
Cloris Leachman
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.
Acting
- 2019Mad About YouMrs. Mandelbaum1 ep.
- 2017American GodsZorya Vechernyaya3 ep.
- 2016Justice League ActionGranny Goodness (voice)3 ep.
- 2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist1 ep.
- 2016TeachersMemaw1 ep.
- 2014Girl Meets WorldMrs. Svorski1 ep.
- 2014ClarenceCloris (voice)1 ep.
- 2013KirstieShirley Kluszewski1 ep.
- 2013The MillersLouise1 ep.
- 2011Franklin & BashIrina Lottye Kruskal1 ep.
- 2011Bob's BurgersMeryl (voice)1 ep.
- 2010Top Gear1 ep.
- 2010Raising HopeMaw Maw86 ep.
- 2007Phineas and FerbDoof's Mom (voice)2 ep.
- 2007The Wedding BellsEdith Fleischman1 ep.
- 2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2005Beach GirlsAunt Aida6 ep.
- 2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant13 ep.
- 2003Two and a Half MenNorma1 ep.
- 2003Happy FamilyLois, Peter's Mother1 ep.
- 2003Comedy Central RoastsSelf1 ep.
- 2002The Twilight ZoneAgnes Fremont1 ep.
- 2001The Ellen ShowDot Richmond13 ep.
- 2000Malcolm in the MiddleIda Welker11 ep.
- 1999Twice in a LifetimeRuth Harper / Miss Storey1 ep.
- 1999ThanksGrammy Winthrop6 ep.
- 1996Promised LandAunt Ethel Mooster1 ep.
- 1995Maybe This TimeBeasy1 ep.
- 1994Touched by an AngelRuth4 ep.
- 1994Storybook Cinema9 ep.
- 1991Walter & EmilyEmily Collins13 ep.
- 1990Ferris BuellerGrandma1 ep.
- 1989The Nutt HouseMs. Frick5 ep.
- 1979The Facts of LifeBeverly Ann Stickle48 ep.
- 1979Backstairs at the White HouseMrs. Jaffray4 ep.
- 1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star1 ep.
- 1975PhyllisPhyllis Lindstrom48 ep.
- 1975CherSelf1 ep.
- 1974Dinah!Self3 ep.
- 1974Rhoda2 ep.
- 1973The Bobby Darin Show1 ep.
- 1972The Sixth Sense1 ep.
- 1970Night GalleryMrs. Fulton1 ep.
- 1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowPhyllis Lindstrom45 ep.
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Jean Cullen1 ep.
- 1968LancerAngel Day2 ep.
- 1968The Name of the GameVera Walker1 ep.
- 1967Judd, for the Defense2 ep.
- 1967The Guns of Will Sonnett1 ep.
- 1966That Girl1 ep.
- 1963Mr. NovakDorothy Hummer2 ep.
- 1962Going My Way1 ep.
- 1962Stoney Burke1 ep.
- 1962Saints and SinnersHelen Graham1 ep.
- 1961The New BreedElsie Condon1 ep.
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!1 ep.
- 1961Dr. KildareRhoda Kirsh4 ep.
- 1961Cain's HundredKatie Cortner1 ep.
- 1960Outlaws2 ep.
- 1960ThrillerBeatrice Stafford1 ep.
- 1959Hawaiian Eye1 ep.
- 1959Laramie1 ep.
- 1959Johnny Staccato1 ep.
- 195877 Sunset StripConnie Wingate3 ep.
- 1958The Donna Reed ShowIris1 ep.
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveAnn Barchester1 ep.
- 1957Wagon TrainLoretta1 ep.
- 1956Telephone Time1 ep.
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter2 ep.
- 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseIrma1 ep.
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsCaroline Hardy3 ep.
- 1954Climax!Mrs. Sullivan2 ep.
- 1954LassieRuth Martin2 ep.
- 1953Letter to LorettaElla2 ep.
- 1953General Electric TheaterMiriam Raskin2 ep.
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMartha Berry2 ep.
- 1951Tales of Tomorrow1 ep.
- 1949Suspense6 ep.
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse4 ep.
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2019Mad About YouMrs. Mandelbaum1 ep.
- 2019TeachersMemaw1 ep.
- 2017American GodsZorya Vechernyaya3 ep.
- 2018Last Week Tonight with John OliverSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2017Justice League ActionGranny Goodness (voice)3 ep.
- 2017To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist1 ep.
- 2016ClarenceCloris (voice)1 ep.
- 2016Bob's BurgersMeryl (voice)1 ep.
- 2015The MillersLouise1 ep.
- 2015Girl Meets WorldMrs. Svorski1 ep.
- 2015Hawaii Five-0Ruth Tennenbaum1 ep.
- 2014Franklin & BashIrina Lottye Kruskal1 ep.
- 2013KirstieShirley Kluszewski1 ep.
- 2013Hot in ClevelandPeg1 ep.
- 2009Phineas and FerbDoof's Mom (voice), Mrs. Feyersied (voice)2 ep.
