# List of Cloris Leachman performances

The following is the list of film, television and theatre credits of American actress Cloris Leachman. She appeared in films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Last Picture Show (1971), Young Frankenstein (1974), Yesterday (1981), A Troll in Central Park (1994), Now and Then (1995), Spanglish (2004), New York, I Love You (2008), and The Croods (2013). Her television work included her reoccurring role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1975) which then led to her own spinoff, Phyllis (1975–1977). She starred in the ABC Afterschool Special The Woman Who Willed a Miracle in 1983 and appeared on The Facts of Life (1986–1988), Malcolm in the Middle (2001–2006), and Raising Hope (2010–2014).

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | Carnegie Hall | Dancing Nightclub Patron | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Christina Bailey | |
| 1956 | The Rack | Caroline | |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report | Miss Selby | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Agnes | |
| 1970 | WUSA | Philomene | |
| 1970 | The People Next Door | Tina Hoffman | |
| 1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers | Bernice Henderson | |
| 1971 | The Steagle | Rita Weiss | |
| 1971 | The Last Picture Show | Ruth Popper | |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Nettie Appleby | |
| 1973 | Dillinger | Anna Sage | |
| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Ronda | |
| 1974 | Daisy Miller | Mrs. Ezra Miller | |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Frau Blücher | |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Melba Stokes | |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child | Euterpe | Voice |
| 1977 | High Anxiety | Nurse Diesel | |
| 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars | Claire Porter | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Lord's Secretary | |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Mildred Carruthers | |
| 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas | Aunt Louise Trends | |
| 1980 | Foolin' Around | Samantha | |
| 1981 | Yesterday | Mrs. Kramer | |
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Madame Defarge | |
| 1981 | My Strange Uncle | | IMAX Short film |
| 1986 | Shadow Play | Millie Crown | |
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Hydia | Voice |
| 1986 | Castle in the Sky | Dola | Voice, English dub |
| 1987 | Hansel and Gretel | Griselda | |
| 1987 | Walk Like a Man | Margaret Shand | |
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel | Mrs. Haldane | |
| 1989 | Prancer | Mrs. McFarland | |
| 1990 | Texasville | Ruth Popper | |
| 1991 | Love Hurts | Ruth Weaver | |
| 1991 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Narrator / The Elder Amy | |
| 1991 | Picture This | | Documentary |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Maggie The Zombie Expert | |
| 1993 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Daisy May "Granny" Moses | |
| 1994 | A Troll in Central Park | Gnorga | Voice |
| 1995 | Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | | Documentary |
| 1995 | Now and Then | Grandma Albertson | |
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Old Woman on Plane and Bus | Voice |
| 1996 | Never Too Late | Olive | |
| 1997 | Annabelle's Wish | Aunt Agnes | Voice |
| 1999 | Gen$^{13}$ | Helga | Voice |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Mrs. Tensedge | Voice |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Assunta Guaspari | |
| 2000 | Hanging Up | Pat Mozell | |
| 2001 | The Amati Girls | Dolly Amati | |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Helen | |
| 2003 | Alex & Emma | Grandmother | |
| 2003 | Bad Santa | Grandma | Uncredited |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Evelyn Wright | |
| 2005 | Buzz | | Documentary |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Lynette | |
| 2005 | Sky High | Nurse Spex | |
| 2005 | The Californians | Eileen Boatwright | |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Mrs. Norris | |
| 2006 | Beerfest | Great Gam Gam | |
