Oscar-winning beloved actress Cloris Leachman has passed away at the age of 94.
Making her debut in Robert Aldrich’s 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly,” the actress went onto a storied career with roles in classics like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Last Picture Show,” “Charley and the Angel” and “Young Frankenstein”.
Her Emmy-winning work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was good enough her character received a spin-off series. Other TV work included “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Raising Hope,” “The Office,” “Girl Meets World” and “American Gods”.
Film work included multiple further collaborations with Mel Brooks, the first “The Muppet Movie,” “Dillinger,” Granny in the 1990s film adaptation of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Bad Santa,” “Music of the Heart,” “The Longest Yard,” “Sky High,” “The Women,” “Beerfest” and “The Wedding Ringer”.
She also had a major presence in the field of animation with voice work for the English dubs of Hayao Miyazaki’s “Castle in the Sky” and “Ponyo,” and movies like “The Iron Giant,” “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America,” “The Croods” and “My Little Pony: The Movie”.
Our sincerest condolences go out to her family and friends.
Source: The Wrap
