Cloris Leachman
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Phineas and Ferb
Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
2007
Series
Phineas and Ferb
Doof's Mom (voice)
2007
Series
The Office
Lily Hanaday
2005
Series
Family Guy
Cloris Leachman (voice)
1999
Series
The Simpsons
Mrs. Glick (voice)
1989
Series
The Love Boat
Karen Cooper
1977
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Hawaii Five-0
Ruth Tennenbaum
2010
Series
Two and a Half Men
Norma
2003
Series
Bob's Burgers
Meryl (voice)
2011
Series
Perry Mason
Gloria Shine
1957
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Malcolm in the Middle
Ida Welker
2000
Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Lassie
Ruth Martin
1954
Series
The Nanny
Clara Mueller
1993
Series
Wagon Train
Loretta
1957
Series
Ironside
Molly Strong
1967
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Sudie
1993
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Adam-12
Judy
1968
Series
Mannix
Barker's Ex-Wife
1967
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
The Twilight Zone
Mrs. Fremont
1959
Series
The Virginian
Clara
1962
Series
Studio One
Mrs. Adams
1948
Series
Studio One
1948
Series
Touched by an Angel
Ruth
1994
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Jenny Blanchard
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Marianne Dashwood
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Patricia
1948
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Clarence
Cloris (voice)
2014
Series
Hot in Cleveland
Peg
2010
Series
Climax!
Mrs. Sullivan
1954
Series
Climax!
Anne Colt
1954
Series
American Playhouse
Bess Dischinger
1982
Series
Dr. Kildare
Rhoda Kirsh
1961
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Martha Jessop
1956
Series
The Donna Reed Show
Iris
1958
Series
The Facts of Life
Beverly Ann Stickle
1979
Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Phyllis Lindstrom
1970
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Jean Cullen
1969
Series
Route 66
Lydia Manning
1960
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
Dinah!
1974
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Ann Barchester
1958
Series
One Step Beyond
Rita Wallace
1959
Series
Raising Hope
Maw Maw
2010
Series
The Defenders
Angela Simms
1961
Series
Run for Your Life
Deborah Wilson
1965
Series
The Name of the Game
Vera Walker
1968
Series
Girl Meets World
Mrs. Svorski
2014
Series
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Series
Gunsmoke
Flory Tibbs
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Boni
1955
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Eve Winters
1958
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Connie Wingate
1958
Series
Night Gallery
Mrs. Fulton
1970
Series
That Girl
1966
Series
Franklin & Bash
Irina Lottye Kruskal
2011
Series
Rhoda
1974
Series
American Gods
Zorya Vechernyaya
2017
Series
The Twilight Zone
Agnes Fremont
2002
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Susan Stanger
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mary Templeton
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Caroline Hardy
1955
Series
Justice League Action
Granny Goodness (voice)
2016
Series
Laramie
1959
Series
Joan of Arcadia
Aunt Olive
2003
Series
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
2016
Series
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Thriller
Beatrice Stafford
1960
Series
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
Suspense
Margaret Sou
1949
Series
Suspense
Ruth Shaw
1949
Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Series
Judd, for the Defense
Louise Lockhart
1967
Series
Twice in a Lifetime
Ruth Harper / Miss Storey
1999
Series
Teachers
Memaw
2016
Series
Wonder Woman
Queen Hippolyta
1975
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Film
The Croods
Gran (voice)
2013
Series
Mr. Novak
Dorothy Hummer
1963
Series
Promised Land
Aunt Ethel Mooster
1996
Series
Lancer
Angel Day
1968
Film
Spanglish
Evelyn Wright
2004
Series
Lux Video Theatre
Dottie
1950
Series
The Millers
Louise
2013
Film
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Miss Fielder
2015
Series
Outlaws
1960
Series
Stoney Burke
1962
Film
The Croods: A New Age
Gran (voice)
2020
Film
The Iron Giant
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
1999
Series
The New Breed
Elsie Condon
1961
Series
The Sixth Sense
