Sitcom star Cloris Leachman grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where her love of performing began. ... when she won Miss Chicago and went on to compete in that year’s Miss America beauty pageant. ...

Cloris Leachman, who won an Oscar for ... Cloris Leachman, Iowa native Oscar winner and TV star, dies at 94. ... Leachman earned the Miss Chicago title and competed in Miss America in 1946.

Cloris Leachman had a decades-long career in showbiz, ... Iowa, Leachman competed as Miss Chicago in the 1946 Miss America pageant and finished among the 16 finalists, THR reports.

Cloris Leachman, the Oscar-winning ... Iowa, she earned 22 Emmy ... She attended Northwester University and competed in the 1946 Miss America pageant before pursuing a professional career in acting.

During a visit to her alma mater, Des Moines' Roosevelt High School, in 2016, then 90-year-old Cloris Leachman delivered a "TeddyTalk," where she was asked why she became an actress.

The acclaimed actress Cloris Leachman died at age 94 on Jan. 27, ... Iowa, on April 30, 1926, Cloris Leachman hitchhiked a coal truck, ... she was one of the finalists in the 1946 Miss America ...

Oscar winner Cloris Leachman — one of the most decorated actors in television history, best known for playing nosy neighbor Phyllis on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" — died on Wednesday. She was ...

When eulogizing screen performers, we often look at an Academy Award as either the launchpad or the apex of an actor’s life. In the case of Cloris Leachman, who died Wednesday at the age of 94 ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Iowa native Cloris Leachman was always always up for entertaining folks -- one on one, in large groups or on television. Bruce Miller talked with her several times during her career ...

LOS ANGELES — Oscar-winning actor Cloris Leachman died last month from a stroke, but that COVID-19 was listed as "another significant condition," the San Diego Medical Examiner has determined ...

Cloris Leachman grew up on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where she was born in 1926. The large family lived in an isolated wooden house with no running water, but the mother had ambitious ideas ...

LOS ANGELES — Oscar-winning actor Cloris Leachman died last month from a stroke, but that COVID-19 was listed as "another significant condition," the San Diego Medical Examiner has determined ...