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.
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Acting History
2022
Jump, Darling as Margaret
2021Not to Forget as Donna
2021High Holiday as Nana
2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks as Gran (voice)
2020The Croods: A New Age as Gran (voice)
2020When We Last Spoke as Itasca
2019Mad About You as Mrs. Mandelbaum
2019Being and Nothingness as Ivy
2018Lez Bomb as Josephine
2018It's Who You Know as Liz
2018I Can Only Imagine as Memaw
2017The Gliksmans as Helen Neuman
2017American Gods as Zorya Vechernyaya
2017American Gods as Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
2016Justice League Action as Granny Goodness (voice)
2016The Comedian as May Conner
2016Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? as Maxine
2016To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2016The Bronx Bull as Lilian Forrester
2016So B. It as Alice Wilinsky
2016Teachers as Memaw
2016A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story as Self
2015Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
2015Baby, Baby, Baby as Actress
2015Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse as Miss Fielder
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
2015This Is Happening as Estelle (Grandmother)
2015Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015The Wedding Ringer as Grandma Palmer
2014Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
2014Girl Meets World as Mrs. Svorski
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2014Clarence as Cloris (voice)
2014Adult World as Mary Ann
2013Kirstie as Shirley Kluszewski
2013The Millers as Louise
2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2013The Croods as Gran (voice)
2012The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure as Dotty Rounder
2012Foodfight! as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
2012Gambit as Grandma Merle
2011The Fields as Gladys
2011Franklin & Bash as Irina Lottye Kruskal
2011Bob's Burgers as Meryl (voice)
2011Obsession: Letters to David Lynch as Self
2010Top Gear
2010Expecting Mary as Annie
2010You Again as Helen (uncredited)
2010Raising Hope as Maw Maw
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Ruth Tennenbaum
2010Hot in Cleveland as Peg
2009Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense as Self
2009American Cowslip as Sandy
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Love Takes Wing as Hattie Clarence
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008The Women as Maggie
2008New York, I Love You as Mitzie
2008Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget as Self
2007Phineas and Ferb as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
2007Phineas and Ferb as Doof's Mom (voice)
2007Lake Placid 2 as Sadie
2007The Wedding Bells as Edith Fleischman
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006Beerfest as Great Gam Gam
2006Scary Movie 4 as Mrs. Norris
2006Mrs. Harris as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
2005The Californians as Eileen Boatwright
2005Beach Girls as Aunt Aida
2005Sky High as Nurse Spex
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005The Longest Yard as Lynette
2005Buzz
2005The Office as Lily Hanaday
2004Spanglish as Evelyn Wright
2003Bad Santa as Grandma (uncredited)
2003Joan of Arcadia as Aunt Olive
2003Two and a Half Men as Norma
2003Happy Family as Lois, Peter's Mother
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003Alex & Emma as Grandmother
2002The Twilight Zone as Agnes Fremont
2002Manna from Heaven as Helen
2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
2001The Ellen Show as Dot Richmond
2001The Animal as Cat Lady (uncredited)
2001The Amati Girls as Dolly Amati
2000Gen¹³ as Helga (voice)
2000Hanging Up as Pat Mozell
2000Malcolm in the Middle as Ida Welker
1999Music of the Heart as Assunta
1999Twice in a Lifetime
1999The Iron Giant as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
1999Thanks as Grammy Winthrop
1999Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick as Self
1999Family Guy as Cloris Leachman (voice)
1999The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
1998Skip Chasers
1997Annabelle's Wish as Aunt Agnes (voice)
1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
1996Promised Land as Aunt Ethel Mooster
1996Never Too Late as Olive
1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
1995Now and Then as Grandma Albertson
1995Maybe This Time as Beasy
1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West as Laura Evans
1995Between Love and Honor as Anna Collura
1994A Troll in Central Park as Queen Gnorga (voice)
1994Touched by an Angel as Ruth
1994Storybook Cinema
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993The Nanny as Clara Mueller
1993Double, Double, Toil and Trouble as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Sudie
1993The Beverly Hillbillies as Granny
1993My Boyfriend's Back as Maggie The Zombie Expert
1993Miracle Child as Doc Betty
1993Without a Kiss Goodbye as Mrs. Samuels
1993Spies as Pamela Beale
1993Fade to Black as Ruth
1991A Little Piece of Heaven as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
1991Walter & Emily as Emily Collins
1991Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Herself
1991In Broad Daylight as Ruth Westerman
1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Narrator / The Elder Amy
1990Fine Things as Ruth Fine
1990Texasville as Ruth Popper
1990Ferris Bueller as Grandma
1990Love Hurts as Ruth Weaver
1989The Simpsons as Mrs. Glick (voice)
1989Prancer as Mrs. McFarland
1989The Nutt House as Ms. Frick
1988Hansel and Gretel as Griselda the Witch
1988Going to the Chapel as Mrs. Haldane
