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  • Category Television

    Address 6435 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 09/22/1980

About
Cloris Leachman
Born:
1926-04-30,
Des Moines,
Iowa,
USA
Education:
Drama at Northwestern University, IL; il State University, IL
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards?more than any other performer?and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show. Her longest running role was the nosy, self-centered and manipulative landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s TV series Mary Tyler Moore, and later on the spinoff series, Phyllis. She also appeared in three Mel Brooks films, including Young Frankenstein. In recent years, she had a recurring role as Lois’s mother on Malcolm in the Middle.

Leachman was a contestant on Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Corky Ballas. At the age of 82, she was the oldest contestant to dance on the series.

Leachman was the grand marshal for the 2009 New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California. She presided over the 120th parade, the theme being “Hats Off to Entertainment”, and the 95th Rose Bowl game.

Leachman plays a supporting role in Raising Hope, a sitcom that premiered in the fall of 2010 on FOX. She and Tara Reid star in The Fields, which is set for release in 2011.

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