Cloris Leachman passed away on January 27. Sources say she dies peacefully in her sleep in her home in Encinitas, California. She was 94.
Leachman was known for her Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated roles in “The Last Picture Show,” “The Middle,” and more. Leachman was “an actor of extraordinary range” and defied typecasting. She started out as Miss Chicago in the Miss America Pageant while willingly accepting unglamorous screen roles. In her early acting career, she played roles such as a prostitute in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and Timmy’s mother in “Lassie.”
Her colleagues had much to say about her and flocked to social media. Steve Martin said she “brought comedy’s mysteries to the big and small screen.” Ed Asner said, “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you.” And Rosie O’Donnell said “Applause on every entrance and exit.”
Personally, I didn’t know of Cloris Leachman but my parents’ generation was apparently very aware of her performances and winnings. People say she was one of a kind and a trailblazer for acting in her own time. She told an interviewer in 1973, “Basically I don't care how I look, ugly or beautiful...I don't think that's what beauty is. On a single day, any of us is ugly or beautiful.” In 1971 she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and despite her photogenic looks, continued to play unappealing characters. Did you know who Loris Cleachman was? What do you think about her passing?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210127/oscar-winning-irreplaceable-cloris-leachman-dies-at-94
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