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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
General Electric Theater
Malcolm in the Middle
The Oscars
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Perry Mason
RuPaul's Drag Race
Climax!
Ironside
The Virginian
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Twilight Zone
Dr. Kildare
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mannix
Route 66
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
Night Gallery
Wonder Woman
Hot in Cleveland
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
The Simpsons
Outlaws
Thriller
Dancing with the Stars
The Office
Cain's Hundred
Two and a Half Men
Hawaii Five-0
Comedy Central Roasts
Phineas and Ferb
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
Laramie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Johnny Staccato
Cher
Family Guy
The Muppet Show
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Novak
Rhoda
Bad Santa
The Animal
Ponyo
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Sky High
Castle in the Sky
Adult World
Annabelle's Wish
Alex & Emma
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Scary Movie 4
The Bronx Bull
The Wedding Ringer
Now and Then
The Longest Yard
WUSA
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Beerfest
Backstairs at the White House
Raising Hope
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Young Frankenstein
The Ellen Show
History of the World: Part I
The Croods: A New Age
The Croods
Spanglish
Herbie Goes Bananas
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
The Beverly Hillbillies
Daisy Miller
Thanks
Willa
My Little Pony: The Movie
Miss All-American Beauty
The Philco Television Playhouse
Walter & Emily
The Nutt House
The Migrants
Phyllis
The Facts of Life
Production Credits
Inglourious Basterds
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