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