1972
Series
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Irma
1955
Series
Cain's Hundred
Katie Cortner
1961
Film
Sky High
Nurse Spex
2005
Series
Top Gear
2010
Series
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Film
Scary Movie 4
Mrs. Norris
2006
Series
Johnny Staccato
1959
Series
Going My Way
1962
Film
The Longest Yard
Lynette
2005
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ella
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Harron
1953
Series
Ferris Bueller
Grandma
1990
Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Agnes
1969
Series
Cher
Self
1975
Film
The Beverly Hillbillies
Granny
1993
Series
Phyllis
Phyllis Lindstrom
1975
Series
Mad About You
Mrs. Mandelbaum
2019
Film
Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher
1974
Series
Maybe This Time
Beasy
1995
Series
Happy Family
Lois, Peter's Mother
2003
Series
Kirstie
Shirley Kluszewski
2013
Film
The Wedding Ringer
Grandma Palmer
2015
Film
The Animal
Cat Lady (uncredited)
2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Martha Berry
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Anglin
1951
Series
The Ellen Show
Dot Richmond
2001
Film
New York, I Love You
Mitzie
2008
Film
Bad Santa
Grandma (uncredited)
2003
Film
The Last Picture Show
Ruth Popper
1971
Series
The Wedding Bells
Edith Fleischman
2007
Film
The Muppet Movie
Lord's Secretary
1979
Film
I Can Only Imagine
Memaw
2018
Series
Saints and Sinners
Helen Graham
1962
Film
Gambit
Grandma Merle
2012
Film
Beerfest
Great Gam Gam
2006
Series
Backstairs at the White House
Mrs. Jaffray
1979
Series
General Electric Theater
Leah Beth
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Miriam Raskin
1953
Film
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
1996
Series
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Film
You Again
Helen (uncredited)
2010
Series
The Nutt House
Ms. Frick
1989
Film
Now and Then
Grandma Albertson
1995
Beach Girls
Aunt Aida
2005
Film
Kiss Me Deadly
Christina Bailey
1955
Film
Prancer
Mrs. McFarland
1989
Film
High Anxiety
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
1977
Film
A Troll in Central Park
Queen Gnorga (voice)
1994
Film
Lake Placid 2
Sadie
2007
Series
Walter & Emily
Emily Collins
1991
Film
Adult World
Mary Ann
2014
Film
The Women
Maggie
2008
Film
Herbie Goes Bananas
Louise Trends
1980
Film
History of the World: Part I
Madame Defarge
1981
Series
Thanks
Grammy Winthrop
1999
Film
Hanging Up
Pat Mozell
2000
Film
Music of the Heart
Assunta
1999
Film
Hansel and Gretel
Griselda the Witch
1988
Film
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
1993
Film
S.O.S. Titanic
Molly Brown
1980
Film
Foolin' Around
Samantha
1980
Film
Dillinger
Anna Sage
1973
Film
My Boyfriend's Back
Maggie The Zombie Expert
1993
Film
My Little Pony: The Movie
Hydia (voice)
1986
Film
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Foodfight!
Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
2012
Film
So B. It
Alice Wilinsky
2016
Film
Love Takes Wing
Hattie Clarence
2009
Film
The Comedian
May Conner
2016
Film
Alex & Emma
Grandmother
2003
Film
The Rack
Caroline
1956
Film
Manna from Heaven
Helen
2002
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Irma
1955
Film
Picture This
Self
1991
Film
Annabelle's Wish
Aunt Agnes (voice)
1997
Film
Love Is Never Silent
Mrs. Anglin
1985
Storybook Cinema
1994
Film
Lovers and Other Strangers
Bernice Henderson
1970
Film
Jump, Darling
Margaret
2022
Film
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Dotty Rounder
2012
Film
Texasville
Ruth Popper
1990
Film
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
Film
Baby, Baby, Baby
Actress
2015
Film
Walk Like a Man
Margaret Shand
1987
Film
The North Avenue Irregulars
Claire
1979
Film
It Happened One Christmas
Clara Oddbody
1977
Film
James Dean: Forever Young
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Between Love and Honor
Anna Collura
1995
Film
The Chapman Report
Miss Selby
1962
Film
Charley and the Angel
Nettie Appleby
1973
Film
Lez Bomb
Josephine
2018
Film
The Demon Murder Case
Joan Greenway
1983
Film
When We Last Spoke
Itasca
2020
Film
The People Next Door
Tina Hoffman
1970
Film
The Little Troll Prince
Queen Sirena (voice)
1987
Film
Crazy Mama
Melba
1975
Film
Spies
Pamela Beale
1993
Film
The Mouse and His Child
Euterpe (voice)
1977
Film
Thursday's Game
Lois Ellison
1974
Film
Hitchhike!
