Cloris Leachman (Actor) – Overview, Biography

Name:Cloris Leachman
Occupation: Actor
Gender:Female
Height:166 cm (5′ 6”)
Birth Day: April 30,
1926
Age: 94
Birth Place: Des Moines,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, United States (94 years old). Cloris Leachman is an Actor, zodiac sign: Taurus. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: $10 Million.

Trivia

She appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2008.

Net Worth 2020

$10 Million
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Physique

HeightWeightHair ColourEye ColourBlood TypeTattoo(s)
166 cm (5′ 6”) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Before Fame

She represented Illinois in the Miss America competition and then began her acting career.

Biography

Biography Timeline

1946

As a teenager, Leachman appeared in plays by local youth on weekends at Drake University in Des Moines. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at Northwestern University in the School of Education. At Northwestern, she became a member of Gamma Phi Beta and was a classmate of future comic actors Paul Lynde and Charlotte Rae. She began appearing on television and in films shortly after competing in Miss America in 1946.

1953

From 1953 to 1979, Leachman was married to Hollywood impresario George Englund. Her former mother-in-law was character actress Mabel Albertson. The marriage produced five children, four sons and one daughter: Bryan (died 1986), Morgan, Adam, Dinah, and George. Some of them are in show business. Her son Morgan played Dylan on Guiding Light for several years.

1955

Leachman appeared in many live television broadcasts in the 1950s, including such programs as Suspense and Studio One. She made her feature-film debut as an extra in Carnegie Hall (1947), but had her first real role in Robert Aldrich’s film noir classic Kiss Me Deadly, released in 1955. Leachman was several months pregnant during the filming, and appears in one scene running down a darkened highway wearing only a trench coat. A year later, she appeared opposite Paul Newman and Lee Marvin in The Rack (1956). She appeared with Newman again in a brief role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

1958

She continued to work mainly in television, with appearances in Rawhide and in The Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life”, as well as the sequel “It’s Still a Good Life” in the 2002-2003 UPN series revival. During this period, Leachman appeared opposite John Forsythe on the popular anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents in an episode titled “Premonition”. She later appeared as Ruth Martin, Timmy Martin’s adoptive mother, in the last half of season four (1957) of Lassie. Jon Provost, who played Timmy, said, “Cloris did not feel particularly challenged by the role. Basically, when she realized that all she’d be doing was baking cookies, she wanted out.” She was replaced by June Lockhart in 1958.

1960

That same year, she appeared in an episode of One Step Beyond titled “The Dark Room”, in which she portrayed an American photographer living in Paris. In 1960, she played Marilyn Parker, the roommate of Janice Rule’s character, Elena Nardos, in the Checkmate episode “The Mask of Vengeance”. In 1966, she guest-starred on Perry Mason as Gloria Shine in “The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper”. In late 1970, Leachman starred in one episode of That Girl as Don Hollinger’s sister, Sandy.

1977

In 1977, she guest-starred on The Muppet Show, episode 2.24. In 1978, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theater. In 1987, she hosted the VHS releases of Schoolhouse Rock! and portrayed the evil witch Griselda for Disney’s Cannon Tales production of Hansel and Gretel. In 1986, she returned to television, replacing Charlotte Rae’s character Edna Garrett as the den mother in The Facts of Life. Leachman’s role as Edna’s sister, Beverly Ann Stickle, could not save the long-running series, and it was cancelled two years later.

1989

In 1989, Leachman starred on Brooks’ short-lived NBC sitcom The Nutt House in dual roles as head hotel housekeeper Mrs. Frick (a variation of the Frau Blücher character) and Mrs. Nutt, the senile owner of the hotel (who was only featured in the two-part pilot).

1997

In a parody of Demi Moore’s famous Vanity Fair magazine cover photo, Leachman posed nude on the cover of Alternative Medicine Digest in 1997, body-painted with images of fruit. A vegetarian, she also posed clad only in lettuce for a 2009 PETA advertisement. She starred in a comedic 2013 spay and neuter ad for PETA, opening a condom wrapper with her teeth.

1998

She has voice-acted in numerous animated films, including My Little Pony: The Movie (as the evil witch mother from the Volcano of Gloom), A Troll in Central Park (as Queen Gnorga), The Iron Giant, Gen¹³, and most notably as the voice of the cantankerous sky pirate Dola in Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 feature Castle in the Sky. Dubbed by Disney in 1998, Leachman’s performance in this film received nearly unanimous praise. Leachman played embittered, greedy, Slavic Canadian “Grandma Ida” on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, for which she won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (in 2002 and 2006). She was nominated for playing the character for six consecutive years. The win marked four consecutive decades with a Primetime Emmy Award for acting, dating back to the 1970s.

2005

Later television credits include the successful Lifetime Television miniseries Beach Girls with Rob Lowe and Julia Ormond. Leachman was nominated for a SAG Award for her role as the wine-soaked former jazz singer and grandmother Evelyn in the Sony feature Spanglish opposite Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni. She had replaced an ailing Anne Bancroft in the role. The film reunited her with the Mary Tyler Moore Show writer, producer, and director James L. Brooks. That same year, she appeared with Sandler again in the remake of The Longest Yard. She also appeared in the Kurt Russell comedy Sky High as a school nurse with X-ray vision. In 2005, she guest-starred as Charlie Harper’s neighbor Norma in an episode (“Madame and Her Special Friend”) of Two and a Half Men.

2006

In 2006, Leachman’s performance alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and Annette Bening in the HBO special Mrs. Harris earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie, as well as a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. On May 14, 2006, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Drake University.

2007

She auditioned to revive her role from Young Frankenstein in the 2007 Broadway production opposite Megan Mullally (who replaced Kristin Chenoweth) and Roger Bart. Andrea Martin was cast, instead. Brooks was quoted as saying that Leachman, at 81, was too old for the role. “We don’t want her to die on stage,” he told columnist Army Archerd, a statement to which Leachman took umbrage. However, due to Leachman’s success on Dancing with the Stars, Brooks reportedly asked her to reprise her role as Frau Blücher in the Broadway production of Young Frankenstein after the departure of Beth Leavel, who had succeeded Martin. The Broadway production closed before this could happen.

2009

Her autobiography Cloris: My Autobiography was published in March 2009. She wrote the bestselling book with Englund, her former husband.

2011

Leachman was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2011. That same year, she was ranked number 23 on the TV Guide Network special Funniest Women on TV.

2014

On June 20, 2014, Leachman received an honorary degree from her alma mater, Northwestern University.

2017

In 2017, she received PETA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to animal-rights issues.

Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Cloris Leachman is 96 years, 3 months and 18 days old. Cloris Leachman will celebrate 97th birthday on a Sunday 30th of April 2023.

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