| 2008 | The Women | Maggie | |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Mitzie | Segment: "Joshua Marston" |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Sandy | |
| 2009 | Ponyo | Kayo | Voice, English dub |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Mrs. Himmelstein | Scenes cut |
| 2010 | Expecting Mary | Annie | |
| 2010 | You Again | Helen Sullivan | Uncredited |
| 2011 | The Fields | Gladys | |
| 2012 | Gambit | Grandma Merle | |
| 2012 | Adult World | Mary Anne | |
| 2012 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Dottie Rounder | |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Brand X Lunch Lady | Voice |
| 2013 | The Croods | Gran | Voice |
| 2015 | The Wedding Ringer | Grandma Palmer | |
| 2015 | This Is Happening | Estelle | |
| 2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | Ms. Fielder | |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2015 | Baby, Baby, Baby | Evelyn Zingerelli | |
| 2016 | So B. It | Alice Wilinsky | |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull | Lillian Forrester | |
| 2016 | The Comedian | May Conner | |
| 2016 | Recalculating | Texter | Short film |
| 2017 | The Gilksmans | Helen Neuman | |
| 2018 | I Can Only Imagine | Memaw Leona Millard | |
| 2018 | Lez Bomb | Josephine | |
| 2018 | It's Who You Know | Liz | Short film |
| 2019 | When We Last Spoke | Itasca | |
| 2020 | The Croods: A New Age | Gran | Voice |
| 2020 | Jump, Darling | Margaret | |
| 2021 | High Holiday | Nana | Posthumous release |
| 2021 | Not to Forget | Donna | Posthumous release; final film role |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Dora the Maid | Episode: "Night Must Fall" |
| 1949 | Hold It Please | Herself – Panelist | Canceled after 3 episodes |
| 1950 | The Nash Airflyte Theater | Tuppence Blunt | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Lady" |
| 1950–1952 | Charlie Wild, Private Detective | Effie Perrine | 57 episodes |
| 1950–1954 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1951 | Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | Mildred Rodgers | Episode: "Of Human Bondage" |
| 1951 | Studio One | Mrs. Adams | Episode: "Screwball" |
| 1951–1952 | Suspense | Various | 6 episodes |
| 1952 | Bob and Ray | Herself | Series regular |
| 1952 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Martha Berry | Episode: "Forgotten Children" |
| 1953–1954 | Pond's Theater | Various | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse | Irma | Episode: "Life of Vernon Hathaway" |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Susan Stanger | Season 1 Episode 2: "Premonition" |
| 1955, 1958 | Climax! | Anne Colt / Mrs. Sullivan | 2 episodes |
| 1955, 1962 | General Electric Theatre | Miriam Raskin / Leah Beth | 2 episodes |
| 1956 | Lux Video Theatre | Dottie | Episode: "A Marriage Day" |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Martha Jessop | Episode: "You Only Run Once" |
| 1956, 1961 | Gunsmoke | Boni / Flory Tibbs | 2 episodes |
| 1957 | Telephone Time | Molly Brown | Episode: "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" |
| 1957–1958 | Lassie | Ruth Martin | 28 episodes |
| 1958 | The Frank Sinatra Show | Helen Wasson | Episode: "The Brownstone Incident" |
| 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mary Templeton | Season 4 Episode 2: "Don't Interrupt" |
| 1959 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Rita Wallace | Episode: "The Dark Room" |
| 1960 | The Man in the Moon | Herself – Performer | Variety special |
| 1960 | Johnny Staccato | Jessica Winthrop | Episode: "Solomon" |
| 1960 | Rawhide | Mary Ann Belden | Episode: "Incident of the Arana Sacar" |
| 1960 | Thriller | Beatrice | Episode: "Girl with a Secret" |
| 1960 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Ann Barchester | Episode: "The Medicine Man" |
| 1960 | Outlaws | Maddy | 2 episodes |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Marilyn Parker | Episode: "The Mask of Vengeance" |
| 1960 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Martha | Episode: "The Indian Captive" |
| 1960–1961 | The Loretta Young Show | Ruth Harron / Ella | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Hawaiian Eye | Ginny Whittier | Episode: "Man in a Rage" |
