Refresh for updates Cloris Leachman, whose performances in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Young Frankenstein, The Last Picture Show and The Croods endeared her to generations of fans, was remembered by her friends, colleagues and costars today. Ed Asner — Lou Grant himself — tweeted, “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you.”
Leachman, who died Tuesday at 94, costarred opposite Asner in the classic Mary Tyler Moore Show sitcom, playing Mary’s high-strung neighbor Phyllis to Asner’s grump boss Lou. Asner posted a photograph from the last time he saw his castmate.
Mel Brooks, who directed Leachman in the classics Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and History of the World, Part I, remembered Leachman as “insanely talented.”
Cloris Leachman: A Career in Photos
“She could make you laugh or cry at the drop of a hat,” Brooks tweeted. “Always such a pleasure to have on set.
Leachman, who died Tuesday at 94, costarred opposite Asner in the classic Mary Tyler Moore Show sitcom, playing Mary’s high-strung neighbor Phyllis to Asner’s grump boss Lou. Asner posted a photograph from the last time he saw his castmate.
Mel Brooks, who directed Leachman in the classics Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and History of the World, Part I, remembered Leachman as “insanely talented.”
Cloris Leachman: A Career in Photos
“She could make you laugh or cry at the drop of a hat,” Brooks tweeted. “Always such a pleasure to have on set.
- 1/27/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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