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Cloris Leachman
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Biography
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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KinoChain journeys
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Acted
I Can Only Imagine
2018 · Memaw
The Bronx Bull
2016 · Lilian Forrester
Adult World
2014 · Mary Ann
Gambit
2012 · Grandma Merle
Sky High
2005 · Nurse Spex
Spanglish
2004 · Evelyn Wright
The Iron Giant
1999 · Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
1996 · Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)
Now and Then
1995 · Grandma Albertson
A Little Piece of Heaven
1991 · Edwina 'Ed' McKevin
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990 · Narrator / The Elder Amy
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Frau Blücher
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Agnes