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Cloris Leachman

Actress / Voice Actress / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Comedian | * 04/30/1926 († 94, 01/26/2021) | Des Moines, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. Leachman also won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Leachman attended Northwestern University and began appearing in local plays as a teenager. After competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant, she secured a scholarship to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, making her professional debut in 1948. In film, she appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971) as the neglected wife of a closeted schoolteacher in the 1950s; she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was part of Mel Brooks's ensemble cast, playing Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein (1974), Nurse Diesel in ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Kids & Family

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The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in ...

The Croods

FSK: 0+ years

2013 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Action
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High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nea ...

The Last Picture Show

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1971 | 3.9/5 | 1h 59min
Drama
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Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule b ...

Spanglish

FSK: 6+ years

2004 | 3.0/5 | 2h 10min
Comedy
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A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young ...

Young Frankenstein

FSK: 12+ years

1974 | 4.0/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Cloris Leachman

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Award Golden Plate Award BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 3x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Cloris Leachman as Actress(139)

as Margaret2022 Jump, Darling
as Gran (voice)2021 Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Donna2021 Not to Forget
as Nana2021 High Holiday
as Gran Crood (voice)2020 The Croods: A New Age
as Itasca2020 When We Last Spoke
as Liz2018 It's Who You Know
as Memaw2018 I Can Only Imagine
as Josephine2018 Lez Bomb
as herself2016 A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
as Alice Wilinsky2016 So B. It
as Lilian Forrester2016 The Bronx Bull
as May Conner2016 The Comedian
as Maxine2016 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom2015 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Narrator (voice)2015 Unity
as Miss Fielder2015 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Grandma Palmer2015 The Wedding Ringer
as Actress2015 Baby, Baby, Baby
as Estelle (Grandmother)2015 This Is Happening
as Mary Ann2013 Adult World
as Self (archive footage)2013 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Gran Crood (voice)2013 The Croods
as Grandma Merle2012 Gambit
as Dotty Rounder2012 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)2012 Foodfight!
as Gladys2011 The Fields
as herself2011 The Fisherman
as Helen2010 You Again
as Annie2010 Expecting Mary
as herself2009 Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
as Sandy2009 American Cowslip
as Hattie Clarence2009 Love Takes Wing
as Maggie2008 The Women
as herself2008 Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
as Mitzie (segment "Joshua Marston")2008 New York, I Love You
as Sadie2007 Lake Placid 2
as Great Gam Gam2006 Beerfest
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz2006 Mrs. Harris
as Mrs. Norris2006 Scary Movie 4
2005 Buzz
as Eileen Boatwright2005 The Californians
as Nurse Spex2005 Sky High
as Lynette2005 The Longest Yard
as Evelyn Wright2004 Spanglish
as Grandmother2003 Alex & Emma
as Grandma (uncredited)2003 Bad Santa
as Helen2002 Manna from Heaven
as Cat Lady (uncredited)2001 The Animal
as Dolly Amati2001 The Amati Girls
as Pat Mozell2000 Hanging Up
as Helga (voice)2000 Gen 13
as Assunta Guaspari1999 Music of the Heart
as herself1999 The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)1999 The Iron Giant
as Aunt Agnes (voice)1997 Annabelle's Wish
as Olive1996 Never Too Late
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)1996 Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Laura Evans1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Grandma Albertson1995 Now and Then
as Queen Gnorga (voice)1994 A Troll in Central Park
as Mrs. Samuels1993 Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia1993 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Pamela Beale1993 Spies
as Granny1993 The Beverly Hillbillies
as Doc Betty1993 Miracle Child
as Maggie The Zombie Expert1993 My Boyfriend's Back
as Ruth1993 Fade to Black
as Ruth Westerman1991 In Broad Daylight
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin1991 A Little Piece of Heaven
as herself1991 Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as herself1991 Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Ruth Weaver1990 Love Hurts
as Ruth Popper1990 Texasville
as Narrator / The Elder Amy1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Ruth Fine1990 Fine Things
as Mrs. McFarland1989 Prancer
as Mrs. Haldane1988 Going to the Chapel
as Griselda The Witch1988 Hansel and Gretel
as Margaret Shand1987 Walk Like a Man
1987 The Little Troll Prince
as Beverly Ann Stickle1987 The Facts of Life Down Under
1987 Sparky's Magic Piano
as Millie Crown1986 Shadow Play
as Hydia (voice)1986 My Little Pony: The Movie
as Mrs. Anglin1985 Love Is Never Silent
as Charlotte Raynor1985 Deadly Intentions
as Mary Kovacs1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Sister Eugenio1983 Dixie: Changing Habits
as Joan Greenway1983 The Demon Murder Case
as May Lemke1983 The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Agatha Blaine1982 Miss All-American Beauty
as Nurse Betty Nelson1981 The Acorn People
as Mrs Kramer1981 This Time Forever
as Madame Defarge1981 History of the World: Part I
as Maggie Dale1981 Advice to the Lovelorn
as Louise Trends1980 Herbie Goes Bananas
as Maureen1980 The Oldest Living Graduate
as Molly Brown1980 S.O.S. Titanic
as Samantha1980 Foolin' Around
as Claire1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
as Ruth Rendell1979 Mrs. R's Daughter
as Darla Jean1979 Willa
as Lord's Secretary1979 The Muppet Movie
as Mildred Carruthers1979 Scavenger Hunt
as Laura Casella1978 Long Journey Back
as Euterpe (voice)1977 The Mouse and His Child
as Clara Oddbody1977 It Happened One Christmas
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel1977 High Anxiety
as Laura Hyatt1975 Someone I Touched
as Melba1975 Crazy Mama
as Old Mam Hawes1975 A Girl Named Sooner
as Mrs. Singleton1975 Death Scream
as Susan Davies1974 Death Sentence
as Lois Ellison1974 Thursday's Game
as Frau Blücher1974 Young Frankenstein
as Mrs. Ezra Miller1974 Daisy Miller
as Claire Stevens1974 Hitchhike!
as Viola Barlow1974 The Migrants
as Jean Mitchell1973 Dying Room Only
as Ronda1973 Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Nettie Appleby1973 Charley and the Angel
as Hilary Kelton1973 Crime Club
as Anna Sage1973 Dillinger
as Victoria Douglas1973 A Brand New Life
as Mary Turner1972 Of Thee I Sing
as Ellen Blunt1972 Haunts of the Very Rich
as Rita Weiss1971 The Steagle
as Joanne Hackett1971 Suddenly Single
as Ruth Popper1971 The Last Picture Show
as Tina Hoffman1970 The People Next Door
as Bernice Henderson1970 Lovers and Other Strangers
as Philomene1970 WUSA
as Agnes1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Ginny1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
as Miss Selby1962 The Chapman Report
as Caroline1956 The Rack
as Christina Bailey1955 Kiss Me Deadly

