
Cloris Leachman
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 w…
Acting (50)

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)

The Croods
Gran (voice)

Expecting Mary
Annie

You Again
Helen (uncredited)

American Cowslip
Sandy

Love Takes Wing
Hattie Clarence

The Women
Maggie

Beerfest
Great Gam Gam

The Californians
Eileen Boatwright

Sky High
Nurse Spex

The Longest Yard
Lynette

Spanglish
Evelyn Wright

Alex & Emma
Grandmother

Manna from Heaven
Helen
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self

Music of the Heart
Assunta

The Iron Giant
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)

Gen¹³
Helga (voice)

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher (archive footage)

Now and Then
Grandma Albertson

Between Love and Honor
Anna Collura

A Troll in Central Park
Queen Gnorga (voice)

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

The Beverly Hillbillies
Granny

Picture This
Self

Texasville
Ruth Popper

Prancer
Mrs. McFarland

Hansel and Gretel
Griselda the Witch

Walk Like a Man
Margaret Shand

The Demon Murder Case
Joan Greenway

Miss All-American Beauty
Agatha Blaine

History of the World: Part I
Madame Defarge

Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Performer

Herbie Goes Bananas
Louise Trends

Scavenger Hunt
Mildred Carruthers

The North Avenue Irregulars
Claire

High Anxiety
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Self

The Mouse and His Child
Euterpe (voice)

Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher

Death Sentence
Susan Davies

Daisy Miller
Mrs. Ezra Miller

Dying Room Only
Jean Mitchell

Dillinger
Anna Sage

The Last Picture Show
Ruth Popper

WUSA
Philomene

Lovers and Other Strangers
Bernice Henderson

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Agnes

The Rack
Caroline

Kiss Me Deadly
Christina Bailey