| 1961 | The Donna Reed Show | Iris | Episode: "Mouse at Play" |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus | Anna | Episode: "The Hunter and the Hunted" |
| 1961 | Twilight Zone | Mrs. Fremont | Episode: "It's a Good Life" |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Katie Cortner | Episode: "The Fixer" |
| 1961 | The Untouchables | Billie Mailer | Episode: "Jigsaw" |
| 1961–1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Meg Bent | Episode: "The Doctor" |
| 1962 | Target: The Corruptors! | Betty | Episode: "The Wrecker" |
| 1962 | Route 66 | Lydia | Episode: "Love is a Skinny Kid" |
| 1962 | Laramie | Sarah | Episode: "Trial by Fire" |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Nancy Lee Davis | Episode: "The Nancy Lee Davis Story" |
| 1962 | The New Breed | Elsie Condon | Episode: "Judgement at San Belito" |
| 1962 | The Untouchables | Julie Liemer | Episode: "Man in the Middle" |
| 1962 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Joan Lindsay | Episode: "Night Panic" |
| 1962 | Going My Way | Karen Murdock | Episode: "Keep an Eye on Santa Claus" |
| 1962 | The New Loretta Young Show | Sugar Burnside | Episode: "Anything for a Laugh" |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | Eunice Stocker | Episode: "Cousin Eunice" |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Helen Graham | Episode: "A Night of Horns and Bells" |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Caroline Hardy | Season 7 Episode 38: "Where Beauty Lies" |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Angela Simms | Episode: "Conflict of Interests" |
| 1965 | Mr. Novak | Dorothy Hummer | Two-part episode "Faculty Follies" |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Laurie Sherman | Episode: "The Caller" |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Isobel Ballentine | Episode: "Goodbye and Keep Cool" |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Rhoda Kirsh | 5 episodes |
| 1966 | Perry Mason | Gloria Shine | Episode: "The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper" |
| 1967 | Run for Your Life | Deborah Wilson | Episode: "The List of Alice McKenna" |
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Fay | Episode: "Plunder" |
| 1967 | The Road West | Amadee | Episode: "The Eighty-Seven Dollar Bride" |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Vera | Episode: "And A Killing Rode Into Town" |
| 1967, 1969 | The Virginian | Ellen McKinley / Clara | 2 episodes |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Judy | Episode: "Log 141: The Color TV Bandit" |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Vera Walker | Episode: "Nightmare" |
| 1968 | Mannix | Barker's Ex-Wife | Episode: "The Need of a Friend" |
| 1968 | Judd, for the Defense | Louise Lockhart | Episode: "Punishments, Cruel and Unusual" |
| 1969 | Ironside | Molly Strong | Episode: "Goodbye to Yesterday" |
| 1969 | Lancer | Angel Day / Hester McLaughlin | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Jean Cullen | Episode: "A Very Special Sailfish" |
| 1970 | That Girl | Sandi | Episode: "Don and Sandi and Harry and Snoopy" |
| 1970–1977 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom | 34 episodes |
| 1972 | Night Gallery | Mrs. Fulton | Episode: "You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore" |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Judith Eaton | Episode: "Witch, Witch, Burning Bright" |
| 1972 | Young Dr. Kildare | Julie's Mother | Episode: "The Night of the Intern" |
| 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | Mary Turner | CBS adaptation of Gershwin musical |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Phyllis Lindstrom | Episodes: "Rhoda's Wedding" (Part 1 & 2) |
| 1975–1977 | Phyllis | Phyllis Lindstrom | 48 episodes |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Queen Hippolyta | Episode: "The New Original Wonder Woman" |
| 1977 | The Muppet Show | Herself – Guest Star | Episode: "Cloris Leachman" |
| 1977 | Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera | Herself – Special Guest | Documentary |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Mrs. Elizabeth Jaffray | Miniseries |
