Despite winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the film The last show, Cloris Leachman will always be remembered by the public for the role of Frau Blücher in the cult film by Mel Brooks Frankenstein Junior, a 1974 classic still considered a milestone in cinema today. Leachman dies at the age of 94 at his home in Encinitas, California, on January 27, leaving a void that many artists, from Stephen King to Brooks himself, pay tribute to on social media through messages of admiration and condolence.
Such sad news—Cloris was insanely talented. She could make you laugh or cry at the drop of a hat. Always such a pleasure to have on set. Every time I hear a horse whinny I will forever think of Cloris’ unforgettable Frau Blücher. She is irreplaceable, and will be greatly missed.
— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) January 27, 2021
“It has been my privilege to work with Cloris Leachman, one of the bravest actresses of our time. There was no one like Cloris, ”said her manager, Juliet Green, explaining that the actress died of natural causes. Born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moine, Iowa, Cloris began her rise in show business by participating in the Miss America pageant after tightening the Miss Chicago sash: she was 20 years old. The debut on the big screen takes place in 1955 in the film A kiss and a gun, directed noir Robert Aldrich in which she plays the role of a femme fatale. After sharing the set several times with Paul Newman in movies like Torture from 1956, Butch Cassidy of 1969 e A man today 1970, she won the Oscar thanks to the role of Rith Popper in the drama by Peter Bogdanovich in 1971, unaware that real success would come three years later and, moreover, with a comic role.
Thanks to Frau Blücher Leachman becomes, in fact, a comic cinema icon, an unforgettable mask that continues to be parodied even today (with Brooks he will work in two other films, High voltage e The crazy history of the world). During his long career, Leachman earned 22 Emmy nominations, winning 8, 6 for Mary Tyler Moore and 2 for the role of Grandma Ida in Malcom in the Middle. In 2011 she was also inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
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