Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1926-04-30
Day of Death
2021-01-26
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Cloris Leachman
Biography
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 (155)
Jump, Darling
2022
Not to Forget
2021
High Holiday
2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
The Croods: A New Age
2020
When We Last Spoke
2020
Being and Nothingness
2019
Lez Bomb
2018
It's Who You Know
2018
I Can Only Imagine
2018
The Gliksmans
2017
The Comedian
2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
The Bronx Bull
2016
