Cloris Leachman
Known for Acting
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
Texasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
The Croods
2013
as Gran (voice)
The Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
The Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
New York, I Love You
2008
as Mitzie
Gambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
Sky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
The Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
Gen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
The Animal
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
Bad Santa
2003
as Grandma (uncredited)
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
Spanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
Foodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)