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Cloris Leachman
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.
As actor
Jump, Darling
High Holiday
Dear Diary: World's First Pranks
Not to Forget
The Croods: A New Age
When We Last Spoke
Being and Nothingness
I Can Only Imagine
Lez Bomb
It's Who You Know
The Gliksmans
So B. It
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
The Bronx Bull
The Comedian
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story
The Wedding Ringer
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Unity
This Is Happening
Baby, Baby, Baby
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Adult World
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
The Croods
Gambit
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Foodfight!