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Cloris Leachman

Actress

Cloris Leachman

  • Born: 30 April 1926, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $10 million

Cloris Leachman was an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television. She gained fame for her roles in 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Young Frankenstein.' With a career spanning over seven decades, she was celebrated for…

About Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman was an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television. She gained fame for her roles in 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Young Frankenstein.' With a career spanning over seven decades, she was celebrated for her comedic timing and dramatic depth, earning multiple awards including an Academy Award and several Emmys.

Born
30 April 1926, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Died
27 January 2021
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Spouses
George Englund (1953-1979)
Children
5 children: George Englund Jr., Adam Englund, Dinah Englund, Liz Englund, and Morgan Englund
Parents
Bernard Leachman and Cloris Leachman
Estimated net worth
$10 million

Fun facts about Cloris Leachman

  • Cloris Leachman was awarded a record eight Primetime Emmy Awards for her television work.
  • She voiced the character of Gran in the animated series 'The Croods: Family Tree.'

Famous Cloris Leachman quotes

“It's good to be a part of something that's so much fun.”
The Last Picture Show, 1971
“What I really want to do is direct.”
Young Frankenstein, 1974
“You can’t be afraid of what people will think.”
The Muppet Show, 1976

Cloris Leachman filmography

Cast (292)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2022Jump, Darling MovieMargaret5.0
2021Not to Forget MovieDonna6.8
2021High Holiday MovieNana3.5
2021Dear Diary: World's First Pranks MovieGran (voice)6.7
2020The Croods: A New Age MovieGran (voice)7.4
2020When We Last Spoke MovieItasca6.5
2019Mad About You TVMrs. Mandelbaum8.2
2019Being and Nothingness MovieIvy
2018Lez Bomb MovieJosephine6.7
2018It's Who You Know MovieLiz4.0
Show 282 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2018I Can Only Imagine MovieMemaw7.5
2017The Gliksmans MovieHelen Neuman
2017American Gods TVZorya Vechernyaya7.1
2016Justice League Action TVGranny Goodness (voice)7.2
2016The Comedian MovieMay Conner5.7
2016Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? MovieMaxine5.9
2016To Tell the Truth TVSelf - Panelist5.8
2016The Bronx Bull MovieLilian Forrester4.3
2016So B. It MovieAlice Wilinsky6.6
2016Teachers TVMemaw5.4
2016A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story MovieSelf7.0
2015Enzian: When the Lights Go Up MovieSelf (archive footage)
2015Baby, Baby, Baby MovieActress5.6
2015Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse MovieMiss Fielder6.6
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration MovieSelf / Phyllis Lindstrom (archive footage)6.3
2015This Is Happening MovieEstelle (Grandmother)4.0
2015Unity MovieNarrator (voice)7.5
2015The Wedding Ringer MovieGrandma Palmer6.5
2014Girl Meets World TVMrs. Svorski8.3
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TVSelf - Guest7.8
2014Clarence TVCloris (voice)8.0
2014Adult World MovieMary Ann6.0
2013Kirstie TVShirley Kluszewski5.0
2013The Millers TVLouise5.8
2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise MovieSelf (archive footage)8.1
2013The Croods MovieGran (voice)7.0
2012The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure MovieDotty Rounder2.3
2012Foodfight! MovieBrand X Lunch Lady (voice)2.0
2012Gambit MovieGrandma Merle5.5
2011The Fields MovieGladys4.3
2011Franklin & Bash TVIrina Lottye Kruskal7.3
2011Bob's Burgers TVMeryl (voice)7.8
2011Obsession: Letters to David Lynch MovieSelf
2010Top Gear TVUnknown character6.1
2010Expecting Mary MovieAnnie4.5
2010You Again MovieHelen (uncredited)6.3
2010Raising Hope TVMaw Maw7.5
2010Hawaii Five-0 TVRuth Tennenbaum7.7
2010Hot in Cleveland TVPeg7.2
2009Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense MovieSelf
2009American Cowslip MovieSandy5.1
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TVSelf - Guest4.9
2009Love Takes Wing MovieHattie Clarence7.0
2009RuPaul's Drag Race TVSelf - Guest Judge7.5
2008The Women MovieMaggie5.2
2008New York, I Love You MovieMitzie6.0
2008Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget MovieSelf7.0
2007Phineas and Ferb TVMrs. Feyersied (voice)7.9
2007Phineas and Ferb TVDoof's Mom (voice)7.9
2007Lake Placid 2 MovieSadie4.9
2007The Wedding Bells TVEdith Fleischman7.0
2006The Megan Mullally Show TVSelf - Guest4.7
2006Beerfest MovieGreat Gam Gam5.9
2006Scary Movie 4 MovieMrs. Norris5.5
2005The Californians MovieEileen Boatwright5.0
2005Mrs. Harris MoviePearl "Billie" Schwartz5.8
2005Beach Girls TVAunt Aida7.0
2005Sky High MovieNurse Spex6.3
2005Dancing with the Stars TVSelf - Contestant6.2
