Cloris Leachman was an American actress who worked in Hollywood for almost seven decades. made her credited debut in 1948 in an episode of The Ford Theatre Hour (1948). Her movie debut was in the movie, Kiss Me Deadly (1955). Leachman was nominated five times for an Emmy Award playing Phyllis Lindstrom in Mary Tyler Moore (1970) and on the spin-off series Phyllis (1975). Leachman`s 2013 release includes Gambit. In 2015, she appeared in a comedy horror film Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. In January 2021, the veteran actress passed away.