Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and TV.

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April 30 - 1926

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Born in Des Moines, Iowa, she majored in drama at Northwestern University. Leachman began appearing on television and in films shortly following a run for Miss America as Miss Chicago in 1946.

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Des Moines, Iowa - Drama - Northwestern University - Miss America

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Leachman has won numerous awards during her lengthy career. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971's The Last Picture Show, based on the bestselling book by Larry McMurtry. She has also won seven primetime and one daytime Emmy Awards and been nominated 20 times for her work in television over the years, most notably as the character of Phyllis Lindstrom on the Mary Tyler Moore. The character was a fixture on the Mary Tyler Moore program for five years; she left Minneapolis in 1975 for a spinoff series, Phyllis for which she garnered a Golden Globe. In 1986, she returned to television, replacing Charlotte Rae as den mother on The Facts of Life. Leachman's role, playing Rae's sister, Beverly Ann Stickle, could not save the aging series and it was canceled two years later.

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Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress - The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry - Emmy Awards - Television - Mary Tyler Moore - Minneapolis - 1975 - Phyllis - Golden Globe - 1986 - Charlotte Rae - The Facts of Life

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Currently, she plays "Grandma Ida" on the Fox series Malcolm in the Middle. Other 2005 television credits include starring in the successful Lifetime Television mini-series Beach Girls with Rob Lowe and Julia Ormond. She received two Outstanding Guest Actress primetime Emmy nominations in 2005 including a fifth nomination for Malcolm in the Middle for comedy and a nod for the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia. In 2005, she was nominated for a SAG Award for her role as the wine-soaked jazz singer "Evelyn" in the Sony feature Spanglish opposite Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. The same year, she appeared in the big screen features The Longest Yard, and Sky High. In 2006, she will star with Sir Ben Kingsley and Annette Bening in the HBO special Mrs. Harris.

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Malcolm in the Middle - Lifetime Television - Rob Lowe - Julia Ormond - Joan of Arcadia - Spanglish - Adam Sandler - Tea Leoni - Ben Kingsley - Annette Bening

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She was married for several years to Hollywood impresario George Englund, with whom she had four sons and one daughter; one of her sons was previously married to Sharon Stone, making Leachman Stone's mother-in-law. The Englunds suffered the loss of one of their sons from a drug overdose in the 1980s. The couple divorced (reportedly due to Englund's affair with Joan Collins) and Ms. Leachman has never remarried. Leachman and Englund maintained close friendships over the years with Marlon Brando, Burgess Meredith, and a myriad of Tinseltown's "A" list. Leachman and her ex-husband have several grandchildren.

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Hollywood - Sharon Stone - Joan Collins - Marlon Brando - Burgess Meredith

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Ms. Leachman is a longtime resident of Pacific Palisades, California; she is a neighbor of actress Beatrice Arthur,

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Pacific Palisades, California - Beatrice Arthur

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but they are not close friends.

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On a recent episode of Family Guy, Peter Griffin imagines what he would do with a million dollars, and pictures himself legally purchasing and owning Clores Leachman

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Family Guy - Peter Griffin

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