2005The Longest Yard MovieLynette6.7
2005James Dean: Forever Young MovieSelf (archive footage)5.9
2005Buzz MovieUnknown character
2005The Office TVLily Hanaday8.6
2004Spanglish MovieEvelyn Wright6.1
2003Bad Santa MovieGrandma (uncredited)6.6
2003Joan of Arcadia TVAunt Olive7.4
2003Two and a Half Men TVNorma7.4
2003Happy Family TVLois, Peter's Mother7.0
2003Comedy Central Roasts TVSelf7.2
2003Alex & Emma MovieGrandmother5.2
2002The Twilight Zone TVAgnes Fremont7.2
2002Manna from Heaven MovieHelen10.0
2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion MovieSelf8.0
2001The Ellen Show TVDot Richmond6.1
2001The Animal MovieCat Lady (uncredited)5.2
2001The Amati Girls MovieDolly Amati4.7
2000Hanging Up MoviePat Mozell5.3
2000Malcolm in the Middle TVIda Welker8.5
1999Music of the Heart MovieAssunta6.7
1999Twice in a Lifetime TVRuth Harper / Miss Storey6.2
1999The Iron Giant MovieMrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)8.0
1999Thanks TVGrammy Winthrop5.5
1999The Last Picture Show: A Look Back MovieSelf7.7
1999Family Guy TVCloris Leachman (voice)7.4
1999The Titanic Chronicles Movie(voice)8.5
1998Gen¹³ MovieHelga (voice)5.9
1998Skip Chasers MovieUnknown character8.0
1997Annabelle's Wish MovieAunt Agnes (voice)6.6
1996Beavis and Butt-Head Do America MovieOld Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)6.7
1996Promised Land TVAunt Ethel Mooster6.5
1996Never Too Late MovieOlive5.5
1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein MovieFrau Blücher (archive footage)8.3
1995Now and Then MovieGrandma Albertson6.9
1995Maybe This Time TVBeasy7.5
1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West MovieLaura Evans9.0
1995Between Love and Honor MovieAnna Collura9.0
1994A Troll in Central Park MovieQueen Gnorga (voice)5.1
1994Touched by an Angel TVRuth7.2
1994Storybook Cinema TVUnknown character
1993Intimate Portrait TVSelf4.5
1993The Nanny TVClara Mueller8.1
1993Double, Double, Toil and Trouble MovieAunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia6.4
1993Diagnosis: Murder TVSudie7.1
1993The Beverly Hillbillies MovieGranny6.3
1993My Boyfriend's Back MovieMaggie The Zombie Expert5.7
1993Miracle Child MovieDoc Betty6.5
1993Without a Kiss Goodbye MovieMrs. Samuels6.0
1993Spies MoviePamela Beale10.0
1993Fade to Black MovieRuth3.5
1991A Little Piece of Heaven MovieEdwina 'Ed' McKevin6.0
1991Walter & Emily TVEmily Collins8.0
1991Picture This MovieSelf9.5
1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show MovieHerself7.0
1991In Broad Daylight MovieRuth Westerman6.1
1990The Giant of Thunder Mountain MovieNarrator / The Elder Amy6.4
1990Fine Things MovieRuth Fine6.0
1990Texasville MovieRuth Popper6.1
1990Ferris Bueller TVGrandma6.6
1990Love Hurts MovieRuth Weaver4.6
1989The Simpsons TVMrs. Glick (voice)8.0
1989Prancer MovieMrs. McFarland6.2
1989The Nutt House TVMs. Frick6.2
1988Hansel and Gretel MovieGriselda the Witch7.1
1988Going to the Chapel MovieMrs. Haldane5.3
1987The Little Troll Prince MovieQueen Sirena (voice)7.1
1987Walk Like a Man MovieMargaret Shand4.7
1987The Facts of Life Down Under MovieBeverly Ann Stickle6.3
1987Sparky's Magic Piano MovieUnknown character5.8
1986Shadow Play MovieMillie Crown5.2
1986My Little Pony: The Movie MovieHydia (voice)6.4
1985Love Is Never Silent MovieMrs. Anglin6.3
1985Deadly Intentions MovieCharlotte Raynor6.5
1985Breakfast with Les and Bess MovieUnknown character
1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday MovieSelf6.7
1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter MovieMary Kovacs4.5
1983The Demon Murder Case MovieJoan Greenway6.2
1983Dixie: Changing Habits MovieSister Eugenio4.2
1983The Woman Who Willed a Miracle MovieMay Lemke9.0
1982Miss All-American Beauty MovieAgatha Blaine3.7
1982American Playhouse TVBess Dischinger6.6
1981Advice to the Lovelorn MovieMaggie Dale5.0
1981History of the World: Part I MovieMadame Defarge6.7
1981The Acorn People MovieNurse Betty Nelson3.7
1981Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued MoviePerformer
1980Foolin' Around MovieSamantha6.2
1980Herbie Goes Bananas MovieLouise Trends5.4
1980The Oldest Living Graduate MovieMaureen4.0
1980Yesterday MovieMrs Kramer7.5
1980S.O.S. Titanic MovieMolly Brown6.0
1979Scavenger Hunt MovieMildred Carruthers5.6
1979Mrs. R's Daughter MovieRuth Rendell7.5
1979The Facts of Life TVBeverly Ann Stickle7.1
1979The Muppet Movie MovieLord's Secretary7.2
1979Willa MovieDarla Jean5.0
1979The North Avenue Irregulars MovieClaire6.6
1979Backstairs at the White House TVMrs. Jaffray6.1
1978Long Journey Back MovieLaura Casella7.0
1977High Anxiety MovieNurse Charlotte Diesel6.4
1977It Happened One Christmas MovieClara Oddbody4.7
1977Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera MovieSelf
1977The Mouse and His Child MovieEuterpe (voice)6.2
1977The Love Boat TVKaren Cooper6.2
1976The Love Boat MovieIris Havlicek9.0
1976The Muppet Show TVSelf - Special Guest Star8.0
1976Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? MovieSelf8.0
