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