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Acting

Cloris Leachman

Career: Active from 1952 to 2022, with a break from 1957 to 1968, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Last Picture Show
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 159 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Cloris Leachman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Tension
4.8, average 6.0
Psychological
4.6, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Social Commentary 8
Nostalgic 8
Family-Friendly 6
Historical Drama 5
Slapstick Comedy 4
Classic Sitcom 3
Eccentric Characters 3
Period Piece 3
Relationship Drama 3
Absurdist Situations 3
Inspirational Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

236

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 61

Jump, Darling

72

as Margaret

High Holiday

39

as Nana

Not to Forget

60

as Donna

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks

as Gran (voice)

The Croods: A New Age

68

as Gran (voice)

When We Last Spoke

68

as Itasca

2010s

36 titles · average score 55

I Can Only Imagine

63

as Memaw

American Gods

72

TV show · as Zorya Vechernyaya

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

30

as Maxine

So B. It

52

as Alice Wilinsky

Baby, Baby, Baby

59

as Actress

The Croods

66

as Gran (voice)

Gambit

32

as Grandma Merle

The Fields

52

as Gladys

Bob's Burgers

70

TV show · as Meryl (voice)

Raising Hope

83

TV show · as Maw Maw

Hawaii Five-0

69

TV show · as Ruth Tennenbaum

Hot in Cleveland

70

TV show · as Peg

2000s

29 titles · average score 55

Inglourious Basterds

81

Thanks

American Cowslip

49

as Sandy

The Women

34

as Maggie

Beerfest

53

as Great Gam Gam

The Office

80

TV show · as Lily Hanaday

Mrs. Harris

47

as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz

Spanglish

55

as Evelyn Wright

Two and a Half Men

67

TV show · as Norma

Manna from Heaven

47

as Helen

The Ellen Show

57

TV show · as Dot Richmond

The Amati Girls

38

as Dolly Amati

Malcolm in the Middle

87

TV show · as Ida Welker

1990s

36 titles · average score 57

The Iron Giant

87

as Mrs. Lynley Tensedge (voice)

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Cloris Leachman (voice)

Thanks

TV show · as Grammy Winthrop

Music of the Heart

61

as Assunta

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

68

as Old Woman On Plane and Bus (voice)

A Troll in Central Park

32

as Queen Gnorga (voice)

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

61

as Aunt Agatha / Aunt Sofia

The Beverly Hillbillies

41

as Granny

A Little Piece of Heaven

48

as Edwina 'Ed' McKevin

Walter & Emily

TV show · as Emily Collins

In Broad Daylight

73

as Ruth Westerman

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

62

as Narrator / The Elder Amy

1980s

27 titles · average score 59

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Mrs. Glick (voice)

The Nutt House

TV show · as Ms. Frick

Prancer

65

as Mrs. McFarland

Hansel and Gretel

67

as Griselda the Witch

Walk Like a Man

48

as Margaret Shand

The Facts of Life Down Under

62

as Beverly Ann Stickle

My Little Pony: The Movie

41

as Hydia (voice)

Love Is Never Silent

77

as Mrs. Anglin

Deadly Intentions

68

as Charlotte Raynor

History of the World: Part I

63

as Madame Defarge

Herbie Goes Bananas

49

as Louise Trends

S.O.S. Titanic

51

as Molly Brown

1970s

45 titles · average score 65

The Facts of Life

46

TV show · as Beverly Ann Stickle

High Anxiety

65

as Nurse Charlotte Diesel

The Mouse and His Child

63

as Euterpe (voice)

Phyllis

67

TV show · as Phyllis Lindstrom

Crazy Mama

70

as Melba

Young Frankenstein

85

as Frau Blücher

Daisy Miller

48

as Mrs. Ezra Miller

Hitchhike!

as Claire Stevens

Charley and the Angel

49

as Nettie Appleby

Dying Room Only

67

as Jean Mitchell

The Last Picture Show

88

as Ruth Popper

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Phyllis Lindstrom

1960s

26 titles · average score 66

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

79

as Agnes

Marcus Welby, M.D.

68

TV show · as Jean Cullen

Silent Night, Lonely Night

71

as Ginny

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Judy

Ironside

45

TV show · as Molly Strong

Mannix

71

TV show · as Barker's Ex-Wife

That Girl

45

TV show

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Clara

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Rhoda Kirsh

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Angela Simms

Route 66

48

TV show · as Lydia Manning

Thriller

74

TV show · as Beatrice Stafford

1950s

28 titles · average score 69

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Mrs. Fremont

One Step Beyond

67

TV show · as Rita Wallace

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show · as Iris

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Ann Barchester

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Gloria Shine

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Loretta

The Rack

61

as Caroline

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Martha Jessop

Life of Vernon Hathaway

as Irma

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Susan Stanger / Caroline Hardy

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Flory Tibbs / Boni

Lassie

64

TV show · as Ruth Martin

1940s

3 titles · average score 63

Suspense

62

TV show · as Margaret Sou / Ruth Shaw

Studio One

65

TV show · as Mrs. Adams

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Marianne Dashwood / Jenny Blanchard