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 ...

And it was one particular episode in 2013 that featured a reunion of White, Cloris Leachman, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper and Mary Tyler Moore, among others, that still stands out to the star.

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) ...

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." ...