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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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| 1971 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Win |
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| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1974 | Young Frankenstein (1974) | |
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| 1979 | The Muppet Movie (1979) |  |
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| 2013 | The Croods (2013) Voice Only |
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| 1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) | |
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| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | |
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| 1977 | High Anxiety (1977) |  |
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| 2003 | Bad Santa (2003) | |
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| 2005 | The Longest Yard (2005) | |
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| 1981 | History of the World: Part I (1981) | |
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| 1999 | The Iron Giant (1999) Voice Only |
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| 2005 | Sky High (2005) | |
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| 2020 | The Croods: A New Age (2020) Voice Only |
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| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 (2006) | |
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| 2008 | Ponyo (2008) | |
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| 2018 | I Can Only Imagine (2018) | |
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| 1962 | The Chapman Report (1962) |  |
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| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | |
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| 1995 | Now and Then (1995) | |
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| 1993 | The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) | |
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| 1973 | Dillinger (1973) | |
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| 2001 | The Animal (2001) | |
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| 2004 | Spanglish (2004) | |
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| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt (1979) |  |
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| 1989 | Prancer (1989) | |
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| 1986 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | |
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| 1999 | Music of the Heart (1999) | |
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| 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) | |
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| 2015 | The Wedding Ringer (2015) | |
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| 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) | |
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| 1986 | My Little Pony (1986) | |
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| 1970 | The People Next Door (1970) |  |
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| 1975 | Crazy Mama (1975) | |
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| 1980 | Foolin' Around (1980) | |
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| 2006 | Beerfest (2006) | |
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| 2016 | So B. It (2016) | |
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| 1974 | Daisy Miller (1974) | |
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| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child (1977) | |
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| 1988 | Going to the Chapel (1988) |  |
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| 2015 | This Is Happening (2015) | |
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| 1956 | The Rack (1956) | |
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| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) | |
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| 2017 | The Gliksmans (2017) | |
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| 2013 | Adult World (2013) |  |
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| 2015 | Baby Baby Baby (2015) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1991 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991) | |
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| 1990 | Texasville (1990) | |
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| 1973 | Charley and the Angel (1973) | |
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| 2000 | Hanging Up (2000) | |
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| 1970 | WUSA (1970) | |
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| 2002 | Manna from Heaven (2002) | |
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| 2010 | You Again (2010) | |
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| 2010 | A Very Mary Christmas (2010) |  |
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| 2016 | The Bronx Bull (2016) | |
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| 2003 | Alex & Emma (2003) | |
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| 1994 | A Troll in Central Park (1994) | |
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| 2008 | New York, I Love You (2008) | |
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| 2012 | Gambit (2012) | |
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| 1990 | Love Hurts (1990) | |
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| 2009 | American Cowslip (2009) | |
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| 1971 | The Steagle (1971) | |
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| 2016 | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016) | |
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| 2016 | The Comedian (2016) | |
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| 2015 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) | |
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| 1987 | Walk Like A Man (1987) |  |
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| 2008 | The Women (2008) | |
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| 2018 | Lez Bomb (2018) | |
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| 2011 | The Fields (2011) | |
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| 1986 | Shadow Play (1986) | |
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| 2000 | The Amati Girls (2000) | |
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| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back (1993) | |
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| 2012 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) | |
Cloris Leachman Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Cloris Leachman movies by her co-stars
- Sort Cloris Leachman movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
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- Sort Cloris Leachman movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Cloris Leachman movie received.
