BRUCE R. MILLER EDITOR'S NOTE: Iowa native Cloris Leachman was always always up for entertaining folks -- one on one, in large groups or on television. Bruce Miller talked with her several times during her career. In 2011, she was a supporting actress on "Raising Hope." Here's a story from that time. LOS ANGELES â For the better part of a day, Cloris Leachman stood on the set of âRaising Hopeâ with a lampshade on her head. Others might have thought it odd. But for Leachman, it was just another day at the office. âI'm the Harpo Marx of the cast,â she later says with a laugh â one of many. âLast night, I was sitting on the toilet. They pay me thousands and thousands of dollars to do this and when it comes time for me to say lines, they'll yell them at me. It's what you do to a 6- or 7-year-old. I'm like an Olsen twin.â