--- name: "Cloris Leachman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/cloris-leachman" fi1m_id: "cloris-leachman" imdb_id: "nm0001458" tmdb_id: 9599 wikidata_id: "Q230131" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 April 1926" died: "27 January 2021" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "actor" average_over: 9 updated: "2026-10-05T15:32:16.658623+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Cloris Leachman ## Identity Cloris Leachman - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cloris-leachman - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** cloris-leachman - **IMDb ID:** nm0001458 - **TMDB ID:** 9599 - **Wikidata ID:** Q230131 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloris_Leachman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9599 Actor. Born 30 April 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Died 27 January 2021. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 April 1926, Des Moines, Iowa, USA - **Died:** 27 January 2021 - **Active:** 1955–2020 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 acting, 1 other - **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Keener](https://film.one/person/catherine-keener.md), [Emma Stone](https://film.one/person/emma-stone.md), [Nicolas Cage](https://film.one/person/nicolas-cage.md), [Ryan Reynolds](https://film.one/person/ryan-reynolds.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 9 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 87 (1), 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 86 (3), 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 70 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 73 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 7 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 5, Adventure 4, Animation 4, Family 4, Drama 3, Crime 2 - **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,035m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloris_Leachman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9599 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Iron Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md) (88) - **Peacock:** [*The Croods: A New Age*](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Cloris Leachman > Cloris Leachman made lonely women difficult to dismiss and overbearing ones funny without making them agreeable. We value her comic precision, but the embarrassed longing of *The Last Picture Show* stays with us longest. In *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Cloris Leachman's Ruth Popper seems embarrassed even to want affection. She plays a lonely coach's wife, and the difficulty comes before any question of whether we approve of her behaviour: she struggles to admit what she needs. We found her longing painful to watch because Leachman makes that hope feel so hard to allow herself. The performance gives embarrassment as much attention as desire. It asks us to notice how difficult wanting something can become when someone is unused to being wanted. Peter Bogdanovich's film is patient with people behaving badly, and this is where that patience pays off. Leachman lets Ruth be awkward without making her ridiculous, and the performance benefits from the time the film gives it. Ben Johnson's Sam the Lion has his own disappointments; Ellen Burstyn's Lois Farrow still has appetites and an impatience that age has not cured. Among them, Ruth helps make the older generation worth watching for their own sake, rather than merely for what they can teach the young. Her brief appearance as Christina Bailey in the opening of *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955) offers an earlier dramatic starting point. But the useful comparison with Ruth is the comedy she was making around the same period. As Phyllis Lindstrom in *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), precise timing made an unsympathetic woman appealing. She did not need a character to be agreeable to make us interested in spending time with her. Her work with director Mel Brooks allowed more exaggeration, particularly the accent and physical manner of Frau Blücher in *Young Frankenstein* (1974). Those conspicuous choices were another means of making a character immediately distinct. The later recurring grandmother role of Ida Welker in *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000) took her towards comic extremes again. Our reservation about those broader turns is that eccentricity can grow repetitive, leaving too little to discover once the mannerisms are familiar. Start with Ruth Popper; the broader comedy will still be there afterwards. ## Biography Cloris Leachman was an American actress whose career spanned more than seven decades. She was born on 30 April 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa, and died on 27 January 2021. Leachman provided the voice of Mrs. Lynley Tensedge in the animated film *The Iron Giant* (1999). Among her other credited roles are appearances in the television series *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970–1977), its spin-off *Phyllis* (1975–1977), *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006), *The Office* (2005) and *Two and a Half Men* (2003), as well as the films *The Last Picture Show* (1971) and *Young Frankenstein* (1974). She also voiced characters in *The Simpsons*, *Family Guy* and the *Croods* films. