# Cloris Leachman - Dead at 94 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651 "2021-01-27T22:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/21 "2021-01-28T14:43:44Z")
I loved her in everything! She was really funny in Raising Hope. I just watched her last night in an episode of the new Mad About You on Prime. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/22 "2021-01-28T14:43:55Z")
Ha! Beat you to it (8 posts above). I kept it cryptic to see if anyone would figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/23 "2021-01-28T14:58:20Z")
So you did, you wily ninja! I actually read that post and conflated it with the movie _It’s a Wonderful Life_ . Where’s the smacky face emoji? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/24 "2021-01-29T01:45:24Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I was young enough when I first became aware of her that I thought her name was “Clorox Bleachman”. That’s a joke she told on herself. I’m not finding a link or clip of an interview, but it’s referenced here: > **[OT: Cloris Leachman (who once introduced herself as Clorox Bleachman) - The...](https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?p=2871495)** > > OT: Cloris Leachman (who once introduced herself as Clorox Bleachman) General Discussion ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/25 "2021-01-29T03:55:32Z")
I was her… _Boyfriend!_ Fuck, does life _ever_ improve? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/26 "2021-01-29T13:10:49Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > That’s a joke she told on herself. I’m not finding a link or clip of an interview, but it’s referenced here: > [https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?p=2871495](https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?p=2871495) I guess it’s a pretty obvious joke; as a child I just conflated her name with the many commercials I was exposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/27 "2021-01-29T13:22:59Z")
I was watching an episode of the new season of Mad About You last night and she played a harmless but manipulative patient at the therapist office. Her performance was funny, nuanced, and not maudlin in the least. An amazing actor with incredible range and subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/28 "2021-01-29T20:12:03Z")
Very funny lady - I always enjoyed her work! She was particularly memorable as the prune-faced, death-pale, dried-up dominatrix head nurse in _High Anxiety_: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNKQBJZ8dOY) May she rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sleepyjoe/32/6493_2.png) [@SleepyJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/29 "2021-02-05T05:51:52Z")
I remember watching her in Beerfest a few years back and thinking “my God she is such a beautiful woman at her age!” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651/30 "2021-02-06T01:10:50Z")
> [@SleepyJoe](#): > > I remember watching her in Beerfest a few years back and thinking “my God she is such a beautiful woman at her age!” . Aside from any genetic component, and apart from the benefits of taking care of oneself, there is a rejuvenating power in having a sense of humor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651.md?page=1)