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Cloris Leachman (1926-2021) was an Oscar® winning American actress. In a career spanning over nine decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards®, a Daytime Emmy Award®, and an Academy Award®. Her IMDb page shows 287 acting credits from 1947 to 2021. This page will rank Cloris Leachman movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Cloris Leachman Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia On Cloris Leachman
1. Cloris Leachman was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1926. Her father is of Welsh ancestry, and her mother is of Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry.
2. Cloris Leachman attended Northwestern University. Two of her classmates were future thespians Paul Lynde, Patricia Neal, Martha Hyer, and Charlotte Rae.
3. Cloris Leachman began appearing on television and in films shortly after competing in 1946’s Miss America pageant. She finished in the Top 16.
4. Cloris Leachman along with Bill Mumy, is one of only two actors to appear in both The Twilight Zone (1959) and its second television revival, The Twilight Zone (2002).
5. Cloris Leachman’s final scene in The Last Picture Show (1971) was filmed in one take, with no rehearsal. After the first take, she said, “I can do better.” Peter Bogdanovich reportedly replied, “No, you can’t — you just won the Oscar”.
5A. Extra trivia for Bob. Cloris Leachman guest-starred in the second-to-last episode of Diagnosis Murder (1993), Diagnosis Murder: On the Beach (2001).
Check out Cloris Leachman’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I have always thought of Cloris Leachman as sort of an older version of Jenny McCarthy, Johnny Knoxville or Pauly Shore. That’s someone to me who will sink to any low so that you will notice them. Cloris is # 196 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the current list she has appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL THE COMEDIAN (2017)
5 DONALD SUTHERLAND Beerfest (2006)
7 ROBERT DE NIRO THE COMEDIAN (2017)
8 JOHN HURT History of the World: Part I (1981)
8 JOHN HURT New York, I Love You (2009)
17 MICHAEL MADSEN Scary Movie 4 (2006)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD Expecting Mary (2010)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Muppet Movie (1979)
39 RODDY MCDOWELL Scavenger Hunt (1979)
43 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Walk Like a Man (1987)
49 FRANK WELKER My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
51 BRUCE WILLIS Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Dillinger (1973)
58 ELI WALLACH New York, I Love You (2009)
58 ELI WALLACH The People Next Door (1970)
61 BURT REYNOLDS The Longest Yard (2005)
68 JOHN CARRADINE The Mouse and His Child (1977)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Young Frankenstein (1974)
71 NICOLAS CAGE THE CROODS (2013)
73 VAL KILMER American Cowslip (2009)
75 LIAM NEESON Ponyo (2008)
78 GENE HACKMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
84 BRUCE DERN American Cowslip (2009)
93 PETER USTINOV The Mouse and His Child (1977)
99 RIP TORN American Cowslip (2009)
100 JAMES CROMWELL The Longest Yard (2005)
101 M. EMMET WALSH The Iron Giant (1999)
102 ORSON WELLES History of the World: Part I (1981)
102 ORSON WELLES The Muppet Movie (1979)
110 JEFF BRIDGES Texasville (1990)
110 JEFF BRIDGES The Last Picture Show (1971)
122 DENNIS QUAID Crazy Mama (1975)
122 DENNIS QUAID I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (2018)
128 ROBERT MORLEY Scavenger Hunt (1979)
133 MERYL STREEP Music of the Heart (1999)
141 CANDICE BERGEN The Women (2008/I)
158 SHELLEY WINTERS The Chapman Report (1962)
181 MATT DAMON Ponyo (2008)
183 DAVID WARNER Hansel and Gretel (1987)
187 JAMES EARL JONES Scary Movie 4 (2006)
189 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Scavenger Hunt (1979)
192 STANLEY TUCCI GAMBIT (2012)
194 CHARLES DURNING The Muppet Movie (1979)
198 JOHN CUSACK ADULT WORLD (2014)
207 JEFF COREY Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
211 DANNY DEVITO My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
211 DANNY DEVITO THE COMEDIAN (2017)
213 JULIE CHRISTIE New York, I Love You (2009)
220 ELLEN BURSTYN The Last Picture Show (1971)
