From the archives: No, Cloris Leachman wasn t best friends with Betty White Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register
Cloris Leachman, known for her role as Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , has died
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Editor s note: This story originally published in 2016. Des Moines native Cloris Leachman died Wednesday at age 94 at her Los Angeles home.
Cloris Leachman is confounded as to why everybody thinks she’s best friends with Betty White.
For years, people have asked her some variation of the question: So,
really, just how close are you to Betty White?
“I hear from people all the time who think we hang out and talk and go places together, I don’t know why,” Leachman said chuckling. “We work together and then we go our own separate ways. My family is who I spend my off-time with.”