy Family	Lois, Peter's Mother	67
109	2003	Two and a Half Men	Norma	75
110	2005	The Office	Lily Hanaday	86
111	2005	Dancing with the Stars	Self - Contestant	60
112	2005	Beach Girls	Aunt Aida	40
113	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
114	2007	The Wedding Bells		70
115	2007	Phineas and Ferb	Mrs. Feyersied (voice)	79
116	2007	Phineas and Ferb	Doof's Mom (voice)	79
117	2009	RuPaul's Drag Race	Self - Guest Judge	75
118	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
119	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Peg	74
120	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Ruth Tennenbaum	77
121	2010	Raising Hope	Maw Maw	75
122	2010	Top Gear		60
123	2011	Bob's Burgers	Meryl (voice)	78
124	2011	Franklin & Bash	Irina Lottye Kruskal	73
125	2013	Kirstie	Shirley Kluszewski	46
126	2014	Clarence	Cloris (voice)	79
127	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Self	79
128	2014	Girl Meets World	Mrs. Svorski	83
129	2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	60
130	2016	Justice League Action	Granny Goodness (voice)	70
131	2017	American Gods	Zorya Vechernyaya	71
132	2017	American Gods	Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star	71
133	2019	Mad About You	Mrs. Mandelbaum	84