221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Manna from Heaven (2002)
223 JAMES COBURN The Muppet Movie (1979)
224 PAUL NEWMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
224 PAUL NEWMAN The Rack (1956)
224 PAUL NEWMAN WUSA (1970)
228 JOHN RATZENBERGER Going to the Chapel (1988)
229 KURT RUSSELL Charley and the Angel (1973)
229 KURT RUSSELL Sky High (2005)
233 ANDY GARCIA New York, I Love You (2009)
234 RANDY QUAID Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)
234 RANDY QUAID Texasville (1990)
234 RANDY QUAID The Last Picture Show (1971)
235 KEITH CARRADINE The Californians (2005)
236 PAUL SORVINO The Amati Girls (2000)
237 PETER FALK American Cowslip (2009)
238 COLIN FIRTH Gambit (2012)
241 GEOFFREY LEWIS Dillinger (1973)
243 LESLIE NIELSEN Scary Movie 4 (2006)
244 ED LAUTER The Longest Yard (2005)
256 BILL PAXTON Crazy Mama (1975)
257 TOM KENNY SKY HIGH (2005)
273 SAM ELLIOTT Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
273 SAM ELLIOTT Prancer (1989)
275 CAROL KANE The Muppet Movie (1979)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON Manna from Heaven (2002)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON The Muppet Movie (1979)
282 BILL PULLMAN Scary Movie 4 (2006)
283 RICHARD DREYFUSS Dillinger (1973)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
303 CLAIRE BLOOM The Chapman Report (1962)
308 ED BEGLEY JR. Charley and the Angel (1973)
322 ROBERT REDFORD Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
324 WILLIAM H. MACY Foolin’ Around (1980)
339 TIM CURRY The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
340 MELANIE GRIFFITH Now and Then (1995)
343 PETER BOYLE Young Frankenstein (1974)
346 GARY BUSEY Foolin’ Around (1980)
352 TELLY SAVALAS The Muppet Movie (1979)
357 BURT YOUNG New York, I Love You (2009)
359 BRENDAN FRASER Now and Then (1995)
360 NIGEL HAWTHORNE History of the World: Part I (1981)
369 STEVE MARTIN The Muppet Movie (1979)
376 DAVID PAYMER Alex & Emma (2003)
381 CATE BLANCHETT Ponyo (2008)
385 EDDIE ALBERT Foolin’ Around (1980)
385 EDDIE ALBERT Yesterday (1981)
388 DEMI MOORE Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
388 DEMI MOORE Now and Then (1995)
393 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Never Too Late (1997)
405 HAL HOLBROOK The People Next Door (1970)
410 JEFF DANIELS Love Hurts (1990)
415 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
421 BILLY BOB THORNTON Bad Santa (2003)
433 CHARLIE SHEEN Scary Movie 4 (2006)
441 TERI GARR Young Frankenstein (1974)
445 JAMES GAMMON The Iron Giant (1999)
462 STUART WHITMAN Crazy Mama (1975)
463 JURGEN PROCHNOW Beerfest (2006)
477 LIN SHAYE American Cowslip (2009)
480 DIANE LADD American Cowslip (2009)
480 DIANE LADD The Steagle (1971)
480 DIANE LADD WUSA (1970)
483 SIGOURNEY WEAVER You Again (2010)
485 DICK MILLER Crazy Mama (1975)
492 JANE FONDA The Chapman Report (1962)
499 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD The Iron Giant (1999)
518 JOHN VERNON Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
521 NATALIE PORTMAN New York, I Love You (2009)
527 LOIS SMITH THE COMEDIAN (2017)
538 HANK AZARIA NOW AND THEN (1995)
549 VINCENT PRICE Scavenger Hunt (1979)
554 PAT HINGLE WUSA (1970)
572 SALLY KELLERMAN The Mouse and His Child (1977)
577 ROBERT STACK Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
578 DEBI MAZAR The Women (2008/I)
588 LOUISE FLETCHER Manna from Heaven (2002)
590 ETHAN HAWKE New York, I Love You (2009)
604 LUKE WILSON Alex & Emma (2003)
608 MARK HAMILL Castle in the Sky (1986)
613 DABNEY COLEMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
614 ROB SCHNEIDER The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
614 ROB SCHNEIDER The Longest Yard (2005)
615 CHRISTINA RICCI New York, I Love You (2009)
615 CHRISTINA RICCI Now and Then (1995)
619 CAMERON DIAZ Gambit (2012)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Walk Like a Man (1987)
626 BEN JOHNSON Dillinger (1973)
626 BEN JOHNSON The Last Picture Show (1971)
630 CLIFTON JAMES WUSA (1970)
631 DIANE KEATON Hanging Up (2000)
631 DIANE KEATON Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
654 MICHAEL CONSTANTINE Prancer (1989)
654 MICHAEL CONSTANTINE The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
657 RICHARD MASUR Scavenger Hunt (1979)
660 LEE MARVIN The Rack (1956)
