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Cloris Leachman (1926-2021) was an American actress and comedienne who won eight Emmys, an Oscar, and a Golden Globe. She starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein, and many other films and shows.
Cloris Leachman. Actress: The Last Picture Show. The legendary actress set a record when at age 82, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005). Cloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Berkeley Claiborne "Buck" Leachman and the former Cloris Wallace.
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- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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- Encinitas, California, USA
Jan 28, 2021 · Cloris Leachman, the acclaimed actress whose one-of-a-kind comedic flair made her a legendary figure in film and television for seven decades, has died, according to a statement from her...
Feb 19, 2021 · The legendary actress died of a stroke on Jan. 27, 2021, with COVID-19 as a contributing condition, according to her death certificate. She was 94 years old and had a long and acclaimed career in film, TV and theater.
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The legendary actress set a record when at age 82, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005). Cloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Berkeley Claiborne \"Buck\" Leachman and the former Cloris Wallace. Her father's family owned a lumber company, Leachman Lumber Co. She is of Czech (from her maternal grandmother) and En...
Leachman made her credited debut in 1948 in an episode of The Ford Theatre Hour (1948) and appeared in many television anthologies and series before becoming a regular on The Bob & Ray Show (1951) in 1952. Her movie debut was memorable, playing the doomed blonde femme fatale Christina Bailey in Robert Aldrich's classic noir Kiss Me Deadly (1955).
Other than a role in Rod Serling's movie The Rack (1956) in support of Paul Newman, Leachman remained a television actress throughout the 1950s and the 1960s, appearing in only two movies during the latter decade, The Chapman Report (1962) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Though she would win an Oscar for Peter Bogdanovich's adaptatio...
Leachman was nominated five times for an Emmy Award playing Phyllis Lindstrom, Mary Tyler Moore's landlady and self-described best friend on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and on the spin-off series Phyllis (1975). She won twice as Best Supporting Actress in a comedy for her \"Mary Tyler Moore\" gig and won a Golden Globe Award as a leading perfo...
She was married to director-producer George Englund from 1953 to 1979. They had five children together.
Learn about the life and career of the legendary actress who won nine Emmy Awards and an Oscar for The Last Picture Show. Find out her family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- April 30, 1926
- January 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 · Cloris Leachman, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a neglected housewife in the stark drama “The Last Picture Show” but who was probably best known for getting laughs, notably in...
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Jan 27, 2021 · Cloris Leachman, who won an Oscar for her role in the bleak coming-of-age movie “The Last Picture Show” and Emmy awards during a prolific television career that stretched back to “The Mary Tyler...
