Acting · Des Moines, Iowa, USA · Born April 30, 1926
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.
MovieJump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
MovieNot to Forget
2021
as Donna
MovieHigh Holiday
2021
as Nana
MovieDear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
MovieThe Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
MovieWhen We Last Spoke
2020
as Itasca
TVMad About You
2019
as Mrs. Mandelbaum
MovieBeing and Nothingness
2019
as Ivy
MovieLez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
MovieIt's Who You Know
2018
as Liz
MovieI Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
MovieThe Gliksmans
2017
as Helen Neuman
TVAmerican Gods
2017
as Zorya Vechernyaya
TVJustice League Action
2016
as Granny Goodness (voice)
MovieThe Comedian
2016
as May Conner
MovieIs That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
TVTo Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
MovieThe Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
MovieSo B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
TVTeachers
2016
as Memaw
MovieA Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBaby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
MovieScouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
MovieMary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
MovieThis Is Happening
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
MoviePhineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
TVGirl Meets World
2014
as Mrs. Svorski
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self - Guest
TVClarence
2014
as Cloris (voice)
MovieAdult World
2014
as Mary Ann
TVKirstie
2013
as Shirley Kluszewski
TVThe Millers
2013
as Louise
MovieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Croods
2013
as Gran (voice)
MovieThe Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Dotty Rounder
MovieFoodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
MovieGambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
MovieThe Fields
2011
as Gladys
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
TVBob's Burgers
2011
as Meryl (voice)
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
2011
as Self
TVTop Gear
2010
MovieExpecting Mary
2010
as Annie
MovieYou Again
2010
as Helen (uncredited)
TVRaising Hope
2010
as Maw Maw
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Ruth Tennenbaum
TVHot in Cleveland
2010
as Peg
MovieHitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
as Self
MovieAmerican Cowslip
2009
as Sandy
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieLove Takes Wing
2009
as Hattie Clarence
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieThe Women
2008
as Maggie
MovieNew York, I Love You
2008
as Mitzie
MovieComedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
as Self
TVPhineas and Ferb
2007
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
MovieLake Placid 2
2007
as Sadie
TVThe Wedding Bells
2007
as Edith Fleischman
TVThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieBeerfest
2006
as Great Gam Gam
MovieScary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
MovieMrs. Harris
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
MovieThe Californians
2005
as Eileen Boatwright
Beach Girls
2005
as Aunt Aida
MovieSky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
TVDancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant
MovieThe Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
MovieBuzz
2005
TVThe Office
2005
as Lily Hanaday
MovieSpanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
MovieBad Santa
2003
as Grandma (uncredited)
TVJoan of Arcadia
2003
as Aunt Olive
TVTwo and a Half Men
2003
as Norma
TVHappy Family
2003
as Lois, Peter's Mother
TVComedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
MovieAlex & Emma
2003
as Grandmother
TVThe Twilight Zone
2002
as Agnes Fremont
MovieManna from Heaven
2002
as Helen
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
as Self
TVThe Ellen Show
2001
as Dot Richmond
MovieThe Animal
2001
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
MovieThe Amati Girls
2001
as Dolly Amati
MovieGen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
MovieHanging Up
2000
as Pat Mozell
TVMalcolm in the Middle
2000
as Ida Welker
MovieMusic of the Heart
1999
as Assunta
TVTwice in a Lifetime
1999
as Ruth Harper / Miss Storey
MovieThe Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
TVThanks
1999
as Grammy Winthrop
MovieThe Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
MovieThe Titanic Chronicles
1999
as (voice)
MovieSkip Chasers
1998
MovieAnnabelle's Wish
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
MovieBeavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
TVPromised Land
1996
as Aunt Ethel Mooster
MovieNever Too Late
1996
as Olive
MovieMaking Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
MovieNow and Then
1995
as Grandma Albertson
TVMaybe This Time
1995
as Beasy
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Laura Evans
MovieBetween Love and Honor
1995
as Anna Collura
MovieA Troll in Central Park
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Ruth
Storybook Cinema
1994
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Clara Mueller
MovieDouble, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Sudie
MovieThe Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Granny
MovieMy Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
MovieMiracle Child
1993
as Doc Betty
MovieWithout a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
MovieSpies
1993
as Pamela Beale
MovieFade to Black
1993
as Ruth
MovieA Little Piece of Heaven
1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
TVWalter & Emily
1991
as Emily Collins
MoviePicture This
1991
as Self
MovieMary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
as Herself
MovieIn Broad Daylight
1991
as Ruth Westerman
MovieThe Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
MovieFine Things
1990
as Ruth Fine
MovieTexasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
TVFerris Bueller
1990
as Grandma
MovieLove Hurts
1990
as Ruth Weaver
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Mrs. Glick (voice)
MoviePrancer
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
TVThe Nutt House
1989
as Ms. Frick
MovieHansel and Gretel
1988
as Griselda the Witch
MovieGoing to the Chapel
