Cloris Leachman
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
Feat. Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe…
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
- Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner…
- A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
- Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
- Dir. Cy Howard
Feat. Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon…
- Smart ensemble comedy about preparations for a young couple's wedding and how this stirs up the lives of those around them. Full of many delightful…
- Last Picture Show, The (1971)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid…
- Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
- Dillinger (1973)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman…
- A tough portait of the Depression–era bank robber that like BONNIE AND CLYDE, invests the criminal with the mythic qualities of the outlaw.…
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…
- One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
- Daisy Miller (1974)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick…
- A thoughtful if slightly 'out of tune' version of Henry James' early novel, in which the titular American tours Europe in the late 1800s. Nicely…
- Thursday's Game (1974)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn…
- Well regarded made–for–TV buddy movie.
Acquaintances Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart, deeply mired in parallel mid–life crises,…
- High Anxiety (1977)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman…
- Mel Brooks' affectionate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock threads a story by lampooning famous scenes from the Master's films including THE BIRDS,…
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
- Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen…
- Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
- Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith
- Final sequel to THE LOVE BUG is set at Rio De Janiero's Grande Premio.
- History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn…
- A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
- Castle in the Sky (Laputa) (1986)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman
- A triumph of craft and narrative sophistication, this is an epic, supremely imaginative feature from master animator/storyteller Miyazaki that will…
- Hansel and Gretel (1988)
- Dir. Len Talan
Feat. Nicole Stapleton, Cloris Leachman, Hugh Pollard
- Musical interpretation of the classic fairy tale with real, flesh–and–blood actors, some Disney–ish musical numbers and a few plot…
- Prancer (1989)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda…
- Warm–hearted festive tale of a young girl who after stumbling across a wounded reindeer and after nursing him back to health sets out to return…
- Texasville (1990)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts…
- The director reassembles the youthful cast from his THE LAST PICTURE SHOW to illustrate the effect that thirty years has had on a group of school…
- In Broad Daylight (1991)
- Dir. James Steven Sadwith
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Cloris Leachman, Marcia Gay Harden…
- True account of how a group of townsfolk took revenge on a barbaric bully whose unlawful antics kept them at his mercy. Brian Dennehy incarnates the…
- Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Buddy Ebsen…
- A hair–brained big–screen remake, which despite being well re–cast, re–works what barely passed for a plot in THE ADDAMS…
- Ellen Show, The (TV Series) (2001-2002)
- Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Cloris Leachman, Martin Mull…
- America's most mainstream lesbian Ellen DeGeneres puts her comic talents to use in her own TV series about a successful big city entrepreneur tempted…
- Spanglish (2004)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni…
- A Mexican maid (Vega) is inducted into the Bel Air household of a celebrity chef (Sandler) and his dysfunctional family, in this cheerfully sour…
- Beerfest (2006)
- Dir. Jay Chandrasekhar
Feat. Jay Chandrasekhar, Jurgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman…
- Beer–swill comedy serves up some decent OTT gaggery. (recent pending)
- New York, I Love You (2009)
- Dir. Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen…
- Not to be mistaken as a cynical American remake of PARIS, JE'TAIME, this – on the contrary – naturally extends the short–story…
- Expecting Mary (2010)
- Dir. Dan Gordon
Feat. Olesya Rulin, Elliott Gould, Linda Gray…
- Good–natured road movie tale with a pregnant teenager heading to California in search of her father, but who she encounters along the way will…
- Gambit (2012)
- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz…
- An art curator's best laid plans to steal a priceless statue from a tycoon come unstuck when he recruits a slippery blonde as his partner in…
- Croods, The (2013)
- Dir. Kirk De Micco
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone…
- Dreamworks animate the life and times of a Stone Age family as they come to terms with evolution in the prehistoric era.
Though predicable in…