
Cloris Leachman
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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

Diagnosis: Murder

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Love Boat

Gunsmoke

Malcolm in the Middle

The Oscars

Mannix

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Perry Mason

The Merv Griffin Show

RuPaul's Drag Race

Letter to Loretta

Climax!

Ironside

The Virginian

Dr. Kildare

The Twilight Zone

The Philco Television Playhouse

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Ed Sullivan Show

Route 66

Tony Awards

Wonder Woman

Hot in Cleveland

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Defenders

Night Gallery

Bob's Burgers

Lux Video Theatre

Lassie

Run for Your Life

The Nanny

Matinee Theater

Touched by an Angel

Outlaws

Dancing with the Stars

Thriller

The Simpsons

Suspense

Golden Globe Awards

General Electric Theater

The Office

Phineas and Ferb

Cain's Hundred

Two and a Half Men

Comedy Central Roasts

Hawaii Five-0

Wagon Train

Promised Land

Studio One

Girl Meets World

The Name of the Game

Telephone Time

Adam-12

Ferris Bueller

Lancer

American Gods

Saints and Sinners

Happy Family

Top Gear

Laramie

Johnny Staccato

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Cher

The Bobby Darin Show

Family Guy

The Muppet Show

The Twilight Zone

Mr. Novak

Rhoda

You Again

Bad Santa

The Animal

Ponyo

New York, I Love You

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Castle in the Sky

Sky High

Adult World

Annabelle's Wish

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Scary Movie 4

My Boyfriend's Back

The Wedding Ringer

Now and Then

The Bronx Bull

The Longest Yard

WUSA

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Alex & Emma

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Raising Hope

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Beerfest

Backstairs at the White House

Prancer

The Croods

History of the World: Part I

The Croods: A New Age

The Ellen Show

Young Frankenstein

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

Herbie Goes Bananas

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Spanglish

My Little Pony: The Movie

Daisy Miller

Willa

Thanks

Walter & Emily

Miss All-American Beauty

The Nutt House

The Facts of Life

The Migrants

Phyllis
Production Credits
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