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
MovieThe Little Troll Prince
1987
as Queen Sirena (voice)
MovieWalk Like a Man
1987
as Margaret Shand
MovieThe Facts of Life Down Under
1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle
MovieSparky's Magic Piano
1987
MovieShadow Play
1986
as Millie Crown
MovieMy Little Pony: The Movie
1986
as Hydia (voice)
MovieLove Is Never Silent
1985
as Mrs. Anglin
MovieDeadly Intentions
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
MovieBreakfast with Les and Bess
1985
MovieDonald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
MovieErnie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Mary Kovacs
MovieThe Demon Murder Case
1983
as Joan Greenway
MovieDixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Sister Eugenio
MovieThe Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as May Lemke
MovieMiss All-American Beauty
1982
as Agatha Blaine
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Bess Dischinger
MovieAdvice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Maggie Dale
MovieHistory of the World: Part I
1981
as Madame Defarge
MovieThe Acorn People
1981
as Nurse Betty Nelson
MoviePerfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
as Performer
MovieFoolin' Around
1980
as Samantha
MovieHerbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Louise Trends
MovieThe Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Maureen
MovieYesterday
1980
as Mrs Kramer
MovieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Molly Brown
MovieScavenger Hunt
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
MovieMrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Ruth Rendell
TVThe Facts of Life
1979
as Beverly Ann Stickle
MovieThe Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
MovieWilla
1979
as Darla Jean
MovieThe North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Claire
TVBackstairs at the White House
1979
as Mrs. Jaffray
MovieLong Journey Back
1978
as Laura Casella
MovieHigh Anxiety
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
MovieIt Happened One Christmas
1977
as Clara Oddbody
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
as Self
MovieThe Mouse and His Child
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Karen Cooper
MovieThe Love Boat
1976
as Iris Havlicek
TVThe Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
MovieTelly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
as Self
TVWonder Woman
1975
as Queen Hippolyta
MovieDeath Scream
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
TVPhyllis
1975
as Phyllis Lindstrom
MovieA Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Old Mam Hawes
MovieCrazy Mama
1975
as Melba
MovieSomeone I Touched
1975
as Laura Hyatt
TVCher
1975
as Self
MovieYoung Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieDeath Sentence
1974
as Susan Davies
TVRhoda
1974
MovieDaisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
MovieThursday's Game
1974
as Lois Ellison
MovieHitchhike!
1974
as Claire Stevens
MovieThe Migrants
1974
as Viola Barlow
MovieDying Room Only
1973
as Jean Mitchell
MovieHappy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Ronda
MovieDillinger
1973
as Anna Sage
MovieCharley and the Angel
1973
as Nettie Appleby
MovieCrime Club
1973
as Hilary Kelton
MovieA Brand New Life
1973
as Victoria Douglas
TVThe Bobby Darin Show
1973
MovieOf Thee I Sing
1972
as Mary Turner
MovieHaunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Ellen Blunt
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
MovieSuddenly Single
1971
as Joanne Hackett
MovieThe Last Picture Show
1971
as Ruth Popper
MovieThe Steagle
1971
as Rita Weiss
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Mrs. Fulton
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Phyllis Lindstrom
MovieThe People Next Door
1970
as Tina Hoffman
MovieWUSA
1970
as Philomene
MovieLovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Bernice Henderson
MovieSilent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Ginny
MovieButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Jean Cullen
TVLancer
1968
as Angel Day
TVAdam-12
1968
as Judy
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Vera Walker
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVMannix
1967
as Barker's Ex-Wife
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Molly Strong
TVThat Girl
1966
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Deborah Wilson
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Dorothy Hummer
MovieThe Chapman Report
1962
as Miss Selby
TVGoing My Way
1962
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Clara
TVSaints and Sinners
1962
as Helen Graham
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Elsie Condon
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Rhoda Kirsh
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Katie Cortner
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Angela Simms
TVRoute 66
1960
as Lydia Manning
TVOutlaws
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Beatrice Stafford
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Mrs. Fremont
TVLaramie
1959
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Rita Wallace
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ann Barchester
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Gloria Shine
TVWagon Train
1957
as Loretta
MovieThe Rack
1956
as Caroline
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Martha Jessop
TVTelephone Time
1956
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Life of Vernon Hathaway
1955
as Irma
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Irma
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Susan Stanger
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Flory Tibbs
MovieKiss Me Deadly
1955
as Christina Bailey
TVClimax!
1954
as Mrs. Sullivan
TVLassie
1954
as Ruth Martin
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Ella
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Leah Beth
MovieForgotten Children
1952
as Martha Berry
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Martha Berry
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dottie
TVSuspense
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Mrs. Adams
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Jenny Blanchard
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
