
Cloris Leachman
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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.
Known For

Diagnosis: Murder

Gunsmoke

The Love Boat

General Electric Theater

Malcolm in the Middle

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Oscars

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Ironside

Perry Mason

RuPaul's Drag Race

The Virginian

Dr. Kildare

The Twilight Zone

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Mannix

The Ed Sullivan Show

Route 66

Tony Awards

Wonder Woman

Hot in Cleveland

Night Gallery

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Defenders

Bob's Burgers

Lux Video Theatre

Lassie

The Philco Television Playhouse

Run for Your Life

The Nanny

Matinee Theater

Letter to Loretta

Touched by an Angel

Climax!

Outlaws

Dancing with the Stars

Thriller

The Simpsons

Suspense

Golden Globe Awards

The Office

Cain's Hundred

Two and a Half Men

Comedy Central Roasts

Phineas and Ferb

Hawaii Five-0

Wagon Train

Promised Land

Studio One

Girl Meets World

The Name of the Game

Telephone Time

Adam-12

Ferris Bueller

Lancer

Saints and Sinners

Happy Family

Top Gear

Laramie

Johnny Staccato

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Cher

The Bobby Darin Show

Family Guy

The Muppet Show

The Twilight Zone

Rhoda

Mr. Novak

You Again

Bad Santa

The Animal

Ponyo

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

New York, I Love You

Sky High

Castle in the Sky

Adult World

Annabelle's Wish

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

My Boyfriend's Back

Scary Movie 4

The Bronx Bull

The Wedding Ringer

Now and Then

American Gods

The Longest Yard

WUSA

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Without a Kiss Goodbye

Alex & Emma

Beerfest

Raising Hope

Backstairs at the White House

Young Frankenstein

History of the World: Part I

The Croods: A New Age

The Ellen Show

The Croods

Prancer

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Spanglish

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

The Beverly Hillbillies

Herbie Goes Bananas

Willa

Thanks

Daisy Miller

My Little Pony: The Movie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Walter & Emily

Miss All-American Beauty

The Nutt House

Phyllis

The Migrants

The Facts of Life
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