 Cloris Leachman: Participates in "Dancing With the Stars"
Veteran actress Cloris Leachman, who is eighty two years old, is planning to join the cast of celebrities for the forthcoming edition of ABC channel’s popular program, “Dancing With the Stars”. On Monday the network itself has given the confirmation of the news.
More news about Cloris Leachman has been inferred from quite a number of sources. According to them , this eighty two year old actress who has received Oscar award for her 1971 supporting role in "The Last Picture Show" and also has a record Primetime Emmy champion for work in television, will the be the most aged contestant who is going to take part in the competition on the second-most watched television series of USA .
The previous ranking senior on "Dancing with the Stars" was veteran actor George Hamilton, who has rocked the floor at an age of sixty-six years in season 2 in early 2006. The representative of the Walt Disney Co-owned network has given this bit of information.
Cloris Leachman has other important endeavors in her hand right now. Apart from touring in her one-woman show, called "Cloris!," she also has finished her work in 3new films. In the year 2006, she collected the eighth Primetime Emmy of her career. In this way Cloris Leachman has become a single actress to have received so many Emmy awards. Even she has surpassed those of Mary Tyler Moore. She is highly remembered for her memorable portrayal of crazy character Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks' classic horror spoof namely "Young Frankenstein."
Apart from Cloris Leachman, one of the biggest Emmy bridesmaids of all time, Susan Lucci will also be joining the cast of “Dancing With the Stars”. Lucci has starred as the vixen entrepreneur and self-styled media mogul Erica Kane on the daytime famous soap opera namely "All My Children."
The forthcoming 7th installment of "Dancing With the Stars," will be featuring nearly thirteen celebrities who are going to be paired with professional dancers in a contest of elimination. It will be premiered on September 22. Besides Cloris Leachman special mentioning may be made of eminent personalities like former member of the pop vocal group 'N Sync Lance Bass, Grammy-winning R&B star Tony Braxton and two Olympic gold medalists and beach volleyball champion called Misty May-Treanor from the Beijing Olympic Games, and also track star called Maurice Green, who has competed at Sydney and Athens.
While Cloris Leachman becomes the oldest dancer on the “Dancing With the Stars”, eighteen year old actor Cody Linley from the Disney Channel hit program "Hannah Montana" has also joined the cast as the youngest star in the competition. This news also has been confirmed by spokesperson of ABC channel. |
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