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