Cloris Leachman
Birthday: 1926-04-30
Died: 2021-01-26
Birthplace: Des 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.
Filmography
Character: Madame Defarge
Character: Grandma (uncredited)
Character: Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Character: Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Character: Mrs. Ezra Miller
Character: Hattie Clarence
Character: Mildred Carruthers
Character: Mrs. McFarland
Character: Grandma Albertson
Character: Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Character: Margaret Shand
Character: Queen Gnorga (voice)
Character: Euterpe (voice)
Character: Helen (uncredited)
Character: Christina Bailey
Character: Gran Crood (voice)
Character: Griselda The Witch
Character: Eileen Boatwright
Character: Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Character: Nettie Appleby
Character: Ruth Westerman
Character: Narrator / The Elder Amy
Character: Joanne Hackett
Character: Victoria Douglas
Character: Nurse Betty Nelson
Character: Aunt Agnes (voice)
Character: Lord's Secretary
Character: Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Character: Grandma Palmer
Character: Beverly Ann Stickle
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Character: Estelle (Grandmother)
Character: Sister Eugenio
Character: Bernice Henderson
Character: Alice Wilinsky
Character: Charlotte Raynor
Character: Lilian Forrester
Character: Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Character: Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
Character: Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Character: Gran Crood (voice)
Character: Claire Stevens
Character: Mrs. Singleton
Character: Maggie The Zombie Expert
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Cat Lady (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Mrs. Feyersied (voice)