Claire Stevens
1974
Film
Daisy Miller
Mrs. Ezra Miller
1974
Film
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Gran (voice)
2021
Film
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Maxine
2016
Film
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Mrs. Samuels
1993
Film
Gen¹³
Helga (voice)
1998
Film
Mrs. Harris
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
2005
Film
A Brand New Life
Victoria Douglas
1973
Film
Scavenger Hunt
Mildred Carruthers
1979
Film
Dying Room Only
Jean Mitchell
1973
Film
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Self
2008
Film
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Ronda
1973
Film
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Ginny
1969
Film
A Little Piece of Heaven
Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
1991
Film
WUSA
Philomene
1970
Film
The Love Boat
Iris Havlicek
1976
Film
A Girl Named Sooner
Old Mam Hawes
1975
Film
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
2015
Film
Advice to the Lovelorn
Maggie Dale
1981
Film
In Broad Daylight
Ruth Westerman
1991
Film
Fine Things
Ruth Fine
1990
Film
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
1984
Film
Miss All-American Beauty
Agatha Blaine
1982
Film
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Narrator / The Elder Amy
1990
Film
American Cowslip
Sandy
2009
Film
Buzz
2005
Film
The Bronx Bull
Lilian Forrester
2016
Film
Haunts of the Very Rich
Ellen Blunt
1972
Film
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Mary Kovacs
1984
Film
The Facts of Life Down Under
Beverly Ann Stickle
1987
Film
The Californians
Eileen Boatwright
2005
Film
Death Sentence
Susan Davies
1974
Film
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Self
1999
Film
The Amati Girls
Dolly Amati
2001
Film
Yesterday
Mrs Kramer
1980
Film
Love Hurts
Ruth Weaver
1990
Film
Expecting Mary
Annie
2010
Film
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
The Oldest Living Graduate
Maureen
1980
Film
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher (archive footage)
1996
Film
This Is Happening
Estelle (Grandmother)
2015
Film
Going to the Chapel
Mrs. Haldane
1988
Film
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Herself
1991
Film
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
May Lemke
1983
Film
Not to Forget
Donna
2021
Film
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Self
2009
Film
Mrs. R's Daughter
Ruth Rendell
1979
Film
The Fields
Gladys
2011
Film
Never Too Late
Olive
1996
Film
It's Who You Know
Liz
2018
Film
Someone I Touched
Laura Hyatt
1975
Film
The Steagle
Rita Weiss
1971
Film
Of Thee I Sing
Mary Turner
1972
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Self
1977
Film
Deadly Intentions
Charlotte Raynor
1985
Film
Death Scream
Mrs. Singleton
1975
Film
High Holiday
Nana
2021
Film
Dixie: Changing Habits
Sister Eugenio
1983
Film
The Migrants
Viola Barlow
1974
Film
The Acorn People
Nurse Betty Nelson
1981
Film
Suddenly Single
Joanne Hackett
1971
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
Self
2011
Film
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985
Film
Crime Club
Hilary Kelton
1973
Film
Fade to Black
Ruth
1993
Film
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
1976
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Laura Evans
1995
Film
Willa
Darla Jean
1979
Film
Shadow Play
Millie Crown
1986
Film
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Performer
1981
Film
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999
Film
Forgotten Children
Martha Berry
1952
Film
Being and Nothingness
Ivy
2019
Film
Skip Chasers
1998
Film
Long Journey Back
Laura Casella
1978
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self
2002
Film
The Gliksmans
Helen Neuman
2017
Film
Miracle Child
Doc Betty
1993
Film
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
Self
2016