1975Wonder Woman TVQueen Hippolyta7.0
1975Death Scream MovieMrs. Singleton6.6
1975Phyllis TVPhyllis Lindstrom6.9
1975A Girl Named Sooner MovieOld Mam Hawes5.3
1975Crazy Mama MovieMelba5.6
1975Someone I Touched MovieLaura Hyatt5.1
1975Cher TVSelf7.0
1974Young Frankenstein MovieFrau Blücher7.9
1974Dinah! TVSelf7.0
1974Dinah! TVUnknown character7.0
1974Death Sentence MovieSusan Davies5.6
1974Rhoda TVUnknown character6.3
1974Daisy Miller MovieMrs. Ezra Miller6.3
1974Thursday's Game MovieLois Ellison6.5
1974Hitchhike! MovieClaire Stevens8.0
1974The Migrants MovieViola Barlow6.1
1973Dying Room Only MovieJean Mitchell6.6
1973Happy Mother's Day, Love George MovieRonda6.5
1973Dillinger MovieAnna Sage6.6
1973Charley and the Angel MovieNettie Appleby5.7
1973Crime Club MovieHilary Kelton10.0
1973A Brand New Life MovieVictoria Douglas9.0
1973The Bobby Darin Show TVUnknown character10.0
1972Of Thee I Sing MovieMary Turner7.0
1972Haunts of the Very Rich MovieEllen Blunt5.5
1972The Sixth Sense TVUnknown character6.3
1971Suddenly Single MovieJoanne Hackett4.5
1971The Last Picture Show MovieRuth Popper7.6
1971The Steagle MovieRita Weiss5.1
1970Night Gallery TVMrs. Fulton7.8
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show TVPhyllis Lindstrom7.7
1970The People Next Door MovieTina Hoffman5.9
1970WUSA MoviePhilomene5.3
1970Lovers and Other Strangers MovieBernice Henderson5.1
1969Silent Night, Lonely Night MovieGinny7.3
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. TVJean Cullen6.6
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid MovieAgnes7.6
1968Lancer TVAngel Day5.6
1968Adam-12 TVJudy7.1
1968The Name of the Game TVVera Walker7.0
1968The Dick Cavett Show TVSelf - Guest6.8
1967Mannix TVBarker's Ex-Wife6.9
1967Judd, for the Defense TVUnknown character7.7
1967Judd, for the Defense TVLouise Lockhart7.7
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett TVUnknown character6.5
1967Ironside TVMolly Strong6.8
1966That Girl TVUnknown character6.2
1965Run for Your Life TVDeborah Wilson7.1
1963Mr. Novak TVDorothy Hummer7.3
1962The Chapman Report MovieMiss Selby5.1
1962Going My Way TVUnknown character5.8
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TVSelf7.6
1962The Merv Griffin Show TVSelf6.8
1962Stoney Burke TVUnknown character6.8
1962The Virginian TVClara6.5
1962Saints and Sinners TVHelen Graham7.0
1961The Mike Douglas Show TVSelf - Co-Host5.8
1961The Mike Douglas Show TVSelf5.8
1961The New Breed TVElsie Condon7.7
1961Target: The Corruptors! TVUnknown character5.7
1961Dr. Kildare TVRhoda Kirsh5.7
1961Cain's Hundred TVKatie Cortner5.2
1961The Defenders TVAngela Simms6.3
1960Route 66 TVLydia Manning6.7
1960Outlaws TVUnknown character6.7
1960Thriller TVBeatrice Stafford6.7
1959Hawaiian Eye TVUnknown character5.6
1959The Twilight Zone TVMrs. Fremont8.5
1959Laramie TVUnknown character6.7
1959Johnny Staccato TVUnknown character5.2
1959One Step Beyond TVRita Wallace5.7
195877 Sunset Strip TVEve Winters7.2
195877 Sunset Strip TVUnknown character7.2
195877 Sunset Strip TVConnie Wingate7.2
1958The Donna Reed Show TVIris6.5
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive TVAnn Barchester7.1
1957Perry Mason TVGloria Shine7.7
1957Wagon Train TVLoretta6.6
1956The Rack MovieCaroline6.6
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TVMartha Jessop6.2
1956Telephone Time TVUnknown character6.5
1956Tony Awards TVSelf - Presenter
1955Life of Vernon Hathaway MovieIrma6.5
1955Matinee Theater TVUnknown character5.3
1955Premonition MovieSusan Stranger
1955Screen Director's Playhouse TVIrma7.0
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents TVSusan Stanger7.8
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents TVCaroline Hardy7.8
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents TVMary Templeton7.8
1955Gunsmoke TVBoni6.7
1955Gunsmoke TVFlory Tibbs6.7
1955Kiss Me Deadly MovieChristina Bailey7.2
1954Climax! TVMrs. Sullivan3.8
1954Climax! TVAnne Colt3.8
1954Lassie TVRuth Martin6.3
1953Letter to Loretta TVRuth Harron6.6
1953Letter to Loretta TVElla6.6
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1953General Electric Theater TVMiriam Raskin6.8
1953General Electric Theater TVLeah Beth6.8
1952Forgotten Children MovieMartha Berry
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame TVMrs. Anglin8.8
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame TVMartha Berry8.8
1951Tales of Tomorrow TVUnknown character6.4
1950Lux Video Theatre TVDottie6.7
1949Suspense TVRuth Shaw5.1
1949Suspense TVMargaret Sou5.1
1949Suspense TVUnknown character5.1
1948Studio One TVMrs. Adams5.4
1948Studio One TVUnknown character5.4
1948The Philco Television Playhouse TVJenny Blanchard6.6
1948The Philco Television Playhouse TVPatricia6.6
1948The Philco Television Playhouse TVUnknown character6.6
1948The Philco Television Playhouse TVMarianne Dashwood6.6
1948The Ed Sullivan Show TVSelf6.8
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Presenter7.0

