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