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Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winning actress, passes away aged 94 Cloris Leachman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California The Associated Press January 28, 2021 08:57:35 IST Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in The Last Picture Show and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein and self-absorbe...

Cloris Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the “The Last Picture Show” and Emmys for her comedic work in “The Mary Tyler Moore

A character actor of extraordinary range, Leachman defied typecasting. In her early television career, she appeared as the mother of Timmy on the Lassie series. She played a frontier prostitute in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a crime spree family member in Crazy Mama, and Blücher in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, in which the very mention of her name made horses whinny. Despite her photogenic looks, she continued to be cast in character parts. Her most indelible role was Phyllis Linds...

LOS ANGELES — Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show” and a comedic delight as the fearsome Fr

Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show” and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in...

She was known for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in ‘The Last Picture Show’ and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in ‘Young Frankenstein’