Rue McClanahan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1934
- Died
- June 3, 2010 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
A veteran television actress and Broadway star of the 50s, Rue McClanahan was an actress noticed by television executive, Norman Lear. Lear cast her in a number of television shows, including "All in the Family" (1971) with 'Carroll OConnor' and "Maude" (1972) with Bea Arthur. McClanahan next co-starred with Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Betty White and Carol Burnett in "Mama's Family" (1983) for three years, and after it was canceled by NBC, McClanahan was probably best known for her role as the saucy, sharp southern belle, Blanche, in "The Golden Girls" (1985). She once again worked with Bea Arthur and Betty White, and with relative newcomer Estelle Getty. All four of the women won Emmy Awards for their roles. After Bea Arthur left the show after eight seasons, McClanahan, White and Getty returned for a brief spin-off in "The Golden Palace" (1992). In the mid-nineties, McClanahan was diagnosed with cancer, but was able to fight it successfully. In addition to lending her talents to a number of made for TV films, McClanahan has also appeared on the big screen in recent years co-starring with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the comedy Out to Sea (1997) and with Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997). McClanahan also spends her time joining and helping organizations against cancer, AIDS, and cruelty against animals.
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Filmography
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Golden Girls 3033
TV · as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound) · 1 ep
Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
Movie · as Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Ageless
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie · as Self (archive Footage)
Gaze
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Generation Gap
Movie · as Kay
Sordid Lives: The Series
TV · as Peggy Ingram · 12 eps
Back to You & Me
Movie · as Helen Ludwick
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Movie · as Mrs. Hardy (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wonderfalls
TV · as Millie Marcus · 1 ep
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
Movie · as Self / Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie · as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Miracle Dogs
Movie · as Katherine Mannion
The Fighting Temptations
Movie · as Nancy Stringer
Whoopi
TV · as Marian · 1 ep
Hope & Faith
TV · as Sylvia · 1 ep
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
The Women
Movie · as Countess DeLage
Nuncrackers
Movie · as Reverend Mother
The Moving of Sophia Myles
Movie · as Mary-Margaret
A Saintly Switch
Movie · as Aunt Fanny
Safe Harbor
TV · as Grandma Loring · 10 eps
Ladies Man
TV · as Aunt Lou · 2 eps
The Lot
TV · as Priscilla Tremaine · 1 ep
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Movie · as Edna Callahan
Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
Movie · as Mother Superior
Border to Border
Movie · as Mrs. Kirby
Love Boat: The Next Wave
TV · as Abigail Jordan · 1 ep
Starship Troopers
Movie · as Biology Teacher
This World, Then the Fireworks
Movie · as Mom Lakewood
Out to Sea
Movie · as Mrs. Carruthers
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Movie · as Self
Annabelle's Wish
Movie · as Scarlett (voice)
King of the Hill
TV · as Bunny (voice) · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dear God
Movie · as Mom Turner
Innocent Victims
Movie · as Marylou Hennis
Promised Land
TV · as Valerie Carter · 1 ep
Remember WENN
TV · as Dusty Foxx · 1 ep
A Holiday to Remember
Movie · as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
Movie · as Grandma Stephens
Nunsense 2: The Sequel
Movie · as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
Spider-Man
TV · as Mrs. Hardy (voice) · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Amelia Archibald, Lila Winslow · 1 ep
Burke's Law
TV · as Jinxy Duke · 1 ep
Nunsense
Movie · as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
Mother of the Bride
Movie · as Margaret Hix
Message from Nam
Movie · as Beatrice Andrews
The John Larroquette Show
TV · as Rue McClanahan · 1 ep
Boy Meets World
TV · as Bernice Matthews · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Golden Palace
TV · as Blanche Devereaux · 24 eps
Baby of the Bride
Movie · as Margaret Hix
Nurses
TV · as Blanche Devereaux · 1 ep
Children of the Bride
Movie · as Margaret Becker
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Modern Love
Movie · as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
The Dreamer of Oz
Movie · as Matilda Joslyn Gage
After the Shock
Movie · as Sherra Cox
Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
Movie · as Herself
To My Daughter
Movie · as Laura Carlson
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Blanche Devereaux
Help Save Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
Law & Order
TV · as Lois McIntyre · 1 ep
The Man in the Brown Suit
Movie · as Suzy Blair
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie
The Wickedest Witch
Movie · as Avarissa
Liberace
Movie · as Frances Liberace
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie · as Self
Take My Daughters, Please
Movie · as Lilah Page
Empty Nest
TV · as Blanche Devereaux · 1 ep
The Little Match Girl
Movie · as Frances Dutton
Picnic
Movie · as Flo Owens
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie
The Golden Girls
TV · as Blanche Devereaux · 180 eps
Charles in Charge
TV · as Irene Pembroke · 2 eps
Cover Up
TV · 1 ep
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Angie · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Miriam Radford · 1 ep
The Skin of Our Teeth
Movie · as Fortune Teller
Mama's Family
TV · as Frances Marie Crowley · 35 eps
The Day the Bubble Burst
Movie · as Barbara Arvey
Newhart
TV · as Eleanor Smathers
American Playhouse
TV · as Fortune Teller · 1 ep
Word of Honor
Movