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Cloris Leachman Wiki Biography

• Cloris Leachman was born in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, on 30 April 1926, and is of partly Czech descent. 
• Cloris is an actress best known for being the star of the movie “The Last Picture Show,” for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. 
• Many remember her for her role in different Mel Brooks movies, too. 
• All her efforts have led to getting her net worth to where it is today. 
• As of early 2016, sources estimate her net worth to be $21 million, much of which was earned through a lucrative acting career. 
• She has worked for TV, film, and theater, and she has received eight Primetime Emmy Awards, most of all. 
• She also published an autobiography, in addition to her acting roles, which helped to increase her income. 
• Leachman attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, then studied at the State University of Illinois and then at Northwestern University, where she studied drama. 
• In 1946, she competed as Miss Chicago in Miss America, and the opportunity led her to receive a scholarship that then brought her way to acting opportunities. 
• In the 1970s, Leachman collaborated with Mel Brooks to collaborate on “Young Frankenstein,” “High Anxiety,” and “The Nutt House,” three of his films. 
• “Cloris also acted as a voice, giving her voice to different animations such as “My Little Pony: The Movie,” “The Iron Giant,” “Castle in the Sky,” and “Gen 13. 
• She has been seen in “The Longest Yard,” “Two and a Half Men,” and also in the seventh season of “Dancing with the Stars,” in which she is the oldest female to compete for her most recent roles. 
• The success of Chloris can be measured by her appearance in almost 80 films and well over 100 TV productions during a career that now stretches nearly 70 years. 
• It is known that Leachman married George Englund from 1953 to 1979 for her personal life. 
• They have five kids, of whom four are sons. 
• In an interview, she mentioned that she was agnostic, before declaring herself an atheist later on. 
• Her granddaughter, Anabel Englund, is a musician, while the actress and singer was her niece, Claiborne Cary. 
• Cloris has an honorary degree from the University of Northwestern as well. 
• “IMDB Wikipedia’ High Anxiety “Kiss Me Deadly” “Lassie” “The Nutt House” “The Rack” “Young Frankenstein” $21 Million 1926 1926-4-30 5 ’51⁄2″ (1.66 m) 8 Film Critic Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1971) Actress Stage Actress ADAM Alicia Vikander Alison Owen Anabel Englund April 30 BAFTA Award Bryan Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Butch (1974) 

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Cloris Leachman Quotes

• [on receiving the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, 1972] I’m at a point where I’m free to go out and have a little fun with my career. Some Oscar winners have dropped out of sight, as if they were standing on a trapdoor. Others picked it up and ran with it. I’m going to run with it.

Cloris Leachman Important Facts

• She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6435 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 20, 1980.
• Was the 70th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Last Picture Show (1971) at The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972) on April 10, 1972.
• Release of her clothing line, “Cloris”. [April 2009]
• Her maternal grandmother was of Bohemian (Czech) descent, while her other grandparents had English ancestry.
• Ex-niece-in-law of Jack Albertson.
• Ex-daughter-in-law of Mabel Albertson.
• Grandmother of Skye Englund.
• Has appeared with Eileen Brennan in four films: The Last Picture Show (1971), Daisy Miller (1974), Going to the Chapel (1988) and Texasville (1990).
• Has appeared with Madeline Kahn in five films: Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), The Muppet Movie (1979), History of the World: Part I (1981) and My Little Pony: The Movie (1986).
• Had guest-starred in the second-to-last episode of Diagnosis Murder (1993), Diagnosis Murder: On the Beach (2001).
• Was 5 months pregnant with her son Adam Englund when she completed filming Kiss Me Deadly (1955).
• Revealed during an interview promoting her movie Gambit (2012) that she had suffered a miscarriage during the filming of an undisclosed television series.
• Became a vegetarian at the age of 35.
• Ranked #23 on the TV Guide Network special, Funniest Women on TV (2011).
• Born in Polk Co., daughter of Berkeley Claiborne “Buck” Leachman (1903-1956) and wife Cloris Wallace (1901-1967).
• She was awarded the 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Guest Artist for her performance in the play, “Twigs”, at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1987 inductee of the Theodore Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame.
• Tossed the coin flip for the 95th Rose Bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the University of Southern California Trojans on January 1, 2009.
• Served as Grand Marshal of the 120th Rose Parade on January 1, 2009.
• Along with Bill Mumy, she is one of only two actors to appear in both The Twilight Zone (1959) and its second television revival, The Twilight Zone (2002).
• Has won nine Emmy Awards (including one Daytime Emmy Award), more than any actor or actress.
• Has five grandchildren (including granddaughter Skye Englund).
• On Christmas Eve of 1962, she appeared in three prime-time television series as a guest star: 1. Stoney Burke: Cousin Eunice (1962) 2. Saints and Sinners: A Night of Horns and Bells (1962) 3. The New Loretta Young Show: Anything for a Laugh (1962).
• Attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa
• She is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
• Close friend of Phyllis Love. They attended Roosevelt High School, together, in Des Moines, Iowa.
• Her classmates at the Drama Department of Northwestern University included Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon.
• Mother, with George Englund, of actors Adam Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund Jr., Morgan Englund and actress Dinah Englund.
• Older sister of chanteuse Claiborne Cary.
• Posed “au natural” on the cover of “Alternative Medicine Digest” (issue 15, 1997) body painted with images of fruit adorning her nakedness. This was a parody, or imitation, of the famous Demi Moore body painted nude Vanity Fair photo.
• One son, Bryan Englund, died of an overdose of ulcer medication in 1986.
• Miss Chicago of 1946 – Miss America contest.
• Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

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