Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
04/30/1926
Birthplace:
Des Moines, Iowa
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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 Continued
Credits
Maggie
2008
(TV Show)
2001-2006
Ida
2006
Ida
2005
Ida
2005
Ida
2004
Ida
2003
Ida
2001
+(3 More)
(TV Show)
2005-2005
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Aunt Aida
2005
Aunt Aida
2005
Aunt Aida
2005
Aunt Aida
2005
Aunt Aida
2005
Aunt Aida
2005
+(1 More)
Evelyn
2004
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Helen Madden
2003
Grandmother
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Agnes Freemont
2003
(TV Show)
2001-2002
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
Dot Richmond
2001
+(10 More)
Dolly
2001
Mrs McFarland
2001
Pat Mozell
2000
Assunta Guaspari
1999
of Mrs Tensedge
1999
(TV Show)
1997-1997
Mooster
1997
of Queen Gnorga
1993
(TV Show)
1991-1991
of Mrs. Glick
1991
Ruth Popper
1991
of Hydia
1986
Nurse Charlotte Diesel
1977
Frau Blucher
1974
Ruth Popper
1971
Cast
Mrs Kramer
Caroline
Philomene
Tina Hoffman
The Witch
Samantha
Ruth Weaver
Anna Sage
Mildred Carruthers
Margaret Shand
of Aunt Agnes
Rita Weiss
Mrs Miller
Nettie Appleby
Millie Crown
Aunt Louise
Melba Stokes
milestones
Year
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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