10.0
10.0
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
as May Lemke
Cloris Leachman
Acting
Born:April 30, 1926
Died:January 26, 2021(aged 94)
Birthplace:Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Illinois State University, Northwestern University School of Communication, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Filmography (147 movies)
9.0
9.0
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
as Self
8.5
8.5
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
8.2
8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Hitchhike!
1974
as Claire Stevens
8.0
8.0
The Iron Giant
1999
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
7.9
7.9
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Frau Blücher
7.6
7.6
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Ruth Popper
7.6
7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Agnes
7.5
7.5
I Can Only Imagine
2018
as Memaw
7.5
7.5
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
7.5
7.5
The Croods: A New Age
2020
as Gran (voice)
7.3
7.3
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
7.2
7.2
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Lord's Secretary
7.2
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Christina Bailey
7.0
7.0
Hansel and Gretel
1988
as Griselda the Witch
7.0
7.0
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
as Self
7.0
7.0
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
2016
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
as (voice)
7.0
7.0
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Ginny
7.0
7.0
The Little Troll Prince
1987
6.9
6.9
The Croods
2013
as Gran (voice)
6.9
6.9
Love Takes Wing
2009
as Hattie Clarence
6.9
6.9
Now and Then
1995
as Grandma Albertson
6.8
6.8
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Madame Defarge
6.7
6.7
Not to Forget
2021
as Donna
6.7
6.7
Music of the Heart
1999
as Assunta
6.7
6.7
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
2021
as Gran (voice)
6.7
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
as Lynette
6.7
6.7
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
6.7
6.7
Lez Bomb
2018
as Josephine
6.6
6.6
Dying Room Only
1973
as Jean Mitchell
6.6
6.6
The Rack
1956
as Caroline
6.6
6.6
Death Scream
1975
as Mrs. Singleton
6.6
6.6
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Miss Fielder
6.5
6.5
Dillinger
1973
as Anna Sage
6.5
6.5
Annabelle's Wish
1997
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
6.5
6.5
When We Last Spoke
2020
as Itasca
6.5
6.5
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
2016
as Maxine
6.5
6.5
The Wedding Ringer
2015
as Grandma Palmer
6.4
6.4
High Anxiety
1977
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
6.4
6.4
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
6.4
6.4
Deadly Intentions
1985
as Charlotte Raynor
6.4
6.4
So B. It
2016
as Alice Wilinsky
6.3
6.3
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
6.3
6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Granny
6.3
6.3
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
as Claire
6.3
6.3
Sky High
2005
as Nurse Spex
6.2
6.2
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
as Hydia (voice)
6.2
6.2
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
6.2
6.2
The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Euterpe (voice)
6.0
6.0
Adult World
2014
as Mary Ann
6.0
6.0
Spanglish
2004
as Evelyn Wright
6.0
6.0
Yesterday
1980
as Mrs Kramer
6.0
6.0
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
as Herself
6.0
6.0
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973
as Ronda
6.0
6.0
Of Thee I Sing
1972
as Mary Turner
6.0
6.0
Texasville
1990
as Ruth Popper
6.0
6.0
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Ruth Rendell
6.0
6.0
Foolin' Around
1980
as Samantha
6.0
6.0
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
6.0
6.0
Miracle Child
1993
as Doc Betty
6.0
6.0
Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Mrs. Anglin
6.0
6.0
Prancer
1989
as Mrs. McFarland
6.0
6.0
Long Journey Back
1978
as Laura Casella
5.9
5.9
The Demon Murder Case
1983
as Joan Greenway
5.9
5.9
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
5.9
5.9
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Molly Brown
5.9
5.9
Gen¹³
2000
as Helga (voice)
5.9
5.9
Beerfest
2006
as Great Gam Gam
5.8
5.8
The People Next Door
1970
as Tina Hoffman
5.8
5.8
Fine Things
1990
as Ruth Fine
5.8
5.8
Thursday's Game
1974
as Lois Ellison
5.7
5.7
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
5.7
5.7
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
5.7
5.7
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Actress
5.7
5.7
In Broad Daylight
1991
as Ruth Westerman
5.7
5.7
Without a Kiss Goodbye
1993
as Mrs. Samuels
5.7
5.7
The Migrants
1974
as Viola Barlow
5.7
5.7
The Comedian
2016
as May Conner
5.6
5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Mildred Carruthers
5.6
5.6
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
5.5
5.5
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Mrs. Norris
5.5
5.5
Gambit
2012
as Grandma Merle
5.4
5.4
WUSA
1970
as Philomene
5.4
5.4
Crazy Mama
1975
as Melba
5.3
5.3
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
as Louise Trends
5.3
5.3
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Nettie Appleby
5.3
5.3
Death Sentence
1974
as Susan Davies
5.3
5.3
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Ellen Blunt
5.2
5.2
Hanging Up
2000
as Pat Mozell
5.2
5.2
Alex & Emma
2003
as Grandmother
5.1
5.1
American Cowslip
2009
as Sandy
5.1
5.1
The Women
2008
as Maggie
5.1
5.1
The Chapman Report
1962
as Miss Selby
5.0
5.0
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987
as Beverly Ann Stickle
5.0
5.0
A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
5.0
5.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Maggie Dale
4.9
4.9
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Bernice Henderson
4.9
4.9
Lake Placid 2
2007
as Sadie
4.9
4.9
Someone I Touched
1975
as Laura Hyatt
4.8
4.8
Jump, Darling
2022
as Margaret
4.8
4.8
The Californians
2005
as Eileen Boatwright
4.8
4.8
Shadow Play
1986
as Millie Crown
4.7
4.7
Walk Like a Man
1987
as Margaret Shand
4.7
4.7
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Old Mam Hawes
4.5
4.5
Expecting Mary
2010
as Annie
4.4
4.4
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Lilian Forrester
4.4
4.4
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Clara Oddbody
4.3
4.3
Love Hurts
1990
as Ruth Weaver
4.2
4.2
High Holiday
2021
as Nana
4.1
4.1
The Steagle
1971
as Rita Weiss
4.1
4.1
The Fields
2011
as Gladys
4.0
4.0
It's Who You Know
2018
as Liz
4.0
4.0
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Maureen
4.0
4.0
Never Too Late
1996
as Olive
4.0
4.0
This Is Happening
2015
as Estelle (Grandmother)
3.5
3.5
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Mrs. Haldane
3.0
3.0
Willa
1979
as Darla Jean
2.7
2.7
Dixie: Changing Habits
1983
as Sister Eugenio
2.5
2.5
The Amati Girls
2001
as Dolly Amati
2.4
2.4
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Dotty Rounder
2.0
2.0
The Acorn People
1981
as Nurse Betty Nelson
1.9
1.9
Foodfight!
2012
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
1.7
1.7
Fade to Black
1993
as Ruth
1.5
1.5
Miss All-American Beauty
1982
as Agatha Blaine
1.0
1.0
Suddenly Single
1971
as Joanne Hackett
1.0
1.0
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Mary Kovacs
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Laura Evans
A Brand New Life
1973
as Victoria Douglas
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
1976
as Self
Obsession: Letters to David Lynch
2011
as Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
as Self
Being and Nothingness
2019
as Ivy
The Love Boat
1976
as Iris Havlicek
Forgotten Children
1952
as Martha Berry
Skip Chasers
1998
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
1977
as Self
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
as Self
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
as Performer
The Gliksmans
2017
as Helen Neuman
Buzz
2005
Crime Club
1973
as Hilary Kelton
Between Love and Honor
1995
as Anna Collura
Spies
1993
as Pamela Beale
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Helen
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