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Cloris Leachman
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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 26, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, whose career spanned over seven decades. She won various accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. In addition, she won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Leachman's breakthrough role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the landmark CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–75), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1974 and 1975; its spin-off, Phyllis (1975–77), earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy.
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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 26, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, whose career spanned over seven decades. She won various accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. In addition, she won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Leachman's breakthrough role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the landmark CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–75), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1974 and 1975; its spin-off, Phyllis (1975–77), earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy.
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Diagnosis: Murder
Malcolm in the Middle
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Perry Mason
Studio One
RuPaul's Drag Race
Ironside
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Virginian
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Twilight Zone
Dr. Kildare
Mannix
Route 66
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
Wonder Woman
Night Gallery
Hot in Cleveland
Suspense
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Defenders
Bob's Burgers
Lux Video Theatre
Lassie
The Philco Television Playhouse
Run for Your Life
The Nanny
Matinee Theater
Letter to Loretta
Touched by an Angel
Climax!
The Simpsons
Outlaws
Dancing with the Stars
Thriller
General Electric Theater
The Office
Phineas and Ferb
Cain's Hundred
Two and a Half Men
Hawaii Five-0
Wagon Train
Promised Land
Girl Meets World
The Name of the Game
Adam-12
Telephone Time
Ferris Bueller
Lancer
American Gods
Saints and Sinners
Laramie
Johnny Staccato
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Cher
Family Guy
The Muppet Show
The Twilight Zone
Rhoda
Mr. Novak
The Nutt House
Bad Santa
The Animal
Ponyo
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Castle in the Sky
Sky High
Adult World
Annabelle's Wish
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Alex & Emma
Scary Movie 4
Now and Then
The Wedding Ringer
The Longest Yard
WUSA
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Raising Hope
Beerfest
Backstairs at the White House
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
History of the World: Part I
Young Frankenstein
The Croods: A New Age
The Croods
The Ellen Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Daisy Miller
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Thanks
Willa
My Little Pony: The Movie
Walter & Emily
Miss All-American Beauty
Herbie Goes Bananas
Phyllis
The Facts of Life
The Migrants
Production Credits
Inglourious Basterds
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