| 1979 | The Associates | Mary Nicholson | Episode: "Mr. Marshall's Love Affair" |
| 1983 | ABC Afterschool Special | May Lemke | Episode: "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" |
| 1984–1985 | The Love Boat | Lisa Andersen / Karen Cooper | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Bess Dischinger | Episode: "Breakfast with Les and Bess" |
| 1986–1988 | The Facts of Life | Beverly Ann Stickle | 48 episodes |
| 1987 | Schoolhouse Rock! | Presenter | Direct to video; Goldenvision era videos only |
| 1987 | Our House | Miss Temple | Episode: "A Silent, Fallen Tree" |
| 1989 | The Nutt House | Ms. Frick / Mrs. Nutt | 10 episodes |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller | Grandma Margaret | Episode: "Scenes from a Grandma" |
| 1991 | Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show | Herself | Documentary |
| 1991 | The Simpsons | Mrs. Glick | Voice, episode: "Three Men and a Comic Book" |
| 1991 | Sunday Dinner | Georgianna Romani | Episode: "Whose House Is It Anyway?" |
| 1991–1992 | Walter & Emily | Emily Collins | 13 episodes |
| 1992–1993 | The Powers That Be | Enid Powers | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | The Nanny | Clara Mueller | Episode: "The Nanny-In-Law" |
| 1995 | Maybe This Time | Beasy McDonough | Episode: "Beasy Body" |
| 1996–1997 | Promised Land | Ethel Mooster | 2 episodes |
| 1997–2003 | Touched by an Angel | Ruth | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Thanks | Grammy Winthrop | 6 episodes |
| 2000 | The Norm Show | Mrs. Beaumont | Episode: "Norm vs. the Oldest Profession" |
| 2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Ruth Harper / Miss Storey | Episode: "Grandma's Shoes" |
| 2000 | Love & Money | Beverly Lapeer | Episode: "The Step Mummy" |
| 2001 | Diagnosis: Murder | Sudie (Nurse/Home Care Aid) | Episode: "On the Beach" |
| 2001–2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Grandma Ida | 11 episodes |
| 2001–2002 | The Ellen Show | Dot Richmond | 18 episodes |
| 2002 | The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion | Herself | Documentary |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Fremont | Episode: "It's Still a Good Life" |
| 2003 | Happy Family | Lois | Episode: "Mother and Child Reunion" |
| 2005 | Family Guy | Herself | Voice, episode: "Petarded" |
| 2005 | Two and a Half Men | Norma | Episode: "Madame and Her Special Friend" |
| 2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Aunt Olive | Episode: "The Cat" |
| 2007 | The Wedding Bells | Edith Fleischman | Episode: "The Fantasy" |
| 2008 | Comedy Central Roast | Herself | Episode: "Roast of Bob Saget" |
| 2008 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself – Celebrity contestant | 17 episodes |
| 2009 | The Office | Lily Hanaday | Episode: "Stress Relief" |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Ms. Edna Lachman | Episode: "Healing Time" |
| 2009–2014 | Phineas and Ferb | Anne Doofenshmirtz, Eliza Feyersied | Voice, 5 episodes |
| 2010–2014 | Raising Hope | Barbara June "Maw Maw" Thompson | 83 episodes |
| 2010 | Blue Mountain State | Professor's Mom | Episode: "Midterms" |
| 2010 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Episode: "Golden Gals"; special guest judge with Debbie Reynolds |
| 2012 | Top Gear | Herself | Episode: "Limos" |
| 2012 | Adventure Time | Old Marceline | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Kirstie | Shirley Kluszewski | Episode: "Little Bummer Boy" |
| 2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Peg | Episode: "Love Is All Around" |
| 2014 | Franklin & Bash | Irina Lottye Kruskal | Episode: "Spirits in the Material World" |
| 2014–2015 | Girl Meets World | Mrs. Svorski | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Creative Galaxy | Gallaria | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | The Millers | Louise | Episode: "Louise Louise" |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Ruth Tennenbaum | Episode: "Kuka'awale (Stakeout)" |
| 2016 | The Eleventh | Margaret | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Bob's Burgers | Meryl | Voice, episode: "Secret Admiral-irer" |
