Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 β 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 (1970β75), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1974 and 1975; its spin-off, Phyllis (1975β77), earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress β Musical or Comedy.
as Margaret
as Donna
as Nana
as Gran (voice)
as Gran (voice)
as Itasca
as Mrs. Mandelbaum(1 ep)
as Ivy
as Josephine
as Liz
as Memaw
as Helen Neuman
as Zorya Vechernyaya(3 eps)
as Granny Goodness (voice)(3 eps)
as May Conner
as Maxine
as Self - Panelist(1 ep)
as Lilian Forrester
as Alice Wilinsky
as Memaw(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Actress
as Miss Fielder
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
as Estelle (Grandmother)
as Narrator (voice)
as Grandma Palmer
as Mrs. Svorski(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Cloris (voice)(1 ep)
as Mary Ann
as Shirley Kluszewski(1 ep)
as Louise(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Gran (voice)
as Dotty Rounder
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
as Grandma Merle
as Gladys
as Irina Lottye Kruskal(1 ep)
as Meryl (voice)(1 ep)
as Annie
as Helen (uncredited)
as Maw Maw(86 eps)
as Ruth Tennenbaum(1 ep)
as Peg(1 ep)
as Sandy
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Hattie Clarence
as Self - Guest Judge(1 ep)
as Maggie
as Mitzie
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)(1 ep)
as Doof's Mom (voice)(1 ep)
as Sadie
as Edith Fleischman(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Great Gam Gam
as Mrs. Norris
as Eileen Boatwright
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
as Aunt Aida(6 eps)
as Nurse Spex
as Self - Contestant(13 eps)
as Lynette
as Self (archive footage)
as Lily Hanaday(1 ep)
as Evelyn Wright
as Grandma (uncredited)
as Aunt Olive(1 ep)
as Norma(1 ep)
as Lois, Peter's Mother(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Grandmother
as Agnes Fremont(1 ep)
as Helen
as Self
as Dot Richmond(13 eps)
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
as Dolly Amati
as Pat Mozell
as Ida Welker(11 eps)
as Assunta
as Ruth Harper / Miss Storey(1 ep)
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
as Grammy Winthrop(6 eps)
as Cloris Leachman (voice)(1 ep)
as (voice)
as Helga (voice)
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
as Aunt Ethel Mooster(1 ep)
as Olive
as Frau BlΓΌcher (archive footage)
as Grandma Albertson
as Beasy(1 ep)
as Laura Evans
as Anna Collura
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
as Ruth(4 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Clara Mueller(1 ep)
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
as Sudie(1 ep)
as Granny
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
as Doc Betty
as Mrs. Samuels
as Pamela Beale
as Ruth
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
as Emily Collins(13 eps)
as Self
as Ruth Westerman
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
as Ruth Fine
as Ruth Popper
as Grandma(1 ep)
as Ruth Weaver
as Mrs. Glick (voice)(1 ep)
as Mrs. McFarland
as Ms. Frick(5 eps)
as Griselda the Witch
as Mrs. Haldane
as Queen Sirena (voice)
as Margaret Shand
as Beverly Ann Stickle
as Millie Crown
as Hydia (voice)
as Mrs. Anglin
as Charlotte Raynor
as Self
as Mary Kovacs
as Joan Greenway
as Sister Eugenio
as May Lemke
as Agatha Blaine
as Bess Dischinger(1 ep)
as Maggie Dale
as Madame Defarge
as Nurse Betty Nelson
as Performer
as Samantha
as Louise Trends
as Maureen
as Mrs Kramer
as Molly Brown
as Mildred Carruthers
as Ruth Rendell
as Beverly Ann Stickle(48 eps)
as Lord's Secretary
as Darla Jean
as Claire
as Mrs. Jaffray(4 eps)
as Laura Casella
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
as Clara Oddbody
as Euterpe (voice)
as Karen Cooper(1 ep)
as Iris Havlicek
as Self - Special Guest Star(1 ep)
as Self
as Queen Hippolyta(1 ep)
as Mrs. Singleton
as Phyllis Lindstrom(48 eps)
as Old Mam Hawes
as Melba
as Laura Hyatt
as Self(1 ep)
as Frau BlΓΌcher
as Self(2 eps)
as Susan Davies
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
as Lois Ellison
as Claire Stevens
as Viola Barlow
as Jean Mitchell
as Ronda
as Anna Sage
as Nettie Appleby
as Hilary Kelton
as Victoria Douglas
as Mary Turner
as Ellen Blunt
as Joanne Hackett
as Ruth Popper
as Rita Weiss
as Mrs. Fulton(1 ep)
as Phyllis Lindstrom(45 eps)
as Tina Hoffman
as Philomene
as Bernice Henderson
as Ginny
as Jean Cullen(1 ep)
as Angel Day(2 eps)
as Judy(1 ep)
as Vera Walker(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Barker's Ex-Wife(1 ep)
as Louise Lockhart(1 ep)
as Molly Strong(1 ep)
as Deborah Wilson(1 ep)
as Dorothy Hummer(2 eps)
as Miss Selby
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Clara(1 ep)
as Helen Graham(1 ep)
as Self - Co-Host(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Elsie Condon(1 ep)
as Rhoda Kirsh(4 eps)
as Katie Cortner(1 ep)
as Angela Simms(1 ep)
as Lydia Manning(1 ep)
as Beatrice Stafford(1 ep)
as Mrs. Fremont(1 ep)
as Rita Wallace(1 ep)
as Eve Winters(1 ep)
as Connie Wingate(1 ep)
as Iris(1 ep)
as Ann Barchester(1 ep)
as Gloria Shine(1 ep)
as Loretta(1 ep)
as Caroline
as Martha Jessop(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(2 eps)
as Irma
as Irma(1 ep)
as Susan Stanger(1 ep)
as Mary Templeton(1 ep)
as Caroline Hardy(1 ep)
as Flory Tibbs(1 ep)
as Boni(1 ep)
as Christina Bailey
as Mrs. Sullivan(1 ep)
as Anne Colt(1 ep)
as Ruth Martin(2 eps)
as Ella(1 ep)
as Ruth Harron(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Leah Beth(1 ep)
as Miriam Raskin(1 ep)
as Martha Berry
as Martha Berry(1 ep)
as Mrs. Anglin(1 ep)
as Dottie(1 ep)
as Margaret Sou(1 ep)
as Ruth Shaw(1 ep)
as Mrs. Adams(1 ep)
as Jenny Blanchard(1 ep)
as Marianne Dashwood(1 ep)
as Patricia(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)