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Cloris Leachman

1926 - 2021

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Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She received many accolades including 22 Primetime Emmy nominations and won eight, tying Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the most acting Emmy Awards ever awarded to a performer. Leachman also won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was known for her versatility and distinctive physicality, where she used props to accentuate and express her roles' characterizations. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cloris Leachman is the 1,016th most popular actor (up from 1,243rd in 2019), the 1,987th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 503rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Cloris Leachman ranks 1,016 out of 13,578. Before her are Björn Andrésen, Emilio Estevez, Edmund Kean, T.O.P, Sebastian Shaw, and David Graf. After her are Michael Dudikoff, Olof Thunberg, Song Joong-ki, Benicio del Toro, Jean Arthur, and Néstor Carbonell.

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Among people born in 1926, Cloris Leachman ranks 101. Before her are Teddy Scholten, John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, David C. H. Austin, Francisco Rabal, and László Papp. After her are Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, Joshua Fishman, and Shohei Imamura. Among people deceased in 2021, Cloris Leachman ranks 102. Before her are Abdelkader Bensalah, Max Mosley, Manuel Santana, Bertrand Tavernier, Kentaro Miura, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. After her are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Jehan Sadat, Norodom Ranariddh, Tamara Press, Hannu Mikkola, and Sheldon Adelson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cloris Leachman ranks 1,987 out of 20,380. Before her are Kelly Preston (1962), Frank Stella (1936), Creighton Abrams (1914), Emilio Estevez (1962), Albert Gore Sr. (1907), and David Graf (1950). After her are Michael Dudikoff (1954), Michael Moore (1954), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), William Nordhaus (1941), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), and Ward Cunningham (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cloris Leachman ranks 503. Before her are Robert Ryan (1909), Matt Bomer (1977), Norman Reedus (1969), Kelly Preston (1962), Emilio Estevez (1962), and David Graf (1950). After her are Michael Dudikoff (1954), Jean Arthur (1900), Néstor Carbonell (1967), Lucy Liu (1968), River Phoenix (1970), and Janet Gaynor (1906).

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