Cloris Leachman

Known for ActingBorn 1926-04-30Died 2021-01-26Des 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

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

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

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Inglourious Basterds

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Clarence

The Twilight Zone

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

The Nanny

Skip Chasers

Phineas and Ferb

The Iron Giant

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Walter & Emily

Bob's Burgers

The Simpsons

Hawaii Five-0

Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?

The Muppet Show

Hitchhike!

I Can Only Imagine

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

Unity

The Croods: A New Age

Young Frankenstein

RuPaul's Drag Race

Two and a Half Men

Raising Hope

Night Gallery

Maybe This Time

Franklin & Bash

Family Guy