Cloris Leachman
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.
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989 · Mrs. Glick (voice)
Family Guy
1999 · Cloris Leachman (voice...
The Office
2005 · Lily Hanaday
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Ruth Tennenbaum
Bob's Burgers
2011 · Meryl (voice)
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Norma
Perry Mason
1957 · Gloria Shine
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
The Nanny
1993 · Clara Mueller
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
Lassie
1954 · Ruth Martin
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Self - Guest
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Contestant
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Ida Welker
The Love Boat
1977 · Karen Cooper
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Sudie
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Phyllis Lindstrom
Wagon Train
1957 · Loretta
Ironside
1967 · Molly Strong
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Mannix
1967 · Barker's Ex-Wife
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Mrs. Fremont
Matinee Theater
1955
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
The Facts of Life
1979 · Beverly Ann Stickle
Adam-12
1968 · Judy
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Martha Jessop
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Virginian
1962 · Clara
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Ruth
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Peg
Clarence
2014 · Cloris (voice)
Raising Hope
2010 · Maw Maw
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Rhoda Kirsh
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Jenny Blanchard
American Playhouse
1982 · Bess Dischinger
Studio One
1948 · Mrs. Adams
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Thriller
1960 · Beatrice Stafford
Climax!
1954 · Mrs. Sullivan
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Jean Cullen
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Ann Barchester
Girl Meets World
2014 · Mrs. Svorski
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Route 66
1960 · Lydia Manning
Gunsmoke
1955 · Flory Tibbs
American Gods
2017 · Zorya Vechernyaya
Run for Your Life
1965 · Deborah Wilson
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Irina Lottye Kruskal
One Step Beyond
1959 · Rita Wallace
Night Gallery
1970 · Mrs. Fulton
The Defenders
1961 · Angela Simms
The Croods
2013 · Gran (voice)
The Name of the Game
1968 · Vera Walker
Justice League Action
2016 · Granny Goodness (voice...
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · Aunt Olive
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Iron Giant
1999 · Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Susan Stanger
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Telephone Time
1956
That Girl
1966
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Agnes Fremont
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest S...
Suspense
1949
Rhoda
1974
The Croods: A New Age
2020 · Gran (voice)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015 · Miss Fielder
Laramie
1959
The Longest Yard
2005 · Lynette
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Scary Movie 4
2006 · Mrs. Norris
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Panelist
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Wonder Woman
1975 · Queen Hippolyta
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Lancer
1968 · Angel Day
Teachers
2016 · Memaw
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · Ruth Harper / Miss Sto...
Sky High
2005 · Nurse Spex
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Wedding Ringer
2015 · Grandma Palmer
Mr. Novak
1963 · Dorothy Hummer
Promised Land
1996 · Aunt Ethel Mooster
The Millers
2013 · Louise
Stoney Burke
1962
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Frau Blücher
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Lord's Secretary
Comedy Central Roasts
2003 · Self
Top Gear
2010
New York, I Love You
2008 · Mitzie
The Animal
2001 · Cat Lady (uncredited)
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Katie Cortner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Agnes
The New Breed
1961 · Elsie Condon
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Irma
Outlaws
1960
You Again
2010 · Helen (uncredited)
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 · Granny
Bad Santa
2003 · Grandma (uncredited)
The Sixth Sense
1972
Phyllis
1975 · Phyllis Lindstrom
Ferris Bueller
1990 · Grandma
Spanglish
2004 · Evelyn Wright
I Can Only Imagine
2018 · Memaw
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Ruth Popper
The Women
2008 · Maggie
Now and Then
1995 · Grandma Albertson
Gambit
2012 · Grandma Merle
Going My Way
1962
Cher
1975 · Self
Mad About You
2019 · Mrs. Mandelbaum
Happy Family
2003 · Lois, Peter's Mother
High Anxiety
1977 · Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Foodfight!
2012 · Brand X Lunch Lady (vo...
Beerfest
2006 · Great Gam Gam
Maybe This Time
1995 · Beasy
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · Christina Bailey
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 · Old Woman On Plane and...
Adult World
2014 · Mary Ann
Kirstie
2013 · Shirley Kluszewski
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Ella
The Wedding Bells
2007 · Edith Fleischman
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980 · Louise Trends
Lake Placid 2
2007 · Sadie
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Helen Graham
Hansel and Gretel
1988 · Griselda the Witch
A Troll in Central Park
1994 · Queen Gnorga (voice)
The Ellen Show
2001 · Dot Richmond
Hanging Up
2000 · Pat Mozell
Prancer
1989 · Mrs. McFarland
The Comedian
2016 · May Conner
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015 · Actress
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986 · Hydia (voice)
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 · Molly Brown
Annabelle's Wish
1997 · Aunt Agnes (voice)
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Mrs. Jaffray
Music of the Heart
1999 · Assunta
Jump, Darling
2022 · Margaret
General Electric Theater
1953 · Leah Beth
Alex & Emma
2003 · Grandmother
Walter & Emily
1991 · Emily Collins
Scavenger Hunt
1979 · Mildred Carruthers
Love Takes Wing
2009 · Hattie Clarence
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Martha Berry
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Madame Defarge
The Nutt House
1989 · Ms. Frick
Foolin' Around
1980 · Samantha
The Chapman Report
1962 · Miss Selby
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Maggie The Zombie Expe...
The Bronx Bull
2016 · Lilian Forrester
Dillinger
1973 · Anna Sage
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014 · Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Charley and the Angel
1973 · Nettie Appleby
Dying Room Only
1973 · Jean Mitchell
Daisy Miller
1974 · Mrs. Ezra Miller
Lez Bomb
2018 · Josephine
Thanks
1999 · Grammy Winthrop
Crazy Mama
1975 · Melba
WUSA
1970 · Philomene
The Californians
2005 · Eileen Boatwright
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970 · Bernice Henderson
The Rack
1956 · Caroline
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993 · Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sof...
Texasville
1990 · Ruth Popper
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021 · Gran (voice)
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979 · Ruth Rendell
Picture This
1991 · Self
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Mary Kovacs
So B. It
2016 · Alice Wilinsky
Death Sentence
1974 · Susan Davies
Love Hurts
1990 · Ruth Weaver
Manna from Heaven
2002 · Helen
Fine Things
1990 · Ruth Fine
The Migrants
1974 · Viola Barlow
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008 · Self
A Girl Named Sooner
1975 · Old Mam Hawes
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012 · Dotty Rounder
Gen¹³
1998 · Helga (voice)
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999 · Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 · Frau Blücher (archive...
In Broad Daylight
1991 · Ruth Westerman
The People Next Door
1970 · Tina Hoffman
Walk Like a Man
1987 · Margaret Shand
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980 · Maureen
Thursday's Game
1974 · Lois Ellison
Death Scream
1975 · Mrs. Singleton
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983 · Sister Eugenio
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984 · Self
The Amati Girls
2001 · Dolly Amati
Shadow Play
1986 · Millie Crown
High Holiday
2021 · Nana
The Love Boat
1976 · Iris Havlicek
The Mouse and His Child
1977 · Euterpe (voice)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 · Narrator / The Elder A...
It Happened One Christmas
1977 · Clara Oddbody
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015 · Self / Phyllis Lindstr...
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Pearl "Billie" Schwart...
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979 · Claire
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973 · Ronda
Suddenly Single
1971 · Joanne Hackett
American Cowslip
2009 · Sandy
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016 · Maxine
The Fields
2011 · Gladys
Not to Forget
2021 · Donna
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969 · Ginny
Never Too Late
1996 · Olive
Love Is Never Silent
1985 · Mrs. Anglin
Expecting Mary
2010 · Annie
Going to the Chapel
1988 · Mrs. Haldane
It's Who You Know
2018 · Liz
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991 · Herself
A Brand New Life
1973 · Victoria Douglas
When We Last Spoke
2020 · Itasca
Spies
1993 · Pamela Beale
Someone I Touched
1975 · Laura Hyatt
Hitchhike!
1974 · Claire Stevens
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981 · Maggie Dale
Deadly Intentions
1985 · Charlotte Raynor
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987 · Beverly Ann Stickle
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993 · Mrs. Samuels
The Demon Murder Case
1983 · Joan Greenway
Buzz
2005
Fade to Black
1993 · Ruth
Between Love and Honor
1995 · Anna Collura
The Gliksmans
2017 · Helen Neuman
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983 · May Lemke
Skip Chasers
1998
Of Thee I Sing
1972 · Mary Turner
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981 · Performer
Willa
1979 · Darla Jean
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991 · Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
The Acorn People
1981 · Nurse Betty Nelson
Miracle Child
1993 · Doc Betty
The Steagle
1971 · Rita Weiss
The Titanic Chronicles
1999 · (voice)
Crime Club
1973 · Hilary Kelton
This Is Happening
2015 · Estelle (Grandmother)
Forgotten Children
1952 · Martha Berry
Long Journey Back
1978 · Laura Casella
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009 · Self
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 · Ellen Blunt
Yesterday
1980 · Mrs Kramer
The Little Troll Prince
1987 · Queen Sirena (voice)
Being and Nothingness
2019 · Ivy
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016 · Self
Miss All-American Beauty
1982 · Agatha Blaine
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976 · Self
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985