Cloris Leachman
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04/30/1926 Birthplace:
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biography
With a career that spanned a staggering six decades on stage and screen, actress Cloris Leachman was one of primetime’s funniest comediennes and a favorite player in the classic film satires of Mel Brooks. A former beauty pageant winner who began her career on the Broadway stage, Leachman’s first high profile achievement was her Academy Award-winning performance in Peter Bogdanovich’s stark drama “The Last Picture Show” (1971). From there, the over-40 actress’ career kicked into high gear, with award-winning roles as the hilariously self-important Phyllis Lindstrom on the “Mary Tyler Moore
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milestones
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Milestone
Hosted an advice-to-homemakers radio program, while in her mid-teens
Won the title of Miss Chicago; later was one of the finalists in the 1946 Miss America Beauty Pageant
Moved to NYC and was chosen by Elia Kazan to be a member of the original Actors Studio
Acted on Broadway in supporting roles in William Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba" and Shakespeare's "As You Like It"
1948
Made TV debut as a semi-regular role on "Actors Studio"
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