Cloris Leachman1926 - 2021
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Actor
Popularity
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Famous
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.
Credits
2015
Documentary • TV Movie
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
2014
Animation • Comedy • Horror
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
1996
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Crime • Music
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
2012
Adventure • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Dotty Rounder
1993
Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Horror • TV Movie
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
