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