Cloris Leachman
ActingCloris 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
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Miss Fielder
Scary Movie 4
Mrs. Norris
The Croods
Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
Gran (voice)
The Iron Giant
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Longest Yard
Lynette
New York, I Love You
Mitzie
Sky High
Nurse Spex
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Agnes
The Wedding Ringer
Grandma Palmer
Filmography — Acting
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Miss Fielder
Scary Movie 4
Mrs. Norris
The Croods
Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
Gran (voice)
The Iron Giant
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Longest Yard
Lynette
New York, I Love You
Mitzie
Sky High
Nurse Spex
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Agnes
The Wedding Ringer
Grandma Palmer
Bad Santa
Grandma (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie
Lord's Secretary
Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher
The Beverly Hillbillies
Granny
I Can Only Imagine
Memaw
Now and Then
Grandma Albertson
The Last Picture Show
Ruth Popper
You Again
Helen (uncredited)
Gambit
Grandma Merle
Spanglish
Evelyn Wright
The Animal
Cat Lady (uncredited)
Beerfest
Great Gam Gam
The Women
Maggie
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Hanging Up
Pat Mozell
History of the World: Part I
Madame Defarge
Kiss Me Deadly
Christina Bailey
Foodfight!
Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Lake Placid 2
Sadie
The Comedian
May Conner
Gen¹³
Helga (voice)
Music of the Heart
Assunta
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Prancer
Mrs. McFarland
American Cowslip
Sandy
My Little Pony: The Movie
Hydia (voice)
Adult World
Mary Ann
My Boyfriend's Back
Maggie The Zombie Expert
Mrs. Harris
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Hansel and Gretel
Griselda the Witch
Herbie Goes Bananas
Louise Trends
Dillinger
Anna Sage
A Troll in Central Park
Queen Gnorga (voice)
High Anxiety
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
The Rack
Caroline
Alex & Emma
Grandmother
Texasville
Ruth Popper
Lovers and Other Strangers
Bernice Henderson
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Crazy Mama
Melba
Death Sentence
Susan Davies
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Gran (voice)
High Holiday
Nana
Scavenger Hunt
Mildred Carruthers
S.O.S. Titanic
Molly Brown
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
WUSA
Philomene
The People Next Door
Tina Hoffman
The Californians
Eileen Boatwright
Dying Room Only
Jean Mitchell
Annabelle's Wish
Aunt Agnes (voice)
Love Hurts
Ruth Weaver
Walk Like a Man
Margaret Shand
A Little Piece of Heaven
Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Love Is Never Silent
Mrs. Anglin
The Oldest Living Graduate
Maureen
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Love Takes Wing
Hattie Clarence
Fine Things
Ruth Fine
The Mouse and His Child
Euterpe (voice)
Lez Bomb
Josephine
Daisy Miller
Mrs. Ezra Miller
Baby, Baby, Baby
Actress
Charley and the Angel
Nettie Appleby
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Mary Kovacs
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Maxine
Death Scream
Mrs. Singleton
The Demon Murder Case
Joan Greenway
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
The North Avenue Irregulars
Claire
Fade to Black
Ruth
So B. It
Alice Wilinsky
This Is Happening
Estelle (Grandmother)
The Bronx Bull
Lilian Forrester
Spies
Pamela Beale
Not to Forget
Donna
Shadow Play
Millie Crown
Foolin' Around
Samantha
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
The Chapman Report
Miss Selby
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Ginny
Willa
Darla Jean
Expecting Mary
Annie
Skip Chasers
In Broad Daylight
Ruth Westerman
The Little Troll Prince
Queen Sirena
Thursday's Game
Lois Ellison
Going to the Chapel
Mrs. Haldane
When We Last Spoke
Itasca
Haunts of the Very Rich
Ellen Blunt
Between Love and Honor
Anna Collura
A Girl Named Sooner
Old Mam Hawes
Crime Club
Hilary Kelton
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
Self
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Mrs. Samuels
Dixie: Changing Habits
Sister Eugenio
Manna from Heaven
Helen
The Facts of Life Down Under
Beverly Ann Stickle
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
It Happened One Christmas
Clara Oddbody
Never Too Late
Olive
Buzz
The Fields
Gladys
Jump, Darling
Margaret
The Steagle
Rita Weiss
Deadly Intentions
Charlotte Raynor
Mrs. R's Daughter
Ruth Rendell
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Dotty Rounder
Sparky's Magic Piano
The Migrants
Viola Barlow
Suddenly Single
Joanne Hackett
Miracle Child
Doc Betty
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Self
The Love Boat
Iris Havlicek
Of Thee I Sing
Mary Turner
Advice to the Lovelorn
Maggie Dale
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Narrator / The Elder Amy
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Ronda
Yesterday
Mrs Kramer
The Amati Girls
Dolly Amati
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
A Brand New Life
Victoria Douglas
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Picture This
Self
Someone I Touched
Laura Hyatt
Breakfast with Les and Bess
Miss All-American Beauty
Agatha Blaine
Hitchhike!
Claire Stevens
The Acorn People
Nurse Betty Nelson
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Laura Evans
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Herself
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Self
Forgotten Children
Martha Berry
The Gliksmans
Helen Neuman
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
May Lemke
Being and Nothingness
Ivy
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Self
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Performer
Long Journey Back
Laura Casella
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Irma
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
Self
It's Who You Know
Liz