Cloris Leachman

Actor

1926-04-30 – 2021-01-27 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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.

• Inglourious Basterds (2009) — Thanks
• The Croods (2013) — Gran (voice)
• The Iron Giant (1999) — Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
• The Croods: A New Age (2020) — Gran (voice)
• The Longest Yard (2005) — Lynette
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) — Mrs. Norris
• Young Frankenstein (1974) — Frau Blücher
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — Agnes
• Sky High (2005) — Nurse Spex
• Bad Santa (2003) — Grandma (uncredited)
• Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) — Miss Fielder
• The Wedding Ringer (2015) — Grandma Palmer
• Spanglish (2004) — Evelyn Wright
• The Animal (2001) — Cat Lady (uncredited)
• You Again (2010) — Helen (uncredited)
• History of the World: Part I (1981) — Madame Defarge
• The Last Picture Show (1971) — Ruth Popper
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) — Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
• Gambit (2012) — Grandma Merle
• The Muppet Movie (1979) — Lord's Secretary
• Beerfest (2006) — Great Gam Gam
• New York, I Love You (2008) — Mitzie
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) — Granny
• I Can Only Imagine (2018) — Memaw