TV Shows/Series with Cloris Leachman as Actress(105)

as Zorya Vechernyaya2017 American Gods
as Granny Goodness (voice)2016 Justice League Action
as Mrs. Svorski2014 Girl Meets World
as Cloris (voice)2014 Clarence
as Shirley Kluszewski2013 Kirstie
as Meryl (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Irina Lottye Kruskal2011 Franklin & Bash
as Maw Maw2010 Raising Hope
2010 Top Gear
as Ruth Tennenbaum2010 Hawaii Five-0
as Peg2010 Hot in Cleveland
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
2007 The Wedding Bells
as Lily Hanaday2005 The Office
as Aunt Aida2005 Beach Girls
as Norma2003 Two and a Half Men
as Agnes Fremont2002 The Twilight Zone
as Dot Richmond2001 The Ellen Show
2000 Malcolm in the Middle
as Ida Welker2000 Malcolm in the Middle
as Self (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Grammy Winthrop1999 Thanks
1999 Twice in a Lifetime
as Aunt Ethel Mooster1996 Promised Land
as Beasy1995 Maybe This Time
as Ruth1994 Touched by an Angel
as Clara Mueller1993 The Nanny
as Sudie1993 Diagnosis: Murder
as Emily Collins1991 Walter & Emily
as Mrs. Glick (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Mrs. Frick1989 The Nutt House
1989 The Nutt House
as Beverly Ann Stickle1979 The Facts of Life
as Mrs. Jaffray1979 Backstairs at the White House
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
1975 Cher
as Queen Hippolyta1975 Wonder Woman
as Phyllis Lindstrom1975 Phyllis
1974 Rhoda
1972 The Sixth Sense
as Phyllis Lindstrom1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mrs. Fulton1970 Night Gallery
as Jean Cullen1969 Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Vera Walker1968 The Name of the Game
as Angel Day1968 Lancer
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Judy1968 Adam-12
1967 Judd for the Defense
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1966 That Girl
as Deborah Wilson1965 Run for Your Life
as Dorothy Hummer1963 Mr. Novak
as Clara1962 The Virginian
as Helen Graham1962 Saints and Sinners
1962 Stoney Burke
1962 Going My Way
as Katie Cortner1961 Cain's Hundred
1961 Target: The Corruptors!
as Angela Simms1961 The Defenders
as Rhoda Kirsh1961 Dr. Kildare
as Elsie Condon1961 The New Breed
as Beatrice Stafford1960 Thriller
1960 Outlaws
1960 Route 66
as Rita Wallace1959 One Step Beyond
1959 Laramie
1959 Hawaiian Eye
as Mrs. Fremont1959 The Twilight Zone
1959 Johnny Staccato
1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Ann Barchester1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 The Donna Reed Show
as Loretta1957 Wagon Train
as Gloria Shine1957 Perry Mason
as Martha Jessop1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 Telephone Time
as Susan Stanger1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Templeton1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Caroline Hardy1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Flory Tibbs1955 Gunsmoke
as Boni1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Matinee Theater
1954 Lassie
as Mrs. Sullivan1954 Climax!
as Anne Colt1954 Climax!
as Leah Beth1953 GE Theater
as Miriam Raskin1953 GE Theater
as Ella1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Harron1953 Letter to Loretta
as Martha Berry1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Anglin1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as Dottie1950 Lux Video Theatre
1949 Suspense
as Margaret Sou1949 Suspense
as Ruth Shaw1949 Suspense
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Mrs. Adams1948 Studio One
1948 Studio One
as Jenny Blanchard1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Marianne Dashwood1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Patricia1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Movies with Cloris Leachman as Crew(1)

Crew/Thanks2009 Inglourious Basterds

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Full Name: Cloris Leachman
Born: Friday, 04/30 1926 (April) in Des Moines, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 01/26 2021 (January) in Encinitas (aged: 94)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Illinois State University, Northwestern University School of Communication, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Spouses (current/former): George Englund
Children: George Englund, Jr., Bryan Englund, Dinah Englund, Morgan Englund, Adam Englund
Siblings: Claiborne Cary
Other names for Cloris Leachman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Cloris Wallace Leachman"
Cloris Leachman frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
David Herman (75x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (70x, Actor)
Rachael MacFarlane (63x, Actress)
Harry Townes (57x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (51x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (48x, Actor)
Larry Murphy (47x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (46x, Actor)
John Anderson (44x, Actor)
William Schallert (43x, Actor)
Mel Brooks (16x, Actor)
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