| 2016 | Royal Pains | Annette Bellamy | Episode: "The Good News Is..." |
| 2016 | Clarence | Cloris | Voice, episode: "Cloris" |
| 2017–2018 | Justice League Action | Granny Goodness | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | American Gods | Zorya Vechernyaya | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Elena of Avalor | Hool | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Teachers | Anne 'Memaw' Lucas | Episode: "Wedded Miss" |
| 2019 | Mad About You | Mrs. Alice Mandelbaum | Episode: "Boundaries and Nakedness" |

## Television films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1969 | Silent Night, Lonely Night | Ginny |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single | Joanne Hackett |
| 1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich | Ellen Blunt |
| 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | Mary Turner |
| 1973 | A Brand New Life | Victoria Douglas |
| 1973 | Crime Club | Hilary Kelton |
| 1973 | Dying Room Only | Jean Mitchell |
| 1974 | The Migrants | Viola Barlow |
| 1974 | Hitchhike! | Claire Stevens |
| 1974 | Thursday's Game | Lois Ellison |
| 1974 | Death Sentence | Susan Davies |
| 1975 | Someone I Touched | Laura Hyatt |
| 1975 | Ladies of the Corridor | Lulu Ames |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooner | Old Mam Hawes |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Mrs. Singleton |
| 1976 | The Love Boat | Iris Havlicek |
| 1977 | It Happened One Christmas | Clara Oddbody |
| 1978 | Long Journey Back | Laura Casella |
| 1979 | Willa | Darla Jean |
| 1979 | Mrs. R's Daughter | Ruth Randell |
| 1979 | S.O.S. Titanic | Molly Brown |
| 1981 | The Acorn People | Nurse Betty Nelson |
| 1981 | Advice to the Lovelorn | Maggie Dale |
| 1982 | Miss All-American Beauty | Agatha Blaine |
| 1983 | Dixie: Changing Habits | Sister Eugenio |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | Joan Greenway |
| 1984 | Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Mary Kovacs |
| 1985 | Deadly Intentions | Charlotte Raynor |
| 1985 | Blind Alleys | Fran Sato |
| 1985 | The Little Troll Prince | Queen Sirena (voice) |
| 1987 | The Facts of Life Down Under | Beverly Ann Stickle |
| 1990 | Fine Things | Ruth Fine |
| 1991 | In Broad Daylight | Ruth Westerman |
| 1991 | A Little Piece of Heaven | Edwina 'Ed' McKevin |
| 1993 | Spies | Pamela Beale |
| 1993 | Fade to Black | Ruth |
| 1993 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Aunt Agatha/Aunt Sofia |
| 1993 | Without a Kiss Goodbye | Mrs. Samuels |
| 1993 | Miracle Child | Doc Betty |
| 1995 | Between Love and Honor | Anna Collura |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris | Pearl 'Billie' Schwartz, Tarnower's Sister |
| 2007 | Lake Placid 2 | Sadie Bickerman |
| 2007 | Love Takes Wing | Hattie Clarence |

## Theater

* Ah, Wilderness! (Des Moines, 1942)
* Blithe Spirit (Northwestern University, 1943)
* Sundown Beach (Broadway, 1948)
* South Pacific (Broadway, 1951; month-long replacement for Martha Wright)
* Come Back, Little Sheba (Pre-Broadway tryout, 1950; left cast to star in As You Like It)
* As You Like It (Broadway, 1950)
* A Story for a Sunday Evening (Broadway, 1950; Won Theatre World Award)
* Lo and Behold! (Broadway, 1952)
* Dear Barbarians (Broadway, 1952)
* Sunday Breakfast (Broadway, 1952)
* The Day Before Spring (Palm Beach, Florida, 1953)
* The Crucible (Broadway, 1953; replacement for Madeleine Sherwood)
* King of Hearts (Broadway, 1954)
* A Touch of the Poet (Broadway, 1958; replacement for Kim Stanley)
* Masquerade (Broadway, 1959)
* Twigs (Marriott Theater in Lincolnshire, Illinois, 1978)
* The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
* Twigs (Drury Lane Theater, Water Tower Place, Chicago, Illinois 1981)
* High Spirits (Broadway opening eventually cancelled, 1981)
* A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (Drury Lane Theater, Water Tower Place, Chicago, Illinois 1983)
* A Little Family Business (Drury Lane Oak Brook, Illinois, 1985)
* A Fatal Weakness (Monaco, 1985)
* Grandma Moses: An American Primitive (US national tour, 1989)
* Show Boat (US national tour, 1994)
* Young Frankenstein (workshop for the musical, 2006)