| Cloris Leachman  Born: 30-Apr-1926
Birthplace: Des Moines, IA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Phyllis and The Facts of Life Cloris Leachman grew up in Iowa, and began appearing on a local radio show when she was 11. By the age of 17, she was a regular in Des Moines area amateur plays. In her early 20s, she was in the original Broadway run of South Pacific, and moonlighting on live TV anthologies such as Actor's Studio, Kraft Television Theatre, and Lux Video Theatre. She has been a regular cast member on at least ten television series, including the original Bob and Ray Show. She became famous as Mary Tyler Moore's nosy and neurotic neighbor Phyllis, and later had her own Phyllis spin-off. She replaced Charlotte Rae on The Facts of Life, and played Frankie Muñiz's grandmother on Malcolm in the Middle. Leachman has won seven Emmys in five categories.
In films, she played a dangerous hitchhiker in the noir classic Kiss Me Deadly, a hooker in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein. She won an Oscar as the lonely Ruth in The Last Picture Show.
In her youth, Leachman was a beauty queen, winning the title of Miss Chicago in 1946. At age 71, she appeared nude, in body paint, on the cover of Alternative Medicine magazine.
Father: Buck
Mother: Cloris
Sister: Claiborne Cary (actress)
Husband: George Englund (director, The Ugly American, m. 19-Apr-1953, div. 1979)
Son: Adam Englund
Son: Bryan Englund (b. 1956, d. 25-Feb-1986 accidental overdose)
Son: George Englund, Jr.
Son: Morgan Englund (actor, Guiding Light, b. 1964)
Daughter: Dinah Englund
University: Northwestern University (dropped out)
Beauty Contest Miss Chicago (1946)
Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1972 for The Last Picture Show
Golden Globe 1976 for Phyllis (television)
Emmy 1973 for A Brand New Life (single performance)
Emmy 1974 for Mary Tyler Moore (episode "The Lars Affair")
Emmy 1975 for Cher (single performance)
Emmy 1984 for Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration
Emmy 1998 for Promised Land (guest)
Emmy 2002 for Malcolm in the Middle (guest)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6435 Hollywood Blvd. (television)
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
TELEVISION
Malcolm in the Middle Ida (Lois's mother, 2001-06)
The Ellen Show Dot Richmond (2001-02)
Touched by an Angel Ruth (1997-2003)
The Facts of Life Beverly Ann Stickle (1986-88)
Phyllis Phyllis Lindstrom (1975-77)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Phyllis Lindstrom (1970-75)
Dr. Kildare Rhoda Kirsh (1965)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Women (12-Sep-2008)
Lake Placid 2 (28-Apr-2007)
Beerfest (25-Aug-2006)
Scary Movie 4 (12-Apr-2006)
Mrs. Harris (16-Sep-2005)
Sky High (29-Jul-2005)
The Longest Yard (27-May-2005)
Spanglish (17-Dec-2004)
Alex and Emma (16-Jun-2003)
Manna From Heaven (17-Jan-2003)
The Amati Girls (Oct-2000)
Hanging Up (16-Feb-2000)
Music of the Heart (6-Sep-1999)
The Iron Giant (31-Jul-1999) [VOICE]
Annabelle's Wish (21-Oct-1997) [VOICE]
Beavis and Butthead Do America (20-Dec-1996) [VOICE]
Now and Then (20-Oct-1995)
A Troll in Central Park (7-Oct-1994) [VOICE]
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (30-Oct-1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies (15-Oct-1993)
My Boyfriend's Back (6-Aug-1993)
In Broad Daylight (3-Feb-1991)
Texasville (28-Sep-1990)
Prancer (17-Nov-1989)
Walk Like a Man (17-Apr-1987)
My Little Pony: The Movie (20-Jun-1986) [VOICE]
Deadly Intentions (19-May-1985)
The Demon Murder Case (6-Mar-1983)
History of the World: Part I (12-Jun-1981)
Foolin' Around (17-Oct-1980)
Herbie Goes Bananas (25-Jun-1980)
The Oldest Living Graduate (7-Apr-1980)
Soggy Bottom, USA (1980)
Scavenger Hunt (21-Dec-1979)
S.O.S. Titanic (23-Sep-1979)
The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars (9-Feb-1979)
High Anxiety (25-Dec-1977)
It Happened One Christmas (11-Dec-1977)
A Girl Named Sooner (18-Jun-1975)
Young Frankenstein (15-Dec-1974)
Death Sentence (2-Oct-1974)
Daisy Miller (22-May-1974)
The Migrants (3-Feb-1974)
Dillinger (2-Feb-1973)
The Last Picture Show (3-Oct-1971)
The People Next Door (26-Aug-1970)
WUSA (19-Aug-1970)
Lovers and Other Strangers (12-Aug-1970)
Silent Night, Lonely Night (16-Dec-1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (23-Sep-1969)
The Chapman Report (5-Oct-1962)
The Rack (2-Nov-1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (18-May-1955)
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