Anecdotes

Had won nine Emmy Awards (including one Daytime Emmy Award), more than any actor or actress.

Miss Chicago of 1946 - Miss America contest.

Posed "au naturel" on the cover of "Alternative Medicine Digest" (issue 15, 1997) body painted with images of fruit adorning her nakedness. This was a parody, or imitation, of the famous Demi Moore body painted nude Vanity Fair photo.

One son, Bryan Englund, passed away from an overdose of ulcer medication on February 25, 1986.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6435 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 20, 1980.

Along with Bill Mumy, she was one of only two actors to appear in both La quatrième dimension (1959) and its second television revival, La treizième dimension (2002).

She appeared with Madeline Kahn in five films: Frankenstein junior (1974), Le Grand Frisson (1977), Les Muppets : Ça c'est du cinéma ! (1979), La Folle Histoire du monde (1981) and Mon petit poney (1986).

Ranked #23 on the TV Guide Network special, Funniest Women on TV (2011).

Was five months pregnant with her son Adam Englund when she completed filming En quatrième vitesse (1955).

Her final scene in La dernière séance (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.".

Mother, with George Englund, of actors Adam Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund Jr., Morgan Englund and actress Dinah Englund.

Her classmates at the Drama Department of Northwestern University included Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon. She joined the Gamma Phi Beta sorority at Northwestern University.

She was one of only two actresses to have won both the Best Supporting Actress Oscar (for La dernière séance (1971)) and the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy (for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)). The other one is Allison Janney, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for I, Tonya (2017) and the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy twice for "Mom" (2013).

Grew close to classmates Paul Lynde and Charlotte Rae. Lynde would come to her dormitory to put on operas, with Rae and Leachman singing backup.

Before her death, she had never retired from acting.

Suffered a miscarriage in 1958 at four months pregnant during the filming of Lassie (1954).

Born in Polk County, daughter of Berkeley Claiborne "Buck" Leachman (1903-1956) and wife Cloris Wallace (1901-1967).

On December 24, 1962, she appeared in three prime-time television series as a guest star: Cousin Eunice (1962), A Night of Horns and Bells (1962) and Anything for a Laugh (1962).

She appeared on television in eight decades, earned her first onscreen credit for work on Night Must Fall (1948).

Had seven grandchildren (including granddaughter Skye Englund).

She appeared with Eileen Brennan in four films: La dernière séance (1971), Daisy Miller (1974), Going to the Chapel (1988) and Texasville (1990).

She was awarded the 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Guest Artist for her performance in the play, "Twigs", at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

The second of only three performers ever to win Emmy Awards for acting across all three genres: Comedy, Drama and Limited Series/TV Movie. Edward Asner did this first, and Uzo Aduba joined them in 2020.

She played Bill Mumy's mother four times: in My Own Master (1960), It's a Good Life (1961), Keep an Eye on Santa Claus (1962) and It's Still a Good Life (2003).

She has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": En quatrième vitesse (1955), Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969), La dernière séance (1971), Frankenstein junior (1974) and Les Muppets : Ça c'est du cinéma ! (1979).

Tossed the coin flip for the 95th Rose Bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the University of Southern California Trojans on January 1, 2009.

Was one of three actresses who have won both the Best Supporting Actress Oscar (hers being for La dernière séance (1971)) and the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy (hers being for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Malcolm (2000)). The other actresses are Eileen Heckart and Melissa Leo.

Cloris and George Englund actually separated in 1974, but they didn't divorce until 1978.

Cloris Leachman passed away on January 26, 2021, three months away from what would have been her 95th birthday on April 30. Upon her death, she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.

Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Was the 70th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for La dernière séance (1971) at 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972) on April 10, 1972.

Was close friends with Phyllis Love. Together, they attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa. Leachman was a 1987 inductee of the Theodore Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame.

Her maternal grandmother was of Bohemian (Czech) descent, while her other grandparents had English ancestry.

Leachman served as the 2009 Grand Marshal, the 10th female grand marshal in the history of the parade.

After competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant, Leachman secured a scholarship to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. In 1948, she appeared in the Broadway play, "Sundown Beach", directed by Kazan and co-starring, among others, Julie Harris, Nehemiah Persoff and Phyllis Thaxter.

Older sister of chanteuse Claiborne Cary.

Had guest-starred in the second-to-last episode of Diagnostic: meurtre (1993), On the Beach (2001).

Grandmother of Skye Englund.

Delivered her sons Adam Englund, George Englund Jr., Bryan Englund and Morgan Englund naturally and her daughter Dinah Englund via emergency Caesarean section.

Ex-daughter-in-law of Mabel Albertson. Ex-niece-in-law of Jack Albertson.

In July 1973, it was announced that she and Cybill Shepherd would star in Roman Fever to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

At the 6 May 2008 Television Academy's "Tribute to Mothers," which was designed to bring together television moms and their television kids, Jon Provost surprised Cloris Leachman when he with her real son George Englund Jr. escorted her onto the stage with all the other 'moms and kids' also attending the event. Ms. Leachman had been Mr. Provost's first television mom in the long-running TV series Lassie (1954). June Lockhart became his mom after Ms. Leachman's departure from the series.

In 1958, Leachman left Lassie (1954) because she was unhappy with her role as Ruth Martin, and replaced in that role by June Lockhart. Twelve years later, in 1970, Lockhart's then-current series, Petticoat Junction (1963), was canceled, and replaced in its time slot by The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), on which Leachman was a co-star in its first five years.