- 2012Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2012Top Gear1 ep.
- 2010Raising HopeMaw Maw20 ep.
- 2010RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge1 ep.
- 2009The OfficeLily Hanaday1 ep.
- 2008Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant13 ep.
- 2008Comedy Central RoastsSelf1 ep.
- 2007The Wedding BellsEdith Fleischman1 ep.
- 2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2001Malcolm in the MiddleIda Welker11 ep.
- 2005Two and a Half MenNorma1 ep.
- 2005Family GuyCloris Leachman (voice)1 ep.
- 2004Joan of ArcadiaAunt Olive1 ep.
- 2003Happy FamilyLois, Peter's Mother1 ep.
- 2003Intimate PortraitSelf1 ep.
- 1997Touched by an AngelRuth4 ep.
- 2003The Twilight ZoneAgnes Fremont1 ep.
- 2001Diagnosis: MurderSudie1 ep.
- 2000Twice in a LifetimeRuth Harper / Miss Storey1 ep.
- 1997Promised LandAunt Ethel Mooster1 ep.
- 1995Maybe This TimeBeasy1 ep.
- 1994The NannyClara Mueller1 ep.
- 1991The SimpsonsMrs. Glick (voice)1 ep.
- 1990Ferris BuellerGrandma1 ep.
- 1952Hallmark Hall of FameMartha Berry, Mrs. Anglin2 ep.
- 1985The Love BoatKaren Cooper1 ep.
- 1985American PlayhouseBess Dischinger1 ep.
- 1976Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee, Self - Presenter2 ep.
- 1974The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf2 ep.
- 1978The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star1 ep.
- 1973The Merv Griffin ShowSelf2 ep.
- 1975Dinah!Self3 ep.
- 1975Wonder WomanQueen Hippolyta1 ep.
- 1973The Mike Douglas ShowSelf, Self - Co-Host3 ep.
- 1975CherSelf1 ep.
- 1971The Mary Tyler Moore ShowPhyllis Lindstrom21 ep.
- 1974Rhoda2 ep.
- 1973The Bobby Darin Show1 ep.
- 1972The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 1972The Sixth Sense1 ep.
- 1972Night GalleryMrs. Fulton1 ep.
- 1970That Girl1 ep.
- 1970Marcus Welby, M.D.Jean Cullen1 ep.
- 1969LancerAngel Day2 ep.
- 1969IronsideMolly Strong1 ep.
- 1967Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter2 ep.
- 1968Judd, for the DefenseLouise Lockhart2 ep.
- 1968MannixBarker's Ex-Wife1 ep.
- 1968The Name of the GameVera Walker1 ep.
- 1968Adam-12Judy1 ep.
- 1967The Guns of Will Sonnett1 ep.
- 1967The VirginianClara1 ep.
- 1967Run for Your LifeDeborah Wilson1 ep.
- 1966Perry MasonGloria Shine1 ep.
- 1965Dr. KildareRhoda Kirsh4 ep.
- 1965Mr. NovakDorothy Hummer2 ep.
- 1964The DefendersAngela Simms1 ep.
- 196177 Sunset StripConnie Wingate, Eve Winters3 ep.
- 1962Saints and SinnersHelen Graham1 ep.
- 1962Stoney Burke1 ep.
- 1962Going My Way1 ep.
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsCaroline Hardy, Mary Templeton, Susan Stanger3 ep.
- 1962The New BreedElsie Condon1 ep.
- 1962Wagon TrainLoretta1 ep.
- 1955General Electric TheaterLeah Beth, Miriam Raskin2 ep.
- 1962Laramie1 ep.
- 1962Route 66Lydia Manning1 ep.
- 1962Target: The Corruptors!1 ep.
- 1961Cain's HundredKatie Cortner1 ep.
- 1961The Twilight ZoneMrs. Fremont1 ep.
- 1961The Donna Reed ShowIris1 ep.
- 1956GunsmokeBoni, Flory Tibbs2 ep.
- 1960Letter to LorettaElla, Ruth Harron2 ep.
- 1961Hawaiian Eye1 ep.
- 1960Outlaws2 ep.
- 1960Wanted: Dead or AliveAnn Barchester1 ep.
- 1960ThrillerBeatrice Stafford1 ep.
- 1960Johnny Staccato1 ep.
- 1959One Step BeyondRita Wallace1 ep.
- 1955Climax!Anne Colt, Mrs. Sullivan2 ep.
- 1957LassieRuth Martin2 ep.
- 1957Telephone Time1 ep.
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMartha Jessop1 ep.
- 1956Lux Video TheatreDottie1 ep.
- 1956Matinee Theater1 ep.
- 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseIrma1 ep.
- 1950The Philco Television PlayhouseJenny Blanchard, Marianne Dashwood, Patricia4 ep.
- 1951SuspenseMargaret Sou, Ruth Shaw6 ep.
- 1951Studio OneMrs. Adams2 ep.
- 1952The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf2 ep.
- 1951Tales of Tomorrow1 ep.