Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman dies at 94 Leachman became a household name playing Phyllis Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” She won an Oscar for supporting actress in “The ...

Cloris Leachman had played Ruth for a year until Lockhart became a cast member in 1958. According to Provost, he didn't initially like Lockhart and "decided to put [his] new mom to the test." ...

Richard Kinon, center, directs Cloris Leachman, right, and John Erickson in the first show for a new television mystery series being filmed in Hollywood, Ca., on May 24, 1962. (AP Photo) ...