Cloris Leachman
141 movies · 97 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 30, 1926
- Died
- Jan 27, 2021 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known for
Cloris Leachman: movies and TV shows
Acting (237)
- 2022 Jump, Darling
as Margaret
- 2021 Not to Forget
as Donna
- 2021 High Holiday
as Nana
- 2021 Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Gran (voice)
- 2020 The Croods: A New Age
as Gran (voice)
- 2020 When We Last Spoke
as Itasca
- 2019
- 2019 Being and Nothingness
as Ivy
- 2018 Lez Bomb
as Josephine
- 2018 It's Who You Know
as Liz
- 2018 I Can Only Imagine
as Memaw
- 2017 The Gliksmans
as Helen Neuman
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016 The Comedian
as May Conner
- 2016 Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
as Maxine
- 2016 The Bronx Bull
as Lilian Forrester
- 2016 So B. It
as Alice Wilinsky
- 2016
- 2015 Baby, Baby, Baby
as Actress
- 2015 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Miss Fielder
- 2015 This Is Happening
as Estelle (Grandmother)
- 2015 Unity
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 The Wedding Ringer
as Grandma Palmer
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Adult World
as Mary Ann
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 The Croods
as Gran (voice)
- 2012 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
as Dotty Rounder
- 2012 Foodfight!
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
- 2012 Gambit
as Grandma Merle
- 2011 The Fields
as Gladys
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Expecting Mary
as Annie
- 2010 You Again
as Helen (uncredited)
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 American Cowslip
as Sandy
- 2009 Love Takes Wing
as Hattie Clarence
- 2008 The Women
as Maggie
- 2008 New York, I Love You
as Mitzie
- 2007
- 2007 Lake Placid 2
as Sadie
- 2007
- 2006 Beerfest
as Great Gam Gam
- 2006 Scary Movie 4
as Mrs. Norris
- 2005 The Californians
as Eileen Boatwright
- 2005 Mrs. Harris
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
- 2005
- 2005 Sky High
as Nurse Spex
- 2005 The Longest Yard
as Lynette
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Spanglish
as Evelyn Wright
- 2003 Bad Santa
as Grandma (uncredited)
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Alex & Emma
as Grandmother
- 2002
- 2002 Manna from Heaven
as Helen
- 2001
- 2001 The Animal
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
- 2001 The Amati Girls
as Dolly Amati
- 2000 Hanging Up
as Pat Mozell
- 2000
- 1999 Music of the Heart
as Assunta
- 1999
- 1999 The Iron Giant
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
- 1998 Gen¹³
as Helga (voice)
- 1998
- 1997 Annabelle's Wish
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
- 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
- 1996
- 1996 Never Too Late
as Olive
- 1996 Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
- 1995 Now and Then
as Grandma Albertson
- 1995
- 1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Laura Evans
- 1995 Between Love and Honor
as Anna Collura
- 1994 A Troll in Central Park
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
- 1993
- 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny
- 1993 My Boyfriend's Back
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
- 1993 Miracle Child
as Doc Betty
- 1993 Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Mrs. Samuels
- 1993 Spies
as Pamela Beale
- 1993 Fade to Black
as Ruth
- 1991 A Little Piece of Heaven
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
- 1991
- 1991 In Broad Daylight
as Ruth Westerman
- 1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
- 1990 Fine Things
as Ruth Fine
- 1990 Texasville
as Ruth Popper
- 1990
- 1990 Love Hurts
as Ruth Weaver
- 1989
- 1989 Prancer
as Mrs. McFarland
- 1989
- 1988 Hansel and Gretel
as Griselda the Witch
- 1988 Going to the Chapel
as Mrs. Haldane
- 1987 The Little Troll Prince
as Queen Sirena (voice)
- 1987 Walk Like a Man
as Margaret Shand
- 1987 The Facts of Life Down Under
as Beverly Ann Stickle
- 1987
- 1986 Shadow Play
as Millie Crown
- 1986 My Little Pony: The Movie
as Hydia (voice)
- 1985 Love Is Never Silent
as Mrs. Anglin
- 1985 Deadly Intentions
as Charlotte Raynor
- 1985
- 1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mary Kovacs
- 1983 The Demon Murder Case
as Joan Greenway
- 1983 Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Eugenio
- 1983 The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as May Lemke
- 1982 Miss All-American Beauty
as Agatha Blaine
- 1982
- 1981 Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maggie Dale
- 1981 History of the World: Part I
as Madame Defarge
- 1981 The Acorn People
as Nurse Betty Nelson
- 1981 Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
as Performer
- 1980 Foolin' Around
as Samantha
- 1980 Herbie Goes Bananas
as Louise Trends
- 1980 The Oldest Living Graduate
as Maureen
- 1980 Yesterday
as Mrs Kramer
- 1980 S.O.S. Titanic
as Molly Brown
- 1979 Scavenger Hunt
as Mildred Carruthers
- 1979 Mrs. R's Daughter
as Ruth Rendell
- 1979
- 1979 The Muppet Movie
as Lord's Secretary
- 1979 Willa
as Darla Jean
- 1979 The North Avenue Irregulars
as Claire
- 1979
- 1978 Long Journey Back
as Laura Casella
- 1977 High Anxiety
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
- 1977 It Happened One Christmas
as Clara Oddbody
- 1977 The Mouse and His Child
as Euterpe (voice)
- 1977
- 1976 The Love Boat
as Iris Havlicek
- 1975
- 1975 Death Scream
as Mrs. Singleton
- 1975
- 1975 A Girl Named Sooner
as Old Mam Hawes
- 1975 Crazy Mama
as Melba
- 1975 Someone I Touched
as Laura Hyatt
- 1974 Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher
- 1974 Death Sentence
as Susan Davies
- 1974
- 1974 Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
- 1974 Thursday's Game
as Lois Ellison
- 1974 Hitchhike!
as Claire Stevens
- 1974 The Migrants
as Viola Barlow
- 1973 Dying Room Only
as Jean Mitchell
- 1973 Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Ronda
- 1973 Dillinger
as Anna Sage
- 1973 Charley and the Angel
as Nettie Appleby
- 1973 Crime Club
as Hilary Kelton
- 1973 A Brand New Life
as Victoria Douglas
- 1973
- 1972 Of Thee I Sing
as Mary Turner
- 1972 Haunts of the Very Rich
as Ellen Blunt
- 1972
- 1971 Suddenly Single
as Joanne Hackett
- 1971 The Last Picture Show
as Ruth Popper
- 1971 The Steagle
as Rita Weiss
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 The People Next Door
as Tina Hoffman
- 1970 WUSA
as Philomene
- 1970 Lovers and Other Strangers
as Bernice Henderson
- 1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
as Ginny
- 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Agnes
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1963
- 1962 The Chapman Report
as Miss Selby
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
+ 37 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 2009 Inglourious Basterds
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2016 To Tell the Truth
1 episode
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
1 episode
- 2013
- 2011
- 2009
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
1 episode
- 2008
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show
1 episode
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars
13 episodes
- 2005
- 2003 Comedy Central Roasts
1 episode
- 2002
- 1999
- 1993 Intimate Portrait
1 episode
- 1991
- 1991
- 1984
- 1977
- 1976 The Muppet Show
1 episode
- 1976
- 1975 Cher
1 episode
- 1974 Dinah!
3 episodes
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
2 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
3 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes