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.
Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Agnes
History of the World: Part I
Madame Defarge
Bad Santa
Grandma (uncredited)
Spanglish
Evelyn Wright
The Iron Giant
Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Frau Blücher (archive footage)
Daisy Miller
Mrs. Ezra Miller
The Beverly Hillbillies
Granny
Love Takes Wing
Hattie Clarence
Sky High
Nurse Spex
Scavenger Hunt
Mildred Carruthers
Prancer
Mrs. McFarland
Herbie Goes Bananas
Louise Trends
The Last Picture Show
Ruth Popper
Now and Then
Grandma Albertson
The Longest Yard
Lynette
Music of the Heart
Assunta
High Anxiety
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
Beerfest
Great Gam Gam
Dillinger
Anna Sage
Walk Like a Man
Margaret Shand
A Troll in Central Park
Queen Gnorga (voice)
The Women
Maggie
The Mouse and His Child
Euterpe (voice)
Expecting Mary
Annie
Gen 13
Helga (voice)
American Cowslip
Sandy
You Again
Helen (uncredited)
Death Sentence
Susan Davies
The North Avenue Irregulars
Claire
Alex & Emma
Grandmother
Kiss Me Deadly
Christina Bailey
WUSA
Philomene
The Croods
Gran Crood (voice)
Miss All-American Beauty
Agatha Blaine
Texasville
Ruth Popper
The Rack
Caroline
Hansel and Gretel
Griselda The Witch
The Californians
Eileen Boatwright
The Demon Murder Case
Joan Greenway
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
Dying Room Only
Jean Mitchell
Manna from Heaven
Helen
S.O.S. Titanic
Molly Brown
Gambit
Grandma Merle
The Fields
Gladys
Crazy Mama
Melba
Charley and the Angel
Nettie Appleby
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Mary Kovacs
Foolin' Around
Samantha
The People Next Door
Tina Hoffman
Haunts of the Very Rich
Ellen Blunt
The Oogieloves in "The BIG Balloon Adventure"
Dotty Rounder
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Ronda
Buzz
In Broad Daylight
Ruth Westerman
It Happened One Christmas
Clara Oddbody
The Chapman Report
Miss Selby
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Narrator / The Elder Amy
Someone I Touched
Laura Hyatt
Thursday's Game
Lois Ellison
The Amati Girls
Dolly Amati
Love Hurts
Ruth Weaver
Suddenly Single
Joanne Hackett
A Brand New Life
Victoria Douglas
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Mrs. Samuels
The Acorn People
Nurse Betty Nelson
The Migrants
Viola Barlow
My Little Pony: The Movie
Hydia (voice)
Lake Placid 2
Sadie
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Ginny
Annabelle's Wish
Aunt Agnes (voice)
Fine Things
Ruth Fine
The Muppet Movie
Lord's Secretary
Foodfight!
Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
Going to the Chapel
Mrs. Haldane
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Self
The Wedding Ringer
Grandma Palmer
The Facts of Life Down Under
Beverly Ann Stickle
Fade to Black
Ruth
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Miss Fielder
A Little Piece of Heaven
Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
Advice to the Lovelorn
Maggie Dale
The Oldest Living Graduate
Maureen
This Is Happening
Estelle (Grandmother)
Hanging Up
Pat Mozell
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Laura Evans
Baby, Baby, Baby
Actress
Sparky's Magic Piano
Dixie: Changing Habits
Sister Eugenio
Adult World
Mary Ann
Lovers and Other Strangers
Bernice Henderson
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Self
So B. It
Alice Wilinsky
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Maxine
A Girl Named Sooner
Old Mam Hawes
Deadly Intentions
Charlotte Raynor
The Bronx Bull
Lilian Forrester
The Comedian
May Conner
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
Mrs. R's Daughter
Ruth Rendell
The Little Troll Prince
Long Journey Back
Laura Casella
Scary Movie 4
Mrs. Norris
I Can Only Imagine
Memaw
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Herself
Shadow Play
Millie Crown
Mrs. Harris
Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
Yesterday
Mrs Kramer
The Croods: A New Age
Gran Crood (voice)
When We Last Spoke
Itasca
Lez Bomb
Josephine
Hitchhike!
Claire Stevens
Willa
Darla Jean
The Steagle
Rita Weiss
Crime Club
Hilary Kelton
Never Too Late
Olive
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Self
Spies
Pamela Beale
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
May Lemke
Death Scream
Mrs. Singleton
Love Is Never Silent
Mrs. Anglin
It's Who You Know
Liz
My Boyfriend's Back
Maggie The Zombie Expert
High Holiday
Nana
Jump, Darling
Margaret
Miracle Child
Doc Betty
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
Self
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Gran (voice)
Not to Forget
Donna
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
Self
Of Thee I Sing
Mary Turner
The Animal
Cat Lady (uncredited)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Performer
Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
Self
Between Love and Honor
Anna Collura
Being and Nothingness
Ivy
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
New York, I Love You
Mitzie
Everbrook (The Home)
Shows
Rhoda
Phyllis
Phyllis Lindstrom
Beach Girls
Aunt Aida
Family Guy
Cloris Leachman (voice)
The Facts of Life
Beverly Ann Stickle
That Girl
Touched by an Angel
Ruth
The Nanny
Clara Mueller
Mannix
Gunsmoke
Flory Tibbs
Studio One
Mrs. Adams
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
General Electric Theater
Leah Beth
Ironside
Adam-12
Judy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Martha Berry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Susan Stanger
Outlaws
Lancer
Angel Day
Twice in a Lifetime
Lux Video Theatre
Dottie
Climax!
Mrs. Sullivan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Ann Barchester
Mr. Novak
Dorothy Hummer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Martha Jessop
The Nutt House
Mrs. Frick
Suspense
Walter & Emily
Emily Collins
Letter to Loretta
Ella
Cain's Hundred
Katie Cortner
77 Sunset Strip
The Simpsons
Mrs. Glick (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
Two and a Half Men
Norma
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Jean Cullen
The Ellen Show
Dot Richmond
Thanks
Grammy Winthrop
The Wedding Bells
Hawaiian Eye
Johnny Staccato
The Twilight Zone
Mrs. Fremont
Target: The Corruptors!
Going My Way
The Virginian
Clara
One Step Beyond
Rita Wallace
The Donna Reed Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
Jenny Blanchard
Judd for the Defense
Run for Your Life
Deborah Wilson
Thriller
Beatrice Stafford
Matinee Theater
The Sixth Sense
Laramie
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The New Breed
Elsie Condon
Stoney Burke
The Nutt House
Tales of Tomorrow
Dr. Kildare
Rhoda Kirsh
Telephone Time
Storybook Cinema
Cher
Self
Raising Hope
Maw Maw
The Twilight Zone
Agnes Fremont
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Phyllis Lindstrom
Hawaii Five-0
Ruth Tennenbaum
Top Gear
Perry Mason
Gloria Shine
American Gods
Zorya Vechernyaya
Promised Land
Aunt Ethel Mooster
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Hot in Cleveland
Peg
Backstairs at the White House
Mrs. Jaffray
The Oscars
Self
The Office
Lily Hanaday
Malcolm in the Middle
Ida Welker
Wonder Woman
Queen Hippolyta
Justice League Action
Granny Goodness (voice)
Saints and Sinners
Helen Graham
Maybe This Time
Beasy
The Defenders
Angela Simms
Diagnosis: Murder
Sudie
Night Gallery
Mrs. Fulton
Gunsmoke
Boni
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Harron
General Electric Theater
Miriam Raskin
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Bob's Burgers
Meryl (voice)
The Name of the Game
Vera Walker
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mary Templeton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Caroline Hardy
Studio One
Franklin & Bash
Irina Lottye Kruskal
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Anglin
Climax!
Anne Colt
Clarence
Cloris (voice)
Suspense
Margaret Sou
Suspense
Ruth Shaw
The Philco Television Playhouse
Marianne Dashwood
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
Patricia
Screen Director's Playhouse
Irma
Wagon Train
Loretta
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Judge
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Girl Meets World
Mrs. Svorski
Kirstie
Shirley Kluszewski
Lassie
Ruth Martin
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Dinah!
Self
77 Sunset Strip
Eve Winters
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Phineas and Ferb
Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
Doof's Mom (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
77 Sunset Strip
Connie Wingate
Route 66
Lydia Manning
Ferris Bueller
Grandma
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Judd for the Defense
Louise Lockhart
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Mad About You
Mrs. Mandelbaum