Octogenarian Actress Cloris Leachman Joins “Dancing With The Stars”

eFluxMedia - USA - One of the surprises of the next edition of ABC’s show “Dancing With The Stars” is actress Cloris Leachman who, at the age of 82, accepted to enter the dancing competition, the network said on Monday.

Leachman won an Academy Award in 1971 for her supporting role in “The Last Picture Show” and a Primetime Emmy for her TV work. She is the oldest contestant that has ever appeared on the show’s ballroom floor.

The second oldest star that competed in the dancing show was actor George Hamilton, 66, who appeared in season two at the beginning of 2006.

Leachman said that she accepted to compete after she got medical approval from several doctors. She said she had nothing to prove, as she hasn’t danced in 60 years, but she wanted to get her muscles back and “this is the most pleasant way to do it.”