Crew (1)

YearTitleRoleRating
2009Inglourious Basterds MovieThanks · Crew8.2

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Questions about Cloris Leachman

What are some of Cloris Leachman's most famous roles?

Cloris Leachman is best known for her roles in 'The Last Picture Show,' 'Young Frankenstein,' and her iconic character Phyllis Lindstrom on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'

Did Cloris Leachman win any Academy Awards?

Yes, Cloris Leachman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'The Last Picture Show' in 1971.

What was Cloris Leachman's first film?

Cloris Leachman's film debut was in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' in 1969, where she played a supporting role.

How many Emmy Awards did Cloris Leachman win?

Cloris Leachman won a record eight Primetime Emmy Awards during her career, showcasing her talent in television.

What is Cloris Leachman's estimated net worth?

Cloris Leachman's estimated net worth is around $10 million, reflecting her extensive career in entertainment.

What genres did Cloris Leachman typically work in?

Cloris Leachman worked across various genres, including comedy, drama, and animation, demonstrating her versatility as an actress.

What notable television shows did Cloris Leachman appear in?

In addition to 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Cloris Leachman starred in 'Phyllis,' 'Malcolm in the Middle,' and 'Dancing with the Stars.'

What was Cloris Leachman's last film?

Cloris Leachman's last film appearance was in 'The Croods: Family Tree' where she voiced the character Gran, showcasing her continued work in animation.