
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 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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Diagnosis: Murder

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Love Boat

Malcolm in the Middle

The Oscars

Mannix

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Perry Mason

The Merv Griffin Show

Studio One

RuPaul's Drag Race

Climax!

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Virginian

Ironside

Dr. Kildare

The Twilight Zone

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Ed Sullivan Show

Tony Awards

Gunsmoke

Wonder Woman

Hot in Cleveland

Suspense

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Defenders

Night Gallery

Bob's Burgers

Lux Video Theatre

Lassie

The Philco Television Playhouse

Run for Your Life

The Nanny

Matinee Theater

Touched by an Angel

Route 66

Franklin & Bash

Outlaws

Dancing with the Stars

The Simpsons

Golden Globe Awards

Thriller

General Electric Theater

The Office

Cain's Hundred

Two and a Half Men

Comedy Central Roasts

Phineas and Ferb

Hawaii Five-0

Wagon Train

Promised Land

Girl Meets World

The Name of the Game

Telephone Time

Adam-12

Ferris Bueller

Lancer

American Gods

Saints and Sinners

Happy Family

Laramie

Top Gear

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Johnny Staccato

The Bobby Darin Show

Cher

Family Guy

The Muppet Show

The Twilight Zone

Rhoda

Mr. Novak

The Nutt House

You Again

Bad Santa

The Animal

Ponyo

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

New York, I Love You

Castle in the Sky

Sky High

Adult World

My Boyfriend's Back

Annabelle's Wish

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Scary Movie 4

The Wedding Ringer

Now and Then

The Bronx Bull

The Longest Yard

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

WUSA

Alex & Emma

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Backstairs at the White House

Raising Hope

Beerfest

Prancer

The Croods: A New Age

Young Frankenstein

History of the World: Part I

The Ellen Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Croods

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

The Beverly Hillbillies

Herbie Goes Bananas

Spanglish

Daisy Miller

My Little Pony: The Movie

Willa

Thanks

Walter & Emily

Miss All-American Beauty

Letter to Loretta

The Migrants

The Facts of Life

Phyllis
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