Cloris Leachman, actress who won an Oscar for The Last Picture Show – obituary She impressed Charlie Chaplin while at drama school and went on to work with Peter Bogdanovich, Mel Brooks and Mary Tyler Moore Cloris Leachman Credit: Walt Disney Television Photo Archives Cloris Leachmann, the American actress, who has died aged 94, was never regarded as a star as such, yet by dint of her versatility, remarkable energy and easy talent enjoyed a career lasting more than 70 years on stage and screen, appearing in everything from Lassie to Young Frankenstein; along the way she picked up, almost unnoticed, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a record number of Emmy television awards and nominations.