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) ### Performed in (9) — the average rests on these - *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Fi1m 70, as Gran (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) - *The Croods* (2013), Fi1m 60, as Gran (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md) - *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, as Cloris Leachman (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md) - *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Fi1m 82, as Lord's Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md) - *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, as Ruth Popper — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md) - *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, as Phyllis Lindstrom — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md) - *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Agnes — [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md) - *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Christina Bailey — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) ## Complete filmography (240) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Jump, Darling* (2022), as Margaret - *Not to Forget* (2021), as Donna - *High Holiday* (2021), as Nana - *Dear Diary: World's First Pranks* (2021), as Gran (voice) - *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), as Gran (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) - *When We Last Spoke* (2020), as Itasca - *Mad About You* (2019), series, as Mrs. Mandelbaum - *Being and Nothingness* (2019), as Ivy - *Lez Bomb* (2018), as Josephine - *It's Who You Know* (2018), as Liz - *I Can Only Imagine* (2018), as Memaw - *The Gliksmans* (2017), as Helen Neuman - *American Gods* (2017), series, as Zorya Vechernyaya - *Justice League Action* (2016), series, as Granny Goodness (voice) - *The Comedian* (2016), as May Conner - *Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?* (2016), as Maxine - *The Bronx Bull* (2016), as Lilian Forrester - *So B. It* (2016), as Alice Wilinsky - *Teachers* (2016), series, as Memaw - *Baby, Baby, Baby* (2015), as Actress - *Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse* (2015), as Miss Fielder - *This Is Happening* (2015), as Estelle (Grandmother) - *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice) - *The Wedding Ringer* (2015), as Grandma Palmer - *Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists* (2014), as Mrs. Feyersied (voice) - *Girl Meets World* (2014), series, as Mrs. Svorski — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) - *Clarence* (2014), series, as Cloris (voice) - *Adult World* (2014), as Mary Ann - *Kirstie* (2013), series, as Shirley Kluszewski - *The Millers* (2013), series, as Louise - *The Croods* (2013), as Gran (voice) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md) - *The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure* (2012), as Dotty Rounder - *Foodfight!* (2012), as Brand X Lunch Lady (voice) - *Gambit* (2012), as Grandma Merle - *The Fields* (2011), as Gladys - *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Irina Lottye Kruskal - *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Meryl (voice) - *Top Gear* (2010), series, Actor - *Expecting Mary* (2010), as Annie - *You Again* (2010), as Helen (uncredited) - *Raising Hope* (2010), series, as Maw Maw - *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Ruth Tennenbaum — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) - *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, as Peg - *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) - *American Cowslip* (2009), as Sandy - *Love Takes Wing* (2009), as Hattie Clarence - *The Women* (2008), as Maggie - *New York, I Love You* (2008), as Mitzie - *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, as Mrs. Feyersied (voice), Doof's Mom (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md) - *Lake Placid 2* (2007), as Sadie - *The Wedding Bells* (2007), series, as Edith Fleischman - *Beerfest* (2006), as Great Gam Gam - *Scary Movie 4* (2006), as Mrs. Norris - *The Californians* (2005), as Eileen Boatwright - *Mrs. Harris* (2005), as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz - *Beach Girls* (2005), series, as Aunt Aida - *Sky High* (2005), as Nurse Spex - *The Longest Yard* (2005), as Lynette - *Buzz* (2005), Actor - *The Office* (2005), series, as Lily Hanaday — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) - *Spanglish* (2004), as Evelyn Wright - *Bad Santa* (2003), as Grandma (uncredited) - *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Aunt Olive - *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, as Norma — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) - *Happy Family* (2003), series, as Lois, Peter's Mother - *Alex & Emma* (2003), as Grandmother - *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Agnes Fremont - *Manna from Heaven* (2002), as Helen - *The Ellen Show* (2001), series, as Dot Richmond - *The Animal* (2001), as Cat Lady (uncredited) - *The Amati Girls* (2001), as Dolly Amati - *Hanging Up* (2000), as Pat Mozell - *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Ida Welker - *Music of the Heart* (1999), as Assunta - *Twice in a Lifetime* (1999), series, as Ruth Harper / Miss Storey - *The Iron Giant* (1999), as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md) - *Thanks* (1999), series, as Grammy Winthrop - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Cloris Leachman (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *The Titanic Chronicles* (1999), as (voice) - *Gen¹³* (1998), as Helga (voice) - *Skip Chasers* (1998), Actor - *Annabelle's Wish* (1997), as Aunt Agnes (voice) - *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America* (1996), as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice) - *Promised Land* (1996), series, as Aunt Ethel Mooster - *Never Too Late* (1996), as Olive - *Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein* (1996), as Frau Blücher (archive footage) - *Now and Then* (1995), as Grandma Albertson - *Maybe This Time* (1995), series, as Beasy - *Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West* (1995), as Laura Evans - *Between Love and Honor* (1995), as Anna Collura - *A Troll in Central Park* (1994), as Queen Gnorga (voice) - *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Ruth - *Storybook Cinema* (1994), series, Actor - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Clara Mueller - *Double, Double, Toil and Trouble* (1993), as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia - *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Sudie - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1993), as Granny - *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), as Maggie The Zombie Expert - *Miracle Child* (1993), as Doc Betty - *Without a Kiss Goodbye* (1993), as Mrs. Samuels - *Spies* (1993), as Pamela Beale - *Fade to Black* (1993), as Ruth - *A Little Piece of Heaven* (1991), as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin - *Walter & Emily* (1991), series, as Emily Collins - *In Broad Daylight* (1991), as Ruth Westerman - *The Giant of Thunder Mountain* (1990), as Narrator / The Elder Amy - *Fine Things* (1990), as Ruth Fine - *Texasville* (1990), as Ruth Popper - *Ferris Bueller* (1990), series, as Grandma - *Love Hurts* (1990), as Ruth Weaver - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Mrs. Glick (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Prancer* (1989), as Mrs. McFarland - *The Nutt House* (1989), series, as Ms. Frick - *Hansel and Gretel* (1988), as Griselda the Witch - *Going to the Chapel* (1988), as Mrs. Haldane - *The Little Troll Prince* (1987), as Queen Sirena (voice) - *Walk Like a Man* (1987), as Margaret Shand - *The Facts of Life Down Under* (1987), as Beverly Ann Stickle - *Sparky's Magic Piano* (1987), Actor - *Shadow Play* (1986), as Millie Crown - *My Little Pony: The Movie* (1986), as Hydia (voice) - *Love Is Never Silent* (1985), as Mrs. Anglin - *Deadly Intentions* (1985), as Charlotte Raynor - *Breakfast with Les and Bess* (1985), Actor - *Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter* (1984), as Mary Kovacs - *The Demon Murder Case* (1983), as Joan Greenway - *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), as Sister Eugenio - *The Woman Who Willed a Miracle* (1983), as May Lemke - *Miss All-American Beauty* (1982), as Agatha Blaine - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Bess Dischinger - *Advice to the Lovelorn* (1981), as Maggie Dale - *History of the World: Part I* (1981), as Madame Defarge - *The Acorn People* (1981), as Nurse Betty Nelson - *Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued* (1981), as Performer - *Foolin' Around* (1980), as Samantha - *Herbie Goes Bananas* (1980), as Louise Trends - *The Oldest Living Graduate* (1980), as Maureen - *Yesterday* (1980), as Mrs Kramer - *S.O.S. Titanic* (1980), as Molly Brown - *Scavenger Hunt* (1979), as Mildred Carruthers - *Mrs. R's Daughter* (1979), as Ruth Rendell - *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, as Beverly Ann Stickle - *The Muppet Movie* (1979), as Lord's Secretary — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md) - *Willa* (1979), as Darla Jean - *The North Avenue Irregulars* (1979), as Claire - *Backstairs at the White House* (1979), series, as Mrs. Jaffray - *Long Journey Back* (1978), as Laura Casella - *High Anxiety* (1977), as Nurse Charlotte Diesel - *It Happened One Christmas* (1977), as Clara Oddbody - *The Mouse and His Child* (1977), as Euterpe (voice) - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Karen Cooper - *The Love Boat* (1976), as Iris Havlicek - *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Queen Hippolyta - *Death Scream* (1975), as Mrs. Singleton - *Phyllis* (1975), series, as Phyllis Lindstrom - *A Girl Named Sooner* (1975), as Old Mam Hawes - *Crazy Mama* (1975), as Melba - *Someone I Touched* (1975), as Laura Hyatt - *Young Frankenstein* (1974), as Frau Blücher - *Dinah!* (1974), series, Actor - *Death Sentence* (1974), as Susan Davies - *Rhoda* (1974), series, Actor - *Daisy Miller* (1974), as Mrs. Ezra Miller - *Thursday's Game* (1974), as Lois Ellison - *Hitchhike!* (1974), as Claire Stevens - *The Migrants* (1974), as Viola Barlow - *Dying Room Only* (1973), as Jean Mitchell - *Happy Mother's Day, Love George* (1973), as Ronda - *Dillinger* (1973), as Anna Sage - *Charley and the Angel* (1973), as Nettie Appleby - *Crime Club* (1973), as Hilary Kelton - *A Brand New Life* (1973), as Victoria Douglas - *The Bobby Darin Show* (1973), series, Actor - *Of Thee I Sing* (1972), as Mary Turner - *Haunts of the Very Rich* (1972), as Ellen Blunt - *The Sixth Sense* (1972), series, Actor - *Suddenly Single* (1971), as Joanne Hackett - *The Last Picture Show* (1971), as Ruth Popper — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md) - *The Steagle* (1971), as Rita Weiss - *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Mrs. Fulton - *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Phyllis Lindstrom — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md) - *The People Next Door* (1970), as Tina Hoffman - *WUSA* (1970), as Philomene - *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970), as Bernice Henderson - *Silent Night, Lonely Night* (1969), as Ginny - *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), as Agnes — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md) - *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Jean Cullen - *Lancer* (1968), series, as Angel Day - *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Judy - *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Vera Walker - *Mannix* (1967), series, as Barker's Ex-Wife - *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor - *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, as Louise Lockhart - *Ironside* (1967), series, as Molly Strong - *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Deborah Wilson - *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, as Dorothy Hummer - *The Chapman Report* (1962), as Miss Selby - *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor - *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Clara - *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, as Helen Graham - *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Elsie Condon - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Rhoda Kirsh - *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Katie Cortner - *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Angela Simms - *Route 66* (1960), series, as Lydia Manning - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Beatrice Stafford - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Mrs. Fremont — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Laramie* (1959), series, Actor - *Johnny Staccato* (1959), series, Actor - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Rita Wallace - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Eve Winters, Connie Wingate - *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, as Iris - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Ann Barchester - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Gloria Shine - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Loretta - *The Rack* (1956), as Caroline - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Martha Jessop - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Life of Vernon Hathaway* (1955), as Irma - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as Irma - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Susan Stanger, Mary Templeton, Caroline Hardy - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Flory Tibbs, Boni - *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), as Christina Bailey — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md) - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Mrs. Sullivan, Anne Colt - *Lassie* (1954), series, as Ruth Martin - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Ella, Ruth Harron - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Leah Beth, Miriam Raskin - *Forgotten Children* (1952), as Martha Berry - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Martha Berry, Mrs. Anglin - *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dottie - *Suspense* (1949), series, as Margaret Sou, Ruth Shaw - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mrs. Adams - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Jenny Blanchard, Marianne Dashwood, Patricia ## Gallery - ![Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-f13a79b755ad.jpg) Cloris Leachman — Voice Chasers, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Cloris_Leachman_2014_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Lisa Gerritsen as Bess Lindstrom and Cloris Leachman as her mother, Phyllis, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-00482a37de9d.jpg) Photo of Lisa Gerritsen as Bess Lindstrom and Cloris Leachman as her mother, Phyllis, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (1974) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Bess_and_Phyllis_Lindstrom_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show_1974.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens and Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom from the television program The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-ef1ce56ca928.jpg) Photo of Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens and Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom from the television program The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (1973) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Betty_White_Cloris_Leachman_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show_1973.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cloris Leachman as the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade Grand Marshal.](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-fd5dd4b4d40e.jpg) Cloris Leachman as the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade Grand Marshal. — Scottthezombie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/ClorisLeachman2009RoseParade.JPG/1280px-ClorisLeachman2009RoseParade.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-5e6ef5cf3009.jpg) Cloris Leachman — Image via TMDB - ![Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-6d2f60408952.jpg) Cloris Leachman — Image via TMDB - ![Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-b3f08f8c648a.jpg) Cloris Leachman — Image via TMDB - ![Cloris Leachman at the premiere for The Proposal](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-1529be453986.jpg) Cloris Leachman at the premiere for The Proposal — Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/ClorisLeachmanJune09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cloris Leachman](https://film.one/media/person/88860/gallery-a5890688d6bf.jpg) Cloris Leachman — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 1972: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Last Picture Show* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1973: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Last Picture Show* ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 6 won - 2006: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Malcolm in the Middle* - 2002: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Malcolm in the Middle* - 1998: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Promised Land* - 1975: Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (won), for *Cher* - 1975: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* - 1974: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* ### Other awards — 3 won - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming 1983: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming (won), for *The Woman Who Willed a Miracle* - Golden Plate Award 1970: Golden Plate Award (won) - Theatre World Award 1951: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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