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.

Overview

Known For

Diagnosis: Murder

General Electric Theater

Malcolm in the Middle

Mannix

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Philco Television Playhouse

Dancing with the Stars

Comedy Central Roasts

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

WUSA

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Backstairs at the White House

History of the World: Part I

The Croods: A New Age

The Croods

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Spanglish

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

The Beverly Hillbillies

Hallmark Hall of Fame

My Little Pony: The Movie

Miss All-American Beauty

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