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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
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Love Boat
Malcolm in the Middle
Mannix
The Oscars
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Ironside
Perry Mason
Studio One
RuPaul's Drag Race
Letter to Loretta
The Virginian
Dr. Kildare
The Twilight Zone
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Ed Sullivan Show
Route 66
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
Wonder Woman
Hot in Cleveland
Night Gallery
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
Golden Globe Awards
Matinee Theater
Touched by an Angel
Climax!
Outlaws
Dancing with the Stars
Thriller
Suspense
The Simpsons
General Electric Theater
The Office
Phineas and Ferb
Cain's Hundred
Two and a Half Men
Comedy Central Roasts
Hawaii Five-0
Wagon Train
Promised Land
Girl Meets World
The Name of the Game
Telephone Time
Adam-12
Ferris Bueller
Lancer
American Gods
Saints and Sinners
Happy Family
Laramie
Top Gear
Johnny Staccato
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Cher
The Bobby Darin Show
Family Guy
The Muppet Show
The Twilight Zone
Rhoda
Mr. Novak
You Again
Bad Santa
The Animal
Ponyo
New York, I Love You
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
Scary Movie 4
My Boyfriend's Back
Alex & Emma
The Bronx Bull
Now and Then
The Wedding Ringer
The Longest Yard
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
WUSA
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Without a Kiss Goodbye
Beerfest
Backstairs at the White House
Raising Hope
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Croods: A New Age
The Ellen Show
Prancer
History of the World: Part I
The Croods
Young Frankenstein
Spanglish
Herbie Goes Bananas
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
The Beverly Hillbillies
Willa
My Little Pony: The Movie
Thanks
Daisy Miller
Walter & Emily
Miss All-American Beauty
The Nutt House
The Facts of Life
Phyllis
The Migrants
Production Credits
Inglourious Basterds
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