Cloris Leachman
Acting
Born April 30, 1926 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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.
Films (155)
Jump, Darling
2022
Not to Forget
2021
High Holiday
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
The Croods: A New Age
2020
When We Last Spoke
2020
Being and Nothingness
2019
Lez Bomb
2018
It's Who You Know
2018
I Can Only Imagine
2018
The Gliksmans
2017
The Comedian
2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
The Bronx Bull
2016
So B. It
2016
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
This Is Happening
2015
Unity
2015
The Wedding Ringer
2015
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
Adult World
2014
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
The Croods
2013
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
Foodfight!
2012
Gambit
2012
The Fields
2011
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
2011
Expecting Mary
2010
You Again
2010
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
American Cowslip
2009
Love Takes Wing
2009
The Women
2008
New York, I Love You
2008
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
Lake Placid 2
2007
Beerfest
2006
Scary Movie 4
2006
Mrs. Harris
2006
The Californians
2005
Sky High
2005
The Longest Yard
2005
Buzz
2005
Spanglish
2004
Bad Santa
2003
Alex & Emma
2003
Manna from Heaven
2002
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
The Animal
2001
The Amati Girls
2001
Gen¹³
2000
Hanging Up
2000
Music of the Heart
1999
The Iron Giant
1999
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
1999
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
Skip Chasers
1998
Annabelle's Wish
1997
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
Never Too Late
1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Now and Then
1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Between Love and Honor
1995
A Troll in Central Park
1994
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
Miracle Child
1993
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
Spies
1993
Fade to Black
1993
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991
Picture This
1991
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
In Broad Daylight
1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Fine Things
1990
Texasville
1990
Love Hurts
1990
Prancer
1989
Hansel and Gretel
1988
Going to the Chapel
1988
The Little Troll Prince
1987
Walk Like a Man
1987
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Shadow Play
1986
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
Love Is Never Silent
1985
Deadly Intentions
1985
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
The Demon Murder Case
1983
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
Miss All-American Beauty
1982
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
History of the World: Part I
1981
The Acorn People
1981
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
Foolin' Around
1980
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
Yesterday
1980
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
Scavenger Hunt
1979
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
The Muppet Movie
1979
Willa
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
Long Journey Back
1978
High Anxiety
1977
It Happened One Christmas
1977
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
The Mouse and His Child
1977
The Love Boat
1976
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
Death Scream
1975
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
Crazy Mama
1975
Someone I Touched
1975
Young Frankenstein
1974
Death Sentence
1974
Daisy Miller
1974
Thursday's Game
1974
Hitchhike!
1974
The Migrants
1974
Dying Room Only
1973
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
Dillinger
1973
Charley and the Angel
1973
Crime Club
1973
A Brand New Life
1973
Of Thee I Sing
1972
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
Suddenly Single
1971
The Last Picture Show
1971
The Steagle
1971
The People Next Door
1970
WUSA
1970
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
The Chapman Report
1962
The Rack
1956
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Forgotten Children
1952