675 DOM DELUISE A Troll in Central Park (1994)
675 DOM DELUISE History of the World: Part I (1981)
675 DOM DELUISE The Muppet Movie (1979)
676 JAY O. SANDERS Music of the Heart (1999)
676 JAY O. SANDERS My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
677 ANTHONY PERKINS WUSA (1970)
687 STEPHEN MCHATTIE THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR (1970)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND Crazy Mama (1975)
696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS You Again (2010)
702 PAUL DOOLEY My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
705 CHRIS COOPER New York, I Love You (2009)
719 WALTER MATTHAU Hanging Up (2000)
734 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
737 LILY TOMLIN Ponyo (2008)
737 LILY TOMLIN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
762 ANNETTE BENING The Women (2008/I)
780 JOHN DEHNER The Chapman Report (1962)
781 WARREN OATES Dillinger (1973)
783 DEE BRADLEY BAKER PONYO (2008)
786 CARRIE FISHER The Women (2008/I)
794 ALEX ROCCO Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
796 KATE HUDSON ALEX & EMMA (2003)
809 SEAN YOUNG The Amati Girls (2000)
813 ROD TAYLOR The Rack (1956)
825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF The People Next Door (1970)
828 JACK ELAM Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
828 JACK ELAM The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991)
841 VICTOR GARBER YOU AGAIN (2010)
872 JANEANE GAROFALO NOW AND THEN (1995)
887 MADELINE KAHN High Anxiety (1977)
887 MADELINE KAHN History of the World: Part I (1981)
887 MADELINE KAHN My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
887 MADELINE KAHN The Muppet Movie (1979)
887 MADELINE KAHN Young Frankenstein (1974)
889 BRADLEY COOPER New York, I Love You (2009)
901 JANE LYNCH THE CALIFORNIANS (2005)
903 JERRY STILLER LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (1970)
905 WILLIAM FICHTNER The Longest Yard (2005)
907 WALTER PIDGEON The Rack (1956)
914 GLYNIS JOHNS The Chapman Report (1962)
918 ANGELA BASSETT MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999)
919 AIDAN QUINN Music of the Heart (1999)
942 BILLY CRYSTAL THE COMEDIAN (2017)
945 MANDY PATINKIN Castle in the Sky (1986)
947 MOLLY SHANNON SCARY MOVIE 4 (2006)
956 LEE GRANT The Amati Girls (2000)
961 CATHERINE KEENER The Croods (2013)
974 EDMOND O’BRIEN The Rack (1956)
975 RICHARD JAECKEL Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
1000 FRED WILLARD EXPECTING MARY (2010)
Cloris has appeared with 35 Oscar winners considering all the silly pics she’s been in.
BEN JOHNSON Dillinger (1973)
BEN JOHNSON The Last Picture Show (1971)
CATE BLANCHETT Ponyo (2008)
CHRIS COOPER New York, I Love You (2009)
COLIN FIRTH Gambit (2012)
DIANE KEATON Hanging Up (2000)
DIANE KEATON Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
EDMOND O’BRIEN The Rack (1956)
ELLEN BURSTYN The Last Picture Show (1971)
EMMA STONE THE CROODS (2013)
GENE HACKMAN Young Frankenstein (1974)
GIG YOUNG Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
JAMES COBURN The Muppet Movie (1979)
JANE FONDA The Chapman Report (1962)
JEFF BRIDGES Texasville (1990)
JEFF BRIDGES The Last Picture Show (1971)
JOANNE WOODWARD WUSA (1970)
JULIE CHRISTIE New York, I Love You (2009)
KATE HUDSON ALEX & EMMA (2003)
LEE GRANT The Amati Girls (2000)
LEE MARVIN The Rack (1956)
LOUISE FLETCHER Manna from Heaven (2002)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
MERYL STREEP Music of the Heart (1999)
NATALIE PORTMAN New York, I Love You (2009)
NICOLAS CAGE THE CROODS (2013)
OCTAVIA SPENCER BAD SANTA (2003)
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Never Too Late (1997)
PATRICIA NEAL Happy Mother’s Day, Love George (1973)
PAUL NEWMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
PAUL NEWMAN The Rack (1956)
PAUL NEWMAN WUSA (1970)
PETER USTINOV The Mouse and His Child (1977)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Dillinger (1973)
ROBERT DE NIRO THE COMEDIAN (2017)
RUTH GORDON SCAVENGER HUNT (1979)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Chapman Report (1962)
SHIRLEY JONES Manna from Heaven (2002)
WALTER MATTHAU Hanging Up (2000)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for taking the time and putting these lists together.
