Birthday
1926/04/30
Day of death
2021/01/26 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Also know as
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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 landla...Read more
(1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Agnes
(1981) History of the World: Part I
as Madame Defarge
(1974) Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher
(1996) Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Frau Blücher (archive footage)
(2004) Spanglish
as Evelyn Wright
(1999) The Iron Giant
as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
(1974) Daisy Miller
as Mrs. Ezra Miller
(1993) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Granny
(2009) Love Takes Wing
as Hattie Clarence
(1979) Scavenger Hunt
as Mildred Carruthers
(2005) Sky High
as Nurse Spex
(1989) Prancer
as Mrs. McFarland
(1980) Herbie Goes Bananas
as Louise Trends
(1971) The Last Picture Show
as Ruth Popper
(1977) High Anxiety
as Nurse Charlotte Diesel
(1995) Now and Then
as Grandma Albertson
(2005) The Longest Yard
as Lynette
(1999) Music of the Heart
as Assunta
(2006) Beerfest
as Great Gam Gam
(1973) Dillinger
as Anna Sage
(1987) Walk Like a Man
as Margaret Shand
(1994) A Troll in Central Park
as Queen Gnorga (voice)
(2008) The Women
as Maggie
(2013) Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
(1970) Lovers and Other Strangers
as Bernice Henderson
(1977) The Mouse and His Child
as Euterpe (voice)
(2000) Gen¹³
as Helga (voice)
(2009) American Cowslip
as Sandy
(2010) Expecting Mary
as Annie
(2010) You Again
as Helen (uncredited)
(1974) Death Sentence
as Susan Davies
(1979) The North Avenue Irregulars
as Claire
(2003) Alex & Emma
as Grandmother
(1981) Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
as Performer
(1955) Kiss Me Deadly
as Christina Bailey
(1970) WUSA
as Philomene
(2013) The Croods
as Gran (voice)
(1982) Miss All-American Beauty
as Agatha Blaine
(1977) Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera
as Self
(1991) Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Self
(1990) Texasville
as Ruth Popper
(1956) The Rack
as Caroline
(2005) The Californians
as Eileen Boatwright
(1988) Hansel and Gretel
as Griselda The Witch
(1995) Between Love and Honor
as Anna Collura
(1993) Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia
(1983) The Demon Murder Case
as Joan Greenway
(1973) Dying Room Only
as Jean Mitchell
(2002) Manna from Heaven
as Helen
(1980) S.O.S. Titanic
as Molly Brown
(2012) Gambit
as Grandma Merle
(2011) The Fields
as Gladys
(1975) Crazy Mama
as Melba
(1973) Charley and the Angel
as Nettie Appleby
(1984) Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Mary Kovacs
(1970) The People Next Door
as Tina Hoffman
(1980) Foolin' Around
as Samantha
(2012) The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure
as Dotty Rounder
(1973) Happy Mother's Day, Love George
as Ronda
(1972) Haunts of the Very Rich
as Ellen Blunt
(1977) It Happened One Christmas
as Clara Oddbody
(2005) Buzz
as ---
(1991) In Broad Daylight
as Ruth Westerman
(1962) The Chapman Report
as Miss Selby
(1990) The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Narrator / The Elder Amy
(1975) Someone I Touched
as Laura Hyatt
(1974) Thursday's Game
as Lois Ellison
(2001) The Amati Girls
as Dolly Amati
(1990) Love Hurts
as Ruth Weaver
(2015) The Wedding Ringer
as Grandma Palmer
(1971) Suddenly Single
as Joanne Hackett
(1973) A Brand New Life
as Victoria Douglas
(1993) Without a Kiss Goodbye
as Mrs. Samuels
(1981) The Acorn People
as Nurse Betty Nelson
(2019) Being and Nothingness
as Ivy
(1974) The Migrants
as Viola Barlow
(1986) My Little Pony: The Movie
as Hydia (voice)
(2007) Lake Placid 2
as Sadie
(1969) Silent Night, Lonely Night
as Ginny
(1997) Annabelle's Wish
as Aunt Agnes (voice)
(2014) Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
(1990) Fine Things
as Ruth Fine
(2015) Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
as Miss Fielder
(2008) New York, I Love You
as Mitzie
(1979) The Muppet Movie
as Lord's Secretary
(2012) Foodfight!
as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice)
(1988) Going to the Chapel
as Mrs. Haldane
(2008) Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
as Self
(1987) The Facts of Life Down Under
as Beverly Ann Stickle
(1993) Fade to Black
as Ruth
Everbrook (The Home)
as ---
(2016) So B. It
as Alice Wilinsky
(2015) Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(1991) A Little Piece of Heaven
as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
(1981) Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maggie Dale
(2015) This Is Happening
as Estelle (Grandmother)
(1980) The Oldest Living Graduate
as Maureen
(2000) Hanging Up
as Pat Mozell
(1995) Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Laura Evans
(2015) Baby, Baby, Baby
as Actress
(1987) Sparky's Magic Piano
as ---
(1983) Dixie: Changing Habits
as Sister Eugenio
(2014) Adult World
as Mary Ann
(1999) The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Self
(2016) Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
as Maxine
(1975) A Girl Named Sooner
as Old Mam Hawes
(1985) Deadly Intentions
as Charlotte Raynor
(2016) The Bronx Bull
as Lilian Forrester
(2016) The Comedian
as May Conner
(2015) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)
(1996) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Old Woman On Plane And Bus (voice)
(1979) Mrs. R's Daughter
as Ruth Rendell
(1987) The Little Troll Prince
as ---
(1978) Long Journey Back
as Laura Casella
(2006) Scary Movie 4
as Mrs. Norris
(2018) I Can Only Imagine
as Memaw
(1991) Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as Herself
(1986) Shadow Play
as Millie Crown
(2006) Mrs. Harris
as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
(1981) Yesterday
as Mrs Kramer
(2020) The Croods: A New Age
as Gran Crood (voice)
(2020) When We Last Spoke
as Itasca
(2018) Lez Bomb
as Josephine
(1974) Hitchhike!
