Cloris Leachman
1926-2021
Known for The Croods, The Iron Giant, The Croods: A New Age.
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.
Movie Credits
Jump, Darling (2020)
When We Last Spoke (2019)
The Amati Girls (2000)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Dying Room Only (1973)
The Fields (2011)
American Cowslip (2009)
Manna from Heaven (2002)
Shadow Play (1986)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Long Journey Back (1978)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
High Holiday (2021)
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016)
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
Hansel and Gretel (1987)
Walk Like a Man (1987)
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
Deadly Intentions (1985)
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
High Anxiety (1977)
Daisy Miller (1974)
Not to Forget (2021)
Expecting Mary (2010)
The Californians (2005)
Spanglish (2004)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
Dillinger (1973)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The People Next Door (1970)
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
I Can Only Imagine (2018)
This Is Happening (2015)
The Croods (2013)
Love Takes Wing (2009)
Music of the Heart (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Love Hurts (1990)
Texasville (1990)
Prancer (1989)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Gambit (2012)
Beerfest (2006)
So B. It (2016)
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
The Women (2008)
Suddenly Single (1971)
The Rack (1956)
The Comedian (2016)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
The Longest Yard (2005)
Alex & Emma (2003)
Between Love and Honor (1995)
WUSA (1970)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Lake Placid 2 (2007)
Hanging Up (2000)
The Bronx Bull (2016)
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Now and Then (1995)
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Lez Bomb (2018)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
The Chapman Report (1962)
Foodfight! (2012)
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget (2008)
Sky High (2005)
Annabelle's Wish (1997)
