Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021)[Note 1] was an American actress.[4]
Personal Life
She was in many stage plays, movies, and television programs. She won eight Primetime Emmy Awards and one Daytime Emmy Award. She was a vegetarian. Leachman was born in Des Moines, Iowa.
Leachman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for her role as Ruth Popper The Last Picture Show.
Death
Leachman died on January 27, 2021, at her home in Encinitas, California at the age of 94.[5] The cause of death was a stroke caused by COVID-19.[6][7]
Cloris Leachman Media
Jon Shepodd, Jon Provost, and Cloris Leachman in Lassie (1957)
Betty White (left) and Leachman (right) on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973)
Valerie Harper, Leachman, and Mary Tyler Moore in the finale of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1977)
Cloris Leachman, 2014
Leachman at at Vicki Abelson's "Women Who Write" event, November 2015
Notes
References
- ↑ Quinn, Dave. Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star, Dies at 94People. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Berkvist, Robert. Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and TV Comedy Star, Is Dead at 94 (January 27, 2021).
- ↑ Bernstein, Adam. Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actress who played Frau Blücher (neighhh!) in ‘Young Frankenstein,’ dies at 94.
- ↑ Cloris Leachman. Biography. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ Carmel Dagan. Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94. Variety (January 27, 2021). Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ↑ Cloris Leachman Died of a Stroke and COVID Was a Contributing Condition: Medical ExaminerPeople. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ Cloris Leachman's Cause of Death Was Stroke, COVID-19 ContributedEntertainment Online. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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