Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis Lindstrom Phyllis Lindstrom, nee Sutherland, portrayed by Cloris Leachman, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Phyllis". Phyllis Lindstrom is the snobbish, acid-tongued wife of dermatologist Dr. Lars Lindstrom, who is often referenced but never seen by the audience. The Lindstroms manage the apartment building, actually a Victorian boarding house, in which Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mary and Rhoda develop a close relationship with Phyllis' daughter, Bess. Throughout the series, Rhoda and Phyllis maintain an adversarial but talkative relationship. Phyllis understandably despises Sue Ann Nivens,
Columbia Pictures Television standing for Columbia Pictures Television) to hold the copyright for the TV show "The Young and the Restless", as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as "What's Happening!!". The studio changed its name on May 6, 1974 and was suggested by David Gerber. As the successor in interest to Screen Gems, it assumed productions of the daytime soap operas "Days of Our Lives" and "The Young and the Restless". Its first produced series is the sitcom "That's My Mama". It was originally slated to be a Screen Gems production. On June 13, 1977, CPT acquired worldwide