Cloris Leachman Overview:

Actress, Cloris Leachman, was born on Apr 30, 1926 in Des Moines, IA. Leachman died at the age of 94 on Jan 27, 2021 in Encinitas, CA .

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Cloris Leachman was a thin-faced blonde American actress who appeared mostly in anguished roles, but was no slouch in screwball comedies. She was tremendously busy working on television from the late 1940s, and was hardly seen in film until she won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for "The Last Picture Show" which brought her wider recognition. Television called her back for featured (and sometimes starring) roles in many TV movies and shows of the 1970s and 1980's.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Cloris Leachman was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actress for The Last Picture Show (as Ruth Popper) in 1971.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1971Best Supporting ActressThe Last Picture Show (1971)Ruth PopperWon
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Leachman was inducted into the TV Hall of Fame .

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Cloris Leachman Quotes:

Christina Bailey: I could tolerate flabby muscles in a man, if it'd make him more friendly. You're the kind of person who never gives in a relationship, who only takes. Ah, woman, the incomplete sex. And what does she need to complete her?
[sarcastically]
Christina Bailey: One man, wonderful man!


Christina Bailey: You have only one real lasting love.
Mike Hammer: Now who could that be?
Christina Bailey: You. You're one of those self-indulgent males who thinks about nothing but his clothes, his car, himself. Bet you do push-ups every morning just to keep your belly hard.


Christina Bailey: Get me to that bus stop and forget you ever saw me. If we don't make it to the bus stop...
Mike Hammer: We will.
Christina Bailey: If we don't, remember me.


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Cloris Leachman Facts
Attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa

One son, Bryan Englund, died of an overdose of ulcer medication in 1986.

Served as Grand Marshal of the 120th Rose Parade on January 1, 2009.

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