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| Northwestern alum would go on to replace another (Charlotte Rae) in the sitcom "The Facts of Life," in addition to appearing in dozens of TV shows (including "The Mary Tyler Show," and "Phyllis") and feature films. She is the only actress who has won Emmys (she's received 6) in five separate categories.
Born in Des Moines, Iowa (4/30/26), Leachman was a member of several Waa-Mu Shows while at NU. This 1946 Miss Chicago and Miss America runner-up is ironically remembered as the ugly Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks' 1974 Young Frankenstein, and even worse in High Anxiety and History of the World - Park I. She won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award as a housewife having an affair with a younger man in 1971's The Last Picture Show. For what she really looked like, check out her 1955 debut, the film noir Kiss Me Deadly.
She is the mother of actors Adam Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund Jr., Morgan Englund, and Dinah Englund. Her younger sister Claiborne Cary is a singer.
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