Acting
Cloris Leachman
EN cinema · 156 credits
Born
30 April 1926
Died
27 January 2021 (aged 94)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Jump, Darling
as Margaret
High Holiday
as Nana
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Gran (voice)
Not to Forget
as Donna
The Croods: A New Age
as Gran (voice)
When We Last Spoke
as Itasca
I Can Only Imagine
as Memaw
Lez Bomb
as Josephine
The Gliksmans
as Helen Neuman
So B. It
as Alice Wilinsky
The Bronx Bull
as Lilian Forrester
The Comedian
as May Conner
The Wedding Ringer
as Grandma Palmer
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Miss Fielder
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
This Is Happening
as Estelle (Grandmother)
Baby, Baby, Baby
as Actress
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
Adult World
as Mary Ann
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
The Croods
as Gran (voice)
Gambit
as Grandma Merle
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
as Dotty Rounder
Foodfight!
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
The Fields
as Gladys
Expecting Mary
as Annie
You Again
as Helen (uncredited)
Love Takes Wing
as Hattie Clarence
American Cowslip
as Sandy
The Women
as Maggie
New York, I Love You
as Mitzie
Lake Placid 2
as Sadie
Beerfest
as Great Gam Gam
Scary Movie 4
as Mrs. Norris
Sky High
as Nurse Spex
The Longest Yard
as Lynette
The Californians
as Eileen Boatwright
Mrs. Harris
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
Spanglish
as Evelyn Wright
Alex & Emma
as Grandmother
Bad Santa
as Grandma (uncredited)
Manna from Heaven
as Helen
The Amati Girls
as Dolly Amati
The Animal
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
Hanging Up
as Pat Mozell
The Iron Giant
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Music of the Heart
as Assunta
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
Gen¹³
as Helga (voice)
Annabelle's Wish
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Never Too Late
as Olive
Now and Then
as Grandma Albertson
Between Love and Honor
as Anna Collura
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Laura Evans
A Troll in Central Park
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Mrs. Samuels
Fade to Black
as Ruth
Spies
as Pamela Beale
My Boyfriend's Back
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
Miracle Child
as Doc Betty
Picture This
as Self
In Broad Daylight
as Ruth Westerman
A Little Piece of Heaven
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Texasville
as Ruth Popper
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
Love Hurts
as Ruth Weaver
Fine Things
as Ruth Fine
Prancer
as Mrs. McFarland
Hansel and Gretel
as Griselda the Witch
Going to the Chapel
as Mrs. Haldane
Walk Like a Man
as Margaret Shand
The Facts of Life Down Under
as Beverly Ann Stickle
The Little Troll Prince
as Queen Sirena (voice)
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Hydia (voice)
Shadow Play
as Millie Crown
Deadly Intentions
as Charlotte Raynor
Love Is Never Silent
as Mrs. Anglin
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mary Kovacs
The Demon Murder Case
as Joan Greenway
Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Eugenio
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as May Lemke
Miss All-American Beauty
as Agatha Blaine
History of the World: Part I
as Madame Defarge
The Acorn People
as Nurse Betty Nelson
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maggie Dale
Herbie Goes Bananas
as Louise Trends
S.O.S. Titanic
as Molly Brown
Foolin' Around
as Samantha
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Maureen
Yesterday
as Mrs Kramer
Scavenger Hunt
as Mildred Carruthers
The Muppet Movie
as Lord's Secretary
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Ruth Rendell
Willa
as Darla Jean
Long Journey Back
as Laura Casella
High Anxiety
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
The Mouse and His Child
as Euterpe (voice)
It Happened One Christmas
as Clara Oddbody
The Love Boat
as Iris Havlicek
Crazy Mama
as Melba
Someone I Touched
as Laura Hyatt
A Girl Named Sooner
as Old Mam Hawes
Death Scream
as Mrs. Singleton
Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher
Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
Death Sentence
as Susan Davies
Thursday's Game
as Lois Ellison
The Migrants
as Viola Barlow
Hitchhike!
as Claire Stevens
Dillinger
as Anna Sage
Dying Room Only
as Jean Mitchell
Charley and the Angel
as Nettie Appleby
A Brand New Life
as Victoria Douglas
Crime Club
as Hilary Kelton
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Ellen Blunt
Of Thee I Sing
as Mary Turner
The Last Picture Show
as Ruth Popper
Suddenly Single
as Joanne Hackett
The Steagle
as Rita Weiss
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Bernice Henderson
WUSA
as Philomene
The People Next Door
as Tina Hoffman
The Chapman Report
as Miss Selby
The Rack
as Caroline
Kiss Me Deadly
as Christina Bailey
Forgotten Children
as Martha Berry