as Claire Stevens
(1979) Willa
as Darla Jean
(1971) The Steagle
as Rita Weiss
(1973) Crime Club
as Hilary Kelton
(1996) Never Too Late
as Olive
(2009) Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
as Self
(1993) Spies
as Pamela Beale
(1984) Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
(1983) The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as May Lemke
(1975) Death Scream
as Mrs. Singleton
(1985) Love Is Never Silent
as Mrs. Anglin
(2018) It's Who You Know
as Liz
(1993) My Boyfriend's Back
as Maggie The Zombie Expert
(2021) High Holiday
as Nana
(2022) Jump, Darling
as Margaret
(2015) Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
(1993) Miracle Child
as Doc Betty
(1976) Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?
as Self
(2021) Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
as Gran (voice)
(2021) Not to Forget
as Donna
(2016) A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
as Self
(1972) Of Thee I Sing
as Mary Turner
(2001) The Animal
as Cat Lady (uncredited)
(1999) The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
(1976) The Love Boat
as Iris Havlicek
(1952) Forgotten Children
as Martha Berry
(1989) The Simpsons
as Mrs. Glick (voice)
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Katie Cortner
(1999) Family Guy
as Cloris Leachman (voice)
(1974) Rhoda
as ---
(1975) Phyllis
as Phyllis Lindstrom
(2005) Beach Girls
as Aunt Aida
(1979) The Facts of Life
as Beverly Ann Stickle
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Ruth
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1993) The Nanny
as Clara Mueller
(2000) Malcolm in the Middle
as ---
(2003) Two and a Half Men
as Norma
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Jean Cullen
(2001) The Ellen Show
as Dot Richmond
(1999) Thanks
as Grammy Winthrop
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Flory Tibbs
(1948) Studio One
as Mrs. Adams
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Leah Beth
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1962) Saints and Sinners
as Helen Graham
(1968) Adam-12
as Judy
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Martha Berry
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Fremont
(2007) The Wedding Bells
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Susan Stanger
(1995) Maybe This Time
as Beasy
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1999) Twice in a Lifetime
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Deborah Wilson
(1962) The Virginian
as Clara
(1968) Lancer
as Angel Day
(1960) Thriller
as Beatrice Stafford
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dottie
(1954) Climax!
as Mrs. Sullivan
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Rita Wallace
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Jenny Blanchard
(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Ann Barchester
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Dorothy Hummer
(1961) The New Breed
as Elsie Condon
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Martha Jessop
(1989) The Nutt House
as ---
(1989) The Nutt House
as Mrs. Frick
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1962) Stoney Burke
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Rhoda Kirsh
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1994) Storybook Cinema
as ---
(1961) The Defenders
as Angela Simms
(1954) Lassie
as Ruth Martin
(1991) Walter & Emily
as Emily Collins
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Ella
(1975) Cher
as Self
(2010) Raising Hope
as Maw Maw
(2002) The Twilight Zone
as Agnes Fremont
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Phyllis Lindstrom
(2010) Hawaii Five-0
as Ruth Tennenbaum
(1993) Diagnosis: Murder
as Sudie
(1970) Night Gallery
as Mrs. Fulton
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(2010) Top Gear
as ---
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Eve Winters
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Boni
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Harron
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Miriam Raskin
(1957) Perry Mason
as Gloria Shine
(2005) Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
(2017) American Gods
as Zorya Vechernyaya
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(2011) Bob's Burgers
as Meryl (voice)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Vera Walker
(1996) Promised Land
as Aunt Ethel Mooster
(2007) Phineas and Ferb
as Mrs. Feyersied (voice)
(2007) Phineas and Ferb
as Doof's Mom (voice)
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mary Templeton
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Anglin
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Caroline Hardy
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(2011) Franklin & Bash
as Irina Lottye Kruskal
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1990) Ferris Bueller
as Grandma
(1954) Climax!
as Anne Colt
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Connie Wingate
(1960) Route 66
as Lydia Manning
(2014) Clarence
as Cloris (voice)
(2016) To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
(1949) Suspense
as Margaret Sou
(1949) Suspense
as Ruth Shaw
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Marianne Dashwood
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Patricia
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as Louise Lockhart
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Irma
(2003) Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
(1957) Wagon Train
as Loretta
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(2010) Hot in Cleveland
as Peg
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2014) Girl Meets World
as Mrs. Svorski
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
(2013) Kirstie
as Shirley Kluszewski
(1979) Backstairs at the White House
as Mrs. Jaffray
(2019) Mad About You
as Mrs. Mandelbaum
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1967) Ironside
as Molly Strong
(2005) The Office
as Lily Hanaday
(2000) Malcolm in the Middle
as Ida Welker
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2003) Happy Family
as Lois, Peter's Mother
(2017) American Gods
as Zorya Vechernyaya, the Evening Star
(2016) Justice League Action
as Granny Goodness (voice)
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Queen Hippolyta
(2006) The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
(2014) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Karen Cooper
(1967) Mannix
as Barker's Ex-Wife
(1973) The Bobby Darin Show
as ---