Cloris Leachman
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.
Filmography
Jump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
Not to Forget
2021
as Donna
High Holiday
2021
as Nana
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
When We Last Spoke
2020
as Itasca
Being and Nothingness
2019
as Ivy
Lez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
It's Who You Know
2018
as Liz
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
The Gliksmans
2017
as Helen Neuman
The Comedian
2016
as May Conner
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
So B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
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Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
This Is Happening
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)