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Cloris Leachman
Highest Rated: 100% Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Apr 30, 1926
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
With a career that spanned a staggering six decades on stage and screen, actress Cloris Leachman was one of primetime's funniest comediennes and a favorite player in the classic film satires of Mel Brooks. A former beauty pageant winner who began her career on the Broadway stage, Leachman's first high profile achievement was her Academy Award-winning performance in Peter Bogdanovich's stark drama "The Last Picture Show" (1971). From there, the over-40 actress' career kicked into high gear, with award-winning roles as the hilariously self-important Phyllis Lindstrom on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS, 1970-77) and the subsequent spin-off, "Phyllis" (CBS, 1975-77). She forever held a place in film comedy history for her tightly wound, strangely accented characters in Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" (1974) and "History of the World, Part 1" (1981) - a strength she introduced to a new generation of fans in the role of grandma Ida on Fox's quirky "Malcolm in the Middle" (Fox, 2000-06). The octogenarian became the reality competition's oldest contestant when she joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, 2005- ) in 2008, then trotted on to the sitcom "Raising Hope" (Fox, 2010-14), as the semi-lucid grandmother "Maw Maw" Chance. With more than 40 years of film and television work under her belt, Leachman made it clear she was far from ready to retire, and had plenty more laughs to impart to appreciative fans of all ages.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 75% | Not to Forget | Donna (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 93% | No Score Yet | Jump, Darling | Margaret (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 77% | 94% | The Croods: A New Age | Gran (Voice) | $58.5M | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | When We Last Spoke | Itasca (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 90% | 64% | Lez Bomb | Josephine (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 67% | 91% | I Can Only Imagine | Memaw (Character) | $83.5M | 2018 |
| 45% | 91% | So B. It | Alice Wilinsky (Character) | $46.0K | 2016 |
| 24% | 28% | The Comedian | May Conner (Character) | $1.7M | 2016 |
| 0% | 92% | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? | Maxine (Character) | $39.4K | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | The Bronx Bull | Lilian Forrester (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 44% | 50% | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | Miss Fielder (Character) | $3.7M | 2015 |
| 44% | 67% | This Is Happening | Estelle (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Unity | Narrator | - | 2015 |
| 29% | 63% | The Wedding Ringer | Grandma Palmer (Character) | $64.5M | 2015 |
| 54% | 38% | Adult World | Mary Anne (Character) | $4.4K | 2013 |
| 72% | 77% | The Croods | Gran (Voice) | $187.2M | 2013 |
| 18% | 23% | Gambit | Grandma Merle (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 32% | 62% | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Dotty Rounder (Character) | $1.1M | 2012 |
| 60% | 27% | The Fields | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fields | Gladys (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Expecting Mary | Annie (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | American Cowslip | Sandy (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 37% | 37% | New York, I Love You | Mitzie (Character) | $1.6M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Love Takes Wing | Hattie Clarence (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 91% | 83% | Ponyo | Noriko (Voice) | $15.1M | 2008 |
| 13% | 37% | The Women | Maggie (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Roast of Bob Saget | Self | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Brando | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 40% | 75% | Beerfest | Great Gam Gam (Character) | $19.2M | 2006 |
| 43% | 39% | Mrs. Harris | Pearl Schwartz (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Californians | Boatwright (Character) | $4.1K | 2005 |
| 73% | 57% | Sky High | Nurse Spex (Character) | $63.9M | 2005 |
| 31% | 62% | The Longest Yard | Lynette (Character) | $158.1M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Beach Girls | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 54% | 60% | Spanglish | Evelyn Wright (Character) | $42.0M | 2004 |
| 78% | 75% | Bad Santa | Grandmother (Character) | $60.1M | 2003 |
| 11% | 41% | Alex & Emma | Grandmother (Character) | $14.2M | 2003 |
| 22% | 53% | Manna From Heaven | Helen Madden (Character) | $505.7K | 2001 |
| 46% | 64% | The Amati Girls | Dolly (Character) | $47.8K | 2001 |
| 12% | 34% | Hanging Up | Pat (Character) | $36.0M | 2000 |
| 64% | 72% | Music of the Heart | Assunta Guaspari (Character) | $14.8M | 1999 |
| 96% | 90% | The Iron Giant | Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (Voice) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Annabelle's Wish | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Too Late | Olive (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 71% | 70% | Beavis and Butt-head Do America | Old Woman on Plane and Bus (Voice) | $63.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Between Love and Honor | Anna Collura (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 14% | 47% | A Troll in Central Park | Queen Gnorga (Voice) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble |
Aunt Agatha/ |
- | 1993 |
| 24% | 32% | The Beverly Hillbillies | Daisy Mae 'Granny' Moses (Character) | $42.2M | 1993 |
| 13% | 45% | My Boyfriend's Back | Maggie (Character) | $3.2M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spies | Pamela Beale (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle Child | Doc Betty (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fade to Black | Ruth (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Without a Kiss Goodbye | Mrs. Samuels (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | In Broad Daylight | Ruth Westerman (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un Pedacito de Cielo | Unknown (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | A Little Piece of Heaven | Edwina "Ed" McKevin (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Love Hurts | Ruth Weaver (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 59% | 46% | Texasville | Ruth Popper (Character) | $1.9M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Fine Things | Ruth Fine (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 67% | 58% | Prancer | Mrs. McFarland (Character) | $18.1M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sparky's Magic Piano | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wedding Day Blues | Mrs. Haldane (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hansel and Gretel | The Witch (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Walk Like a Man | Margaret Shand (Character) | $186.9K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | The Little Troll Prince | Queen Sirena (Voice) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life Down Under | Beverly Ann Stickle (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 96% | 91% | Castle in the Sky | Dola (Voice) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | My Little Pony | Hydia (Voice) | $4.4M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Play | Millie Crown (Character) | $191.2K | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Intentions | Charlotte Raynor (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Love Is Never Silent | Mrs. Anglin (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Mary Kovacs (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dixie: Changing Habits | Sister Eugenio (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Demon Murder Case | Joan Greenway (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Miss All-American Beauty | Agatha Blaine (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 63% | 81% | History of the World: Part I | Madame Defarge (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Strange Uncle IMAX | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Advice to the Lovelorn | Maggie Dale (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Acorn People | Nurse Betty Nelson (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oldest