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List of Cloris Leachman performances. The following is the list of film, television and theatre credits of American actress Cloris Leachman. She appeared in films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Last Picture Show (1971), Young Frankenstein (1974), Yesterday (1981), A Troll in Central Park (1994), Now and Then (1995 ...
- 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' From 1970 to 1975, Leachman played Mary Tyler Moore’s landlady who also happened to be her snobby friend and neighbor on the successful sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
- 'The Last Picture Show' One of Leachman’s best-known performances is in 1971’s The Last Picture Show, which is based on the best-selling book of the same title by Larry McMurtry.
- 'Young Frankenstein' In the comedy-horror film Young Frankenstein, Leachman played Frau Blücher, the castle housekeeper whose name prompted a horse to neigh in fear each time it was said.
- 'Phyllis' The success of Leachman’s character Phyllis in The Mary Tyler Moore Show led to the spinoff Phyllis. The show lasted two seasons, ending the same year as the show it was based on and earning Leachman a Golden Globe in 1976 for best actress in a television series — comedy or musical.
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 performer in comedy for "Phyllis", but her first Emmy Award came in the category Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1973 for the television movie A Brand New Life (1973).
- Actress, Soundtrack
- April 30, 1926
- 58 sec
- January 27, 2021
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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. [1]
Jan 28, 2021 · But Leachman’s dramatic performance in Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 masterpiece “The Last Picture Show” not only earned her a supporting actress Oscar, it cemented her as one of the greatest ...
Leachman took home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her searing performance as Ruth, a dissatisfied married woman in North Texas whose life becomes entangled with a group of teenagers including a young Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd.
Feb 15, 2021 · Transcript. Leachman, who died Jan. 27, won an Oscar for her performance in the 1971 film, The Last Picture Show, as well as eight primetime Emmy awards for her work on television. Originally...
