Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 30, 1926
Place of Birth:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Cloris Leachman
Biography
Cloris Leachman 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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mad About You | Mrs. Mandelbaum |
| 2017 | American Gods | Zorya Vechernyaya |
| 2017 | American Gods | Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star |
| 2016 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist |
| 2016 | Justice League Action | Granny Goodness (voice) |
| 2014 | Clarence | Cloris (voice) |
| 2014 | Girl Meets World | Mrs. Svorski |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self |
| 2013 | Kirstie | Shirley Kluszewski |
| 2013 | The Millers | Louise |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Meryl (voice) |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Irina Lottye Kruskal |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Maw Maw |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Ruth Tennenbaum |
| 2010 | Top Gear | |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Peg |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Wedding Bells | Edith Fleischman |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Mrs. Feyersied (voice) |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Doof's Mom (voice) |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Beach Girls | Aunt Aida |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant |
| 2005 | The Office | Lily Hanaday |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Norma |
| 2003 | Comedy Central Roasts | Self |
| 2003 | Happy Family | Lois, Peter's Mother |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Agnes Fremont |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Dot Richmond |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Ida Welker |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Cloris Leachman (voice) |
| 1999 | Thanks | Grammy Winthrop |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | |
| 1996 | Promised Land | Aunt Ethel Mooster |
| 1995 | Maybe This Time | Beasy |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Ruth |
| 1994 | Storybook Cinema | |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Clara Mueller |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Sudie |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1991 | Walter & Emily | Emily Collins |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller | Grandma |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Mrs. Glick (voice) |
| 1989 | The Nutt House | |
| 1989 | The Nutt House | Mrs. Frick |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life | Beverly Ann Stickle |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Mrs. Jaffray |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Karen Cooper |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star |
| 1975 | Phyllis | Phyllis Lindstrom |
| 1975 | Cher | Self |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Queen Hippolyta |
| 1974 | Rhoda | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! | |
| 1973 | The Bobby Darin Show | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Mrs. Fulton |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Jean Cullen |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Judy |
| 1968 | Lancer | Angel Day |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Vera Walker |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | Louise Lockhart |
| 1967 | Ironside | Molly Strong |
| 1967 | Mannix | Barker's Ex-Wife |
| 1966 | That Girl | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Deborah Wilson |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Dorothy Hummer |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Helen Graham |
| 1962 | Going My Way | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Clara |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Katie Cortner |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Elsie Condon |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Rhoda Kirsh |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Angela Simms |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Beatrice Stafford |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Lydia Manning |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Fremont |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Rita Wallace |
| 1959 | Laramie | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Ann Barchester |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Eve Winters |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Connie Wingate |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Gloria Shine |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Loretta |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Martha Jessop |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Flory Tibbs |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Susan Stanger |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Boni |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mary Templeton |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Caroline Hardy |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Irma |
| 1954 | Climax! | Mrs. Sullivan |
| 1954 | Lassie | Ruth Martin |
| 1954 | Climax! | Anne Colt |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Leah Beth |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Ella |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Ruth Harron |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Miriam Raskin |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Martha Berry |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Anglin |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dottie |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Margaret Sou |
| 1949 | Suspense | Ruth Shaw |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Adams |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Jenny Blanchard |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Marianne Dashwood |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Patricia |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |