American actress and comedian (died 2021)

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nine decades. She received many accolades including 22 Primetime Emmy nominations of which she won eight; with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, she is tied for the distinction of most acting Emmy Awards ever awarded to a performer. Leachman also won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was known for her versatility and distinctive physicality, where she used props to accentuate and express her roles' characterizations.

Born

1926

April 30

Died

2021

Era

1920s

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Cloris, in brief

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1926 Born
2021 Died

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311 The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1305 Roger de Flor, leader of the mercenary Catalan Company, is murdered, leading to widespread pillaging by the mercenaries in Thrace.
1315 Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.

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The world in 1926

When Cloris arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777–1855 German mathematician and physicist (died 1855) Albrecht von Roon 1803–1879 Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879) Eugen Bleuler 1857–1940 Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940) Isiah Thomas 1961– American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster Jill Clayburgh 1944–2010 American actress (died 2010) Luigi Russolo 1883– Italian painter and composer (died 1947) Mac DeMarco 1990– Canadian singer-songwriter Paula Ribó 1990– Spanish singer-songwriter and actress

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A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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