1987The Little Troll Prince
1987Walk Like a Man as Margaret Shand
1987The Facts of Life Down Under as Beverly Ann Stickle
1987Sparky's Magic Piano
1986Shadow Play as Millie Crown
1986My Little Pony: The Movie as Hydia (voice)
1985Love Is Never Silent as Mrs. Anglin
1985Deadly Intentions as Charlotte Raynor
1985Breakfast with Les and Bess
1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter as Mary Kovacs
1983The Demon Murder Case as Joan Greenway
1983Dixie: Changing Habits as Sister Eugenio
1983The Woman Who Willed a Miracle as May Lemke
1982Miss All-American Beauty as Agatha Blaine
1981Advice to the Lovelorn as Maggie Dale
1981History of the World: Part I as Madame Defarge
1981The Acorn People as Nurse Betty Nelson
1981Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued as Performer
1980Foolin' Around as Samantha
1980Herbie Goes Bananas as Louise Trends
1980The Oldest Living Graduate as Maureen
1980Yesterday as Mrs Kramer
1980S.O.S. Titanic as Molly Brown
1979Scavenger Hunt as Mildred Carruthers
1979Mrs. R's Daughter as Ruth Rendell
1979The Facts of Life as Beverly Ann Stickle
1979The Muppet Movie as Lord's Secretary
1979Willa as Darla Jean
1979The North Avenue Irregulars as Claire
1979Backstairs at the White House as Mrs. Jaffray
1978Long Journey Back as Laura Casella
1977High Anxiety as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
1977It Happened One Christmas as Clara Oddbody
1977Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera as Self
1977The Mouse and His Child as Euterpe (voice)
1977The Love Boat as Karen Cooper
1976The Love Boat as Iris Havlicek
1976The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
1976Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? as Self
1975Wonder Woman as Queen Hippolyta
1975Death Scream as Mrs. Singleton
1975Phyllis as Phyllis Lindstrom
1975A Girl Named Sooner as Old Mam Hawes
1975Crazy Mama as Melba
1975Someone I Touched as Laura Hyatt
1975Cher as Self
1974Young Frankenstein as Frau Blücher
1974Dinah! as Self
1974Dinah!
1974Death Sentence as Susan Davies
1974Rhoda
1974Daisy Miller as Mrs. Ezra Miller
1974Thursday's Game as Lois Ellison
1974Hitchhike! as Claire Stevens
1974The Migrants as Viola Barlow
1973Dying Room Only as Jean Mitchell
1973Happy Mother's Day, Love George as Ronda
1973Dillinger as Anna Sage
1973Charley and the Angel as Nettie Appleby
1973Crime Club as Hilary Kelton
1973A Brand New Life as Victoria Douglas
1973The Bobby Darin Show
1972Of Thee I Sing as Mary Turner
1972Haunts of the Very Rich as Ellen Blunt
1972The Sixth Sense
1971Suddenly Single as Joanne Hackett
1971The Last Picture Show as Ruth Popper
1971The Steagle as Rita Weiss
1970Night Gallery as Mrs. Fulton
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Phyllis Lindstrom
1970The People Next Door as Tina Hoffman
1970WUSA as Philomene
1970Lovers and Other Strangers as Bernice Henderson
1969Silent Night, Lonely Night as Ginny
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Agnes
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. as Jean Cullen
1968Lancer as Angel Day
1968Adam-12 as Judy
1968The Name of the Game as Vera Walker
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967Mannix as Barker's Ex-Wife
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967Judd for the Defense
1967Judd for the Defense as Louise Lockhart
1967Ironside as Molly Strong
1966That Girl
1965Run for Your Life as Deborah Wilson
1963Mr. Novak as Dorothy Hummer
1962The Chapman Report as Miss Selby
1962Going My Way
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Stoney Burke
1962The Virginian as Clara
1962Saints and Sinners as Helen Graham
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The New Breed as Elsie Condon
1961Target: The Corruptors!
1961Dr. Kildare as Rhoda Kirsh
1961Cain's Hundred as Katie Cortner
1961The Defenders as Angela Simms
1960Route 66 as Lydia Manning
1960Outlaws
1960Thriller as Beatrice Stafford
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Fremont
1959Laramie
1959Johnny Staccato
1959One Step Beyond as Rita Wallace
195877 Sunset Strip
195877 Sunset Strip as Eve Winters
195877 Sunset Strip as Connie Wingate
1958The Donna Reed Show
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Ann Barchester
1957Perry Mason as Gloria Shine
1957Wagon Train as Loretta
1956The Rack as Caroline
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Martha Jessop
1956Telephone Time
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955Matinee Theater
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Irma
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Susan Stanger
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mary Templeton
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Caroline Hardy
1955Gunsmoke as Flory Tibbs
1955Gunsmoke as Boni
1955Kiss Me Deadly as Christina Bailey
1954Climax! as Mrs. Sullivan
1954Climax! as Anne Colt
1954Lassie as Ruth Martin
1953Letter to Loretta as Ella
1953Letter to Loretta as Ruth Harron
1953The Oscars as Self
1953General Electric Theater as Leah Beth
1953General Electric Theater as Miriam Raskin
1952Forgotten Children as Martha Berry
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Martha Berry
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Anglin
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1950Lux Video Theatre as Dottie
1949Suspense
1949Suspense as Margaret Sou
1949Suspense as Ruth Shaw
1948Studio One as Mrs. Adams
1948Studio One
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Jenny Blanchard
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Marianne Dashwood
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Patricia
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter