Cloris Leachman

1926-04-30 / Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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.

Appearances

The Simpsons (1989)

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

Cain's Hundred (1961)

Family Guy (1999)

Rhoda (1974)

Phyllis (1975)

Beach Girls (2005)

The Facts of Life (1979)

Touched by an Angel (1994)

That Girl (1966)

The Nanny (1993)

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Two and a Half Men (2003)

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

The Ellen Show (2001)

Thanks (1999)

Gunsmoke (1955)

Studio One (1948)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Saints and Sinners (1962)

Hawaiian Eye (1959)

Adam-12 (1968)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Johnny Staccato (1959)

The Muppet Show (1976)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

The Wedding Bells (2007)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Maybe This Time (1995)

Going My Way (1962)

Outlaws (1960)

Target: The Corruptors! (1961)

Twice in a Lifetime (1999)

Run for Your Life (1965)

The Virginian (1962)

Lancer (1968)

Thriller (1960)

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Climax! (1954)

One Step Beyond (1959)

Judd for the Defense (1967)

The Donna Reed Show (1958)

Matinee Theater (1955)

The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

The Sixth Sense (1972)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

Laramie (1959)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

Mr. Novak (1963)

The New Breed (1961)

Suspense (1949)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

The Nutt House (1989)

Tales of Tomorrow (1951)

Stoney Burke (1962)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Telephone Time (1956)

Storybook Cinema (1994)

The Defenders (1961)

Lassie (1954)

Walter & Emily (1991)

Letter to Loretta (1953)

Cher (1975)

Raising Hope (2010)

The Twilight Zone (2002)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)

Night Gallery (1970)

Intimate Portrait (1993)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Dinah! (1974)

Top Gear (2010)

Perry Mason (1957)

Dancing with the Stars (2005)

American Gods (2017)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Bob's Burgers (2011)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Name of the Game (1968)

Promised Land (1996)

Phineas and Ferb (2007)

Franklin & Bash (2011)

Ferris Bueller (1990)

Route 66 (1960)

Clarence (2014)

To Tell the Truth (2016)

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)

Comedy Central Roasts (2003)

Wagon Train (1957)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Hot in Cleveland (2010)

Tony Awards (1956)

Girl Meets World (2014)

RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)

Kirstie (2013)

Backstairs at the White House (1979)

Mad About You (2019)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

The Oscars (1953)

Ironside (1967)

The Office (2005)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

Happy Family (2003)

Justice League Action (2016)

Wonder Woman (1975)

The Megan Mullally Show (2006)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)

The Love Boat (1977)

Mannix (1967)

The Bobby Darin Show (1973)

The Merv Griffin Show (1962)