Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926) is an American actress and comedian. In a career spanning over seven decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other performer, one Daytime Emmy Award and one Academy Award for her role in The Last Picture Show (1971).
Leachman’s longest-running role was the nosy, cunning, self-centered, and manipulative landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” and its subsequent spin-off series, “Phyllis,” in the 1970s.
She starred as Beverly Ann Stickle on “The Facts of Life” from 1986–88, and appeared as Daisy May Moses in “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1993).
In the 2000s, Leachman had a recurring role as grandma Ida on the Fox sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle,” and appeared as a roaster in the “Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget” in 2008. She was a contestant on the seventh season of the ABC reality competition series “Dancing with the Stars” in 2008, paired with Corky Ballas. She was 82 at the time and is the oldest contestant to have danced on the series. From 2010 to 2014, she starred as Maw Maw on the Fox sitcom “Raising Hope.” She currently plays the role of Zorya Vechernyaya on the Starz drama “American Gods.”