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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Diagnosis: Murder
The Love Boat
Malcolm in the Middle
The Oscars
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Mannix
Perry Mason
The Merv Griffin Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Letter to Loretta
Climax!
The Virginian
Ironside
Dr. Kildare
The Twilight Zone
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
Route 66
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
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
Clarence
Touched by an Angel
Franklin & Bash
The Millers
Outlaws
Dancing with the Stars
The Simpsons
Suspense
Thriller
Golden Globe Awards
General Electric Theater
The Office
Justice League Action
Cain's Hundred
Two and a Half Men
Comedy Central Roasts
Phineas and Ferb
Hawaii Five-0
Wagon Train
Promised Land
Studio One
Girl Meets World
The Name of the Game
Telephone Time
Adam-12
Ferris Bueller
Lancer
Saints and Sinners
Happy Family
Laramie
Mad About You
Top Gear
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Johnny Staccato
Cher
Family Guy
The Bobby Darin Show
The Muppet Show
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Novak
Rhoda
The Nutt House
You Again
Bad Santa
The Animal
Ponyo
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
New York, I Love You
Sky High
Castle in the Sky
Adult World
My Boyfriend's Back
Annabelle's Wish
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Scary Movie 4
American Gods
Now and Then
The Wedding Ringer
The Bronx Bull
The Longest Yard
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Alex & Emma
WUSA
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Raising Hope
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Beerfest
Backstairs at the White House
The Croods
The Croods: A New Age
Prancer
Young Frankenstein
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
History of the World: Part I
The Ellen Show
Spanglish
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
The Beverly Hillbillies
Willa
I Can Only Imagine
Thanks
Daisy Miller
My Little Pony: The Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Miss All-American Beauty
Walter & Emily
Phyllis
Herbie Goes Bananas
The Facts of Life
The Migrants
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