Living Graduate | Maureen (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 40% | 36% | Herbie Goes Bananas | Aunt Louise (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Foolin' Around | Samantha (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Scavenger Hunt | Mildred Carruthers (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 88% | 88% | The Muppet Movie | Lord's Secretary (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 78% | 79% | The North Avenue Irregulars | Claire (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | S.O.S. Titanic | Molly Brown (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Willa | Darla Jean (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. R's Daughter | Ruth Randell (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Journey Back | Laura Casella (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Happened One Christmas | Clara Oddbody (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 75% | 67% | High Anxiety | Nurse Diesel (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Mouse and His Child | Euterpe (Voice) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Love Boat | Iris Havlicek (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Someone I Touched | Laura Hyatt (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New, Original Wonder Woman | Queen Hippolyta (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 92% | 39% | Crazy Mama | Melba (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Death Scream | Mrs. Singleton (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Girl Named Sooner | Old Mam Hawes (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Migrants | Viola Barlow (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 75% | 32% | Daisy Miller | Mrs. Ezra Miller (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Death Sentence | Susan Davies (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 94% | 92% | Young Frankenstein | Frau Blücher (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitchhike! | Claire Stevens (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Thursday's Game | Lois Ellison (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dying Room Only | Jean Mitchell (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 93% | 75% | Dillinger | Anna Sage (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Charley and the Angel | Nettie Appleby (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Brand New Life | Victoria Douglas (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Club | Hilary Kelton (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Ronda (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Thee I Sing | Mary Turner (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Haunts of the Very Rich | Ellen Blunt (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 98% | 89% | The Last Picture Show | Ruth Popper (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suddenly Single | Joanne Hackett (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Steagle | Rita Weiss (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The People Next Door | Tina Hoffman (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 100% | 75% | Lovers and Other Strangers | Bernice Henderson (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | WUSA | Philomene (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 89% | 92% | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Agnes (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Night, Lonely Night | Ginny (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Chapman Report | Miss Selby (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Rack | Caroline (Character) | - | 1956 |
| 98% | 84% | Kiss Me Deadly | Christina Bailey (Character) | $882 | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Holiday | Nana (Character) | - | 0000 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | 70% | American Gods | Zorya Vechernyaya (Character) | 2017 2019 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elena of Avalor | Hool (Guest Voice) | 2018-2020 |
| 42% | 83% | Mad About You | Mrs. Mandelbaum (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clarence | Cloris (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| 94% | 75% | Royal Pains | Annette Bellamy (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Bob's Burgers | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
| 47% | 44% | The Millers | Louise (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wife Swap | Guest | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Girl Meets World | Mrs. Svorski (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 61% | 84% | Franklin & Bash | Irina Lottye Kruskal (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 96% | 90% | Raising Hope |
Maw Maw (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2010-2014 |
| 35% | 40% | Kirstie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Peg (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doctors | Guest | 2013 |
| 100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Old Marceline (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011-2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2009-2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | HawthoRNe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Phineas and Ferb | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2008-2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dancing With the Stars |
Unknown (Guest Star), Contestant |
2008-2009 |
| 81% | 89% | The Office | Lily Hanaday (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Central Roast | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
| 37% | No Score Yet | The Wedding Bells | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Malcolm in the Middle | Ida Welker (Guest Star) | 2001 2003-2006 |
| 65% | 65% | Two and a Half Men | Norma (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Family Guy | Herself (Guest Voice) | 2005 |
| 96% | 62% | Joan of Arcadia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 63% | No Score Yet | Happy Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 2003 |
| 50% | 73% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
| 54% | No Score Yet | The Ellen Show | Dot Richmond (Character) | 2001-2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twice in a Lifetime | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | Norm | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thanks | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe This Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Nanny | Clara Mueller (Character) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunday Dinner | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Mrs. Glick (Guest Voice) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nutt House | Ms. Frick (Character) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Beverly Ann Stickle (Character) | 1986-1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Associates | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom (Character) | 1970-1975 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Phyllis | Phyllis Lindstrom (Character) | 1975-1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhoda | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bobby Darin Show | Guest | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Ruth Martin (Character) | 1957-1958 1970-1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Jean Cullen (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judd for the Defense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Barker's Ex-Wife (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Gloria Shine (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Rhoda Kirsh (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trials of O'Brien | Isobel Ballantine (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Eve Winters (Guest Star) | 1961-1963 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mary Templeton (Character) | 1955 1958 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Loretta (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Sarah (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Fremont (Character) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Boni (Guest Star) | 1956 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Staccato | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Character) | 1957-1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1951-1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |