'Mary Tyler Moore Show' Star Ed Asner Remembers 'Marvelous' Cloris Leachman (Exclusive)
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etonline.comCloris Leachman was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. The beloved actress, who died Wednesday at the age of 94, portrayed Phyllis Lindstorm, Mary's landlady, on in the '70s.Ed Asner, who played Mary's boss, Lou Grant, had a close friendship with Leachman on and off screen, telling ET's Nischelle Turner she was «always an energy source.»«A bit charged up.
She was a honey. The kind woman she was,» Asner, 91, recalled of his dear friend. «But we got awful chummy, and we dug each other a lot.
When we first started the show, she got me to not worry about reading the teleprompter, rewind the script, improv… We did it with improv and it worked well.»Leachman had more Emmy nominations than any other actress, winning a total of eight.
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