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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Jump, Darling
Character: Margaret
MOVIE • 2022
Not to Forget
Character: Donna
MOVIE • 2021
High Holiday
Character: Nana
MOVIE • 2021
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Character: Gran (voice)
MOVIE • 2021
The Croods: A New Age
Character: Gran (voice)
MOVIE • 2020
When We Last Spoke
Character: Itasca
MOVIE • 2020
Mad About You
Character: Mrs. Mandelbaum
TV • 2019
Being and Nothingness
Character: Ivy
MOVIE • 2019
Lez Bomb
Character: Josephine
MOVIE • 2018
It's Who You Know
Character: Liz
MOVIE • 2018
I Can Only Imagine
Character: Memaw
MOVIE • 2018
The Gliksmans
Character: Helen Neuman
MOVIE • 2017
American Gods
Character: Zorya Vechernyaya
TV • 2017
American Gods
Character: Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
TV • 2017
Justice League Action
Character: Granny Goodness (voice)
TV • 2016
The Comedian
Character: May Conner
MOVIE • 2016
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Character: Maxine
MOVIE • 2016
To Tell the Truth
Character: Self - Panelist
TV • 2016
The Bronx Bull
Character: Lilian Forrester
MOVIE • 2016
So B. It
Character: Alice Wilinsky
MOVIE • 2016
Crew