2. Interesting breakdown on her. I will be thinking about those thoughts the next time I see her in a movie.
3. Needless to say, I was very surprised she cracked the Top 1000….heck even crossing the Top 200….I did not see that coming at all.
4. Paul Newman is in a tie for most frequent Oracle co-star. Austin Pendleton is another tied for the top spot…seems I keep running into him….either in books or movies that I watched.
5. And then I see Madeline Kahn and her 5 movies…but Paul and Austin should be proud too….lol.
6. 35 Oscar winning co-stars is pretty good…with a new yearly range.
Good stuff as always.
On top of her hefty film career detailed in the charts above Cloris has been highly prolific as well in 42 television movies and 91 diverse other TV productions; and she has performed in 23 stage presentations.
Her television appearances include two episodes of The Virginian in the 1960s and later participations in the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her theatrical credits include classics like Young Frankenstein; South Pacific; Come Back Little Sheba; Showboat and The Crucible.
Cloris has a current net worth of $10 million and IMDB credits he with 25 acting awards and 40 nominations. My favorite movie performances by her are in Kiss Me Deadly; WUSA; Last Picture Show; Butch Cassidy; and The Rack. At the age of 94 she is still going strong and has in the pipeline 4 movies at post-production stage and is currently filming Croods 2 in which she again has a voice role.
The Dick Van Dyke episode mentioned in the trivia section above “On the Beach” was enjoyable for me but the plot was in effect stolen from Hitchcock’s classic 1954 Rear Window with an invalided Dr Sloan [Dick] as the Jimmy Stewart character witnessing a murder when he is convalescing; and Cloris as his comical minder is sort of an amalgamation of Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter.
In On the Beach Dick’s actor son in both real life and the episode [Barry Van Dyke] is the detective character played by Wendell Cory in the 1954 movie. The Raymond Burr murderous character from the movie is a modern youngish loutish ‘smart ass’ in the Van Dyke episode. [“Dr Mark Sloan witnesses what he believes to be a murder while spying on his neighbours.” – IMDB production notes]
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on Cloris Leachman. She helps cross out two different lists I am working on…the Joel list and Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners. Thanks for the information on her television work and her net worth. Good breakdown of her work with Dick Van Dyke. That sounds like a pretty interesting show. WoC just watched Rear Window for the first time only a few weekends ago. I agree with your comment about her being 94 and still going strong. I could not believe how many projects she has in post production right now. As always good stuff.
I have seen 8 Cloris Leachman movies, 5 of them in the top top 10 and all of them in the top 20.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Last Picture Show.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Croods.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Dillinger.
Favourite Cloris Leachman Movies:
The Last Picture Show
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Young Frankenstein
High Anxiety
Kiss Me Deadly
Other Cloris Leachman Movies I Have Seen:
The Muppet Movie
The Chapman Report
Dillinger
I loved The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I was never really a fan of Leachman’s spinoff Phyllis.
Hey Flora. Thanks for the feedback on our Cloris Leachman page. Tally count…33 for me and 8 for you. All of your 8 are pre-1980. I have seen 9 of her pre-1980s movies. The Croods was pretty entertaining…though Leachman’s character is pretty forgettable….but I am glad she is returning for the sequel. I have seen all 5 of your favorites…..with Butch and Sundance being one of my all-time favorite movies. As for her tv show…I guess I had forgotten she had a spinoff show from the Mary Tyler Moore Show…I remember Rhoda but not Phyliss. Good stuff as always.
Another great UMR page by the wizard.
Good job.
Again don’t worry you will pass, because this is what you want to do.
I am sure every person writing to you here at UMR have the utmost faith in you.
We need people to teach our students.
Thx
Mike
Thank you Mike. I appreciate the kind words. All the stress of the last week is now gone….I am back to being a calm cool and collective person…lol. I just added one of your 1958 suggestions to the database…Dunkirk…will be in the database as soon as the update is completed. I will research the others very soon. Dunkirk did terrible in the USA, but much better overseas. Good stuff as always.
Ok….I said in another comment that there would not be a new page until Friday (due to me having to study)….but I got tired of studying….so I thought….I could knock out a quick page. I looked through my Rating the Movie Stars by the legendary Joel Hirshhorn, and saw the Cloris Leachman section in the book. I counted the movies in her resume up until that point (1983)…and the answer was 23…and most of those 23 were already in the data. So I picked her to write about tonight..thinking that 23 was probably the majority of her movies. And just like how the rest of this week has gone…..I was wrong again! Cloris Leachman has been one of the busiest actresses working, even in her 90s. She has almost 300 IMDb credits….and in the end this is a 70 movie page…..of in which I have seen 33.