- Sort Cloris Leachman movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Win |
Ben Johnson & Jeff Bridges |
39.70 | 282.9 | 282.9 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Newman & Robert Redford |
100.10 | 828.4 | 1,015.2 | 1 | 79 | 07 / 04 | 99.2 | |
| 3 | Young Frankenstein (1974) | Mel Brooks & Teri Garr |
85.20 | 535.5 | 535.5 | 3 | 88 | 02 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 4 | The Muppet Movie (1979) | Steve Martin & Richard Pryor |
65.20 | 305.2 | 305.2 | 13 | 74 | 02 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 5 | The Croods (2013) Voice Only |
Nicolas Cage & Ryan Reynolds |
187.20 | 270.5 | 848.7 | 14 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 6 | Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) | Gig Young & Diane Keaton |
20.50 | 155.1 | 155.1 | 17 | 74 | 03 / 01 | 92.7 | |
| 8 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | Bruce Willis & Demi Moore |
63.10 | 167.8 | 167.8 | 21 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 9 | High Anxiety (1977) | Mel Brooks & Madeline Kahn |
31.10 | 163.7 | 163.7 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 10 | Bad Santa (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton & Bernie Mac |
60.10 | 117.0 | 117.0 | 48 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 10 | The Longest Yard (2005) | Adam Sandler & Burt Reynolds |
158.10 | 290.3 | 349.4 | 12 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 12 | History of the World: Part I (1981) | Mel Brooks & Orson Welles |
31.70 | 133.9 | 133.9 | 22 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 11 | The Iron Giant (1999) Voice Only |
Jennifer Aniston & Vin Diesel |
23.20 | 53.8 | 53.8 | 78 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 13 | Sky High (2005) | Kurt Russell & Kelly Preston |
63.90 | 117.4 | 158.6 | 40 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 15 | The Croods: A New Age (2020) Voice Only |
Nicolas Cage & Ryan Reynolds |
54.30 | 69.5 | 203.1 | 9 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 15 | Scary Movie 4 (2006) | Anna Faris & Bill Pullman |
90.70 | 162.0 | 318.3 | 21 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 15 | Ponyo (2008) | Liam Neeson & Matt Damon |
15.10 | 24.7 | 330.2 | 128 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 18 | I Can Only Imagine (2018) | Dennis Quaid | 83.50 | 107.1 | 109.6 | 37 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 80.2 | |
| 20 | The Chapman Report (1962) | Jane Fonda & Directed by George Cukor |
10.00 | 156.7 | 156.7 | 24 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 18 | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | Ralph Meeker & Albert Dekker |
2.10 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 137 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 20 | Now and Then (1995) | Demi Moore & Melanie Griffith |
27.10 | 73.2 | 101.5 | 64 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 21 | The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) | Diedrich Bader & Erika Eleniak |
44.00 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 33 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 21 | Dillinger (1973) | Warren Oates & Ben Johnson |
6.10 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 58 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 25 | The Animal (2001) | Rob Schneider & Scott Wilson |
57.70 | 120.1 | 120.1 | 42 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 25 | Spanglish (2004) | Adam Sandler & Téa Leoni |
42.70 | 80.8 | 104.1 | 71 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 23 | Scavenger Hunt (1979) | Vincent Price & Roddy McDowall |
10.00 | 46.8 | 46.8 | 64 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 25 | Prancer (1989) | Sam Elliott | 18.60 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 56 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 26 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | Mark Hamill | 0.50 | 1.7 | 19.1 | 185 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 29 | Music of the Heart (1999) | Meryl Streep | 14.90 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 100 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 28 | The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) | Joel Hirschhorn & Barbara Harris |
2.60 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 100 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 59.7 | |
| 32 | The Wedding Ringer (2015) | Kevin Hart & Josh Gad |
64.50 | 89.8 | 111.2 | 45 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 29 | Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) | Charles Martin Smith & Stephen W. Burns |
17.00 | 76.8 | 76.8 | 44 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 30 | My Little Pony (1986) | Danny DeVito | 6.00 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 93 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 31 | The People Next Door (1970) | Eli Wallach | 1.30 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 130 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 35 | Crazy Mama (1975) | Cloris Leachman & Stuart Whitman |
7.00 | 39.9 | 39.9 | 57 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 48.4 | |
| 34 | Foolin' Around (1980) | Gary Busey & Tony Randall |
3.00 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 127 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 36 | Beerfest (2006) | Jay Chandrasekhar & Kevin Heffernan |
19.20 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 116 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 46.1 | |
| 35 | So B. It (2016) | John Heard | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 336 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | |
| 37 | Daisy Miller (1974) | Cybill Shepherd & Barry Brown |
3.00 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 87 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 42.2 | |
| 38 | The Mouse and His Child (1977) | Peter Ustinov | 0.20 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 150 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 38 | Going to the Chapel (1988) | Mark Linn-Baker | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 266 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 34.6 | |
| 41 | This Is Happening (2015) | Judd Nelson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 300 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 42 | The Rack (1956) | Paul Newman & Lee Marvin |
1.00 | 22.3 | 46.7 | 177 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 33.5 | |
| 45 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) | Patricia Neal & Ron Howard |
2.60 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 104 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 44 | The Gliksmans (2017) | Edward Asner | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 362 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.1 | |
| 44 | Adult World (2013) | Emma Roberts & John Cusack |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 257 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.6 | |
| 46 | Baby Baby Baby (2015) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Brian Klugman & Kelsey Grammer |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 393 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 47 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991) | Richard Kiel | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 249 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 47 | Texasville (1990) | Jeff Bridges & Cybill Shepherd |
2.30 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 143 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 48 | Charley and the Angel (1973) | Kurt Russell & Fred MacMurray |
3.00 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 93 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 | |
| 50 | Hanging Up (2000) | Meg Ryan & Walter Matthau |
36.10 | 78.6 | 113.1 | 67 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 52 | WUSA (1970) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
4.70 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 57 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 21.5 | |
| 52 | Manna from Heaven (2002) | Shirley Jones | 0.50 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 222 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | |
| 55 | You Again (2010) | Sigourney Weaver & Jamie Lee Curtis |
25.70 | 38.3 | 47.7 | 102 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | |
| 54 | A Very Mary Christmas (2010) | Elliott Gould | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 301 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.7 | |
| 55 | The Bronx Bull (2016) | William Forsythe | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 328 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.3 | |
| 56 | Alex & Emma (2003) | Kate Hudson & Luke Wilson |
14.20 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 119 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 18.7 | |
| 55 | A Troll in Central Park (1994) | Dom DeLuise & Charles Nelson Reilly |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 230 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 57 | New York, I Love You (2008) | Orlando Bloom & James Caan |
1.60 | 2.6 | 13.2 | 195 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.2 | |
| 60 | Gambit (2012) | Cameron Diaz & Colin Firth |
0.10 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 349 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 58 | Love Hurts (1990) | Jeff Daniels & John Mahoney |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 235 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 60 | American Cowslip (2009) | Peter Falk & Val Kilmer |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 278 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.0 | |
| 62 | The Steagle (1971) | Richard Benjamin | 1.30 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 146 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.5 | |
| 62 | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016) | John Heard | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 373 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.9 | |
| 63 | The Comedian (2016) | Robert DeNiro & Danny DeVito |
1.70 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 204 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 | |
| 65 | Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) | Tye Sheridan & Logan Miller |
3.70 | 5.2 | 22.5 | 147 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 10.4 | |
| 66 | Walk Like A Man (1987) | Christopher Lloyd | 0.50 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 202 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.6 | |
| 68 | The Women (2008) | Annette Bening & Meg Ryan |
26.90 | 44.0 | 81.8 | 101 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 7.4 | |
| 66 | Lez Bomb (2018) | Bruce Dern | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 389 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.5 | |
| 68 | The Fields (2011) | Tara Reid | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 295 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 | |
| 70 | Shadow Play (1986) | Dee Wallace | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 237 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.1 | |
| 70 | The Amati Girls (2000) | Mercedes Ruehl | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 297 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.2 | |
| 71 | My Boyfriend's Back (1993) | Philip Seymour Hoffman & Matthew McConaughey |
3.30 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 151 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 73 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) | Jaime Pressly | 1.10 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 195 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 0.7 |
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).
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“Extra trivia for Bob. Cloris Leachman guest-starred in the second-to-last episode of Diagnosis Murder (1993), Diagnosis Murder: On the Beach (2001).” – see 5Aof the trivia section above.
Yes Work Horse: I would have mentioned DM: On the Beach if you hadn’t got in first! You may know that the episode concerned is a rip-off/reworking of Hitch’s Rear Window. Van Dyke’s Mark Sloan is laid up in his beach house with a broken leg and becomes a Jimmy Stewart-like voyeur who sees what he thinks is-and indeed turns out to be – a murder. Cloris as Dick’s nurse is his Thelma Ritter-type sidekick.
I’ll return your favour to me of mentioning that episode by Dan-like zooming-in on a linkage to one of YOUR idols. In Season 4 Episode 15 of Diagnosis Murder aired on 30 Jan 97 and called Murder: Two “Mark Sloan enlists his friend Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) to defend Jesse, who’s accused of murdering a resident.”
I have seen 7 of the movies you list above: Last Picture Show/Butch Cassidy/The Croods/Kiss me Deadly/WUSA/The Rack/ and Scary Movie 4. And it HAD to come: the Brando links with the Duke thrown in for good measure.
Brando was signed for a cameo Scary Movie 2 in 2001 but fell ill and was replaced by James Woods. Brando’s fee for the brief role was $1 million paid up front as was his usual insistence in those days. However “because he is BRANDO” the producers let him keep it as a get-well-soon present. I bet none of the guys Joel drooled over ever got keeping huge fees they didn’t earn; though I suppose that Hirsch would argue that Brando didn’t earn ANY of the money they paid him!
Also both my idols Brando and Big John can be brought together in one fell swoop here by the fact that the actor who plays Shorty in the Scary Movie franchise is called Marlon Waynes! Top that Dan if you can!
Anyway we digress from Cloris so I’ll close by mentioning that IMDB credits Cloris with 25 acting awards and 42 noms; Celebrity Net Worth site quotes her net fortune as $10 million but the Wealthy Persons outlet says the sum she has left behind is $12 million. She has in the pipeline 2 projects for posthumous release: a comedy High Holiday with Tom Arnold and a drama with Tatum O’Neal called Not to Forget
PS: Forget about Brando: at last I can get a plug in for Rory on Cogerson as you mention at 2 of Trivia Martha Hyer; and she was Calhoun’s love interest in 1956’s Red Sundown [as well as being in Doris’ Lucky Me and Laddie’s final movie The Carpetbaggers].
I mention Marlon Waynes in my Cloris post whereas it should have been the similar-sounding Marlon Wayans – whose parents obviously got the spelling of the surname wrong! He had also a TV series called simply MARLON but he at last seems to have gotten the message: in the series his character is called Marlon Wayne after the Duke’s precise surname
I was hoping you would do a page on Cloris Leachman. This makes only Betty White and Ed Asner surviving members of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
I am lucky to say that I saw Cloris Leachman in person in Showboat in Vancouver. She was fabulous
I have seen 8 Cloris Leachman movies.
The HIGHEST ranked film I have seen is The Last Picture Show.
The highest ranked film I have NOT seen is The Croods.
The LOWEST ranked film I have seen is Dillinger.
Favourite Cloris Leachman Movies:
The Last Picture Show
Young Frankenstein
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Kiss Me Deadly
High Anxiety
The Muppet Movie
Other Cloris Leachman Movie I have Seen:
The Chapman Report
Dillinger
Rest in Peace
Wow she actually looks pretty sexy in some of her early movies. I would not have guessed that after her Mel Brooks movies, which I know her best from.
Hey SteinHoF16. I agree. Those Mel Brooks roles really warped my view of her. For a long time, I got her and Madeline Kahn mixed up.