Cloris Leachman
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 (37)
The Croods: A New Age
I Can Only Imagine
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
The Wedding Ringer
Adult World
The Croods
Foodfight!
You Again
Inglourious Basterds
The Women
New York, I Love You
Lake Placid 2
Scary Movie 4
Beerfest
The Longest Yard
Sky High
Spanglish
Bad Santa
The Animal
Hanging Up
The Iron Giant
Music of the Heart
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Now and Then
A Troll in Central Park
The Beverly Hillbillies
Texasville
Prancer
History of the World: Part I
Herbie Goes Bananas
The Muppet Movie
High Anxiety
Young Frankenstein
Thursday's Game
The Last Picture Show
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid