Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

4/30/1926 – 1/26/2021Des 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.

Filmography (271 titles)

Jump, Darling5.0Movie

Jump, Darling

Margaret · 2022

Not to Forget6.8Movie

Not to Forget

Donna · 2021

High Holiday3.6Movie

High Holiday

Nana · 2021

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks6.8Movie

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

Gran (voice) · 2021

The Croods: A New Age7.4Movie

The Croods: A New Age

Gran (voice) · 2020

When We Last Spoke6.5Movie

When We Last Spoke

Itasca · 2020

Mad About You8.2Show

Mad About You

Mrs. Mandelbaum · 2019

Being and NothingnessMovie

Being and Nothingness

Ivy · 2019

Lez Bomb6.7Movie

Lez Bomb

Josephine · 2018

It's Who You Know4.0Movie

It's Who You Know

Liz · 2018

I Can Only Imagine7.5Movie

I Can Only Imagine

Memaw · 2018

The GliksmansMovie

The Gliksmans

Helen Neuman · 2017

American Gods7.1Show

American Gods

Zorya Vechernyaya · 2017

Justice League Action7.2Show

Justice League Action

Granny Goodness (voice) · 2016

The Comedian5.7Movie

The Comedian

May Conner · 2016

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?5.9Movie

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Maxine · 2016

To Tell the Truth5.7Show

To Tell the Truth

Self - Panelist · 2016

The Bronx Bull4.3Movie

The Bronx Bull

Lilian Forrester · 2016

So B. It6.6Movie

So B. It

Alice Wilinsky · 2016

Teachers5.3Show

Teachers

Memaw · 2016

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story7.0Movie

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

Self · 2016

Movie

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

Self (archive footage) · 2015

Baby, Baby, Baby5.6Movie

Baby, Baby, Baby

Actress · 2015

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse6.6Movie

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Miss Fielder · 2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration10.0Movie

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage) · 2015

This Is Happening4.0Movie

This Is Happening

Estelle (Grandmother) · 2015

Unity7.6Movie

Unity

Narrator (voice) · 2015

The Wedding Ringer6.5Movie

The Wedding Ringer

Grandma Palmer · 2015

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists7.9Movie

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Mrs. Feyersied (voice) · 2014

Girl Meets World8.3Show

Girl Meets World

Mrs. Svorski · 2014