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    Cloris Leachman

    American actress and comedian

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  2. After winning a scholarship in the Miss America pageant, placing in the top 16, Leachman studied acting under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City. She had been cast as a replacement for the role of Nellie Forbush during the original run of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's South Pacific.

  3. Jan 28, 2021 · Cloris Leachman Competed in the 1946 Miss America Pageant - YouTube. Inside Edition. 13M subscribers. Subscribed. 1.5K. 50K views 3 years ago #InsideEdition. Inside Edition was fortunate to...

    • Jan 28, 2021
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  4. Jan 27, 2021 · After a brief foray into the world of beauty pageants — she became Miss Chicago and then a Miss America finalist — Ms. Leachman moved to New York, where she studied with Elia Kazan at the...

  5. After winning the title of Miss Chicago 1946 (as part of the Miss America pageant), she acted with the Des Moines Playhouse before moving to New York. 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 ...

    • April 30, 1926
    • January 27, 2021
  6. Miss America 1946, the 20th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1946. The winner, Marilyn Buferd, later became an actress, as did fourth runner-up Carol Ohmart and one of the 16 finalists, future Oscar and Emmy Award winner Cloris Leachman.

  7. After winning the title of Miss Chicago 1946 (as part of the Miss America pageant), she acted with the Des Moines Playhouse before moving to New York. 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 ...

    • Actress, Soundtrack
    • April 30, 1926
    • 58 sec
    • January 27, 2021
  8. Jan 27, 2021 · Cloris Leachman, the Miss America contestant who won an Oscar for her work in The Last Picture Show, then collected two of her record nine Emmys for playing the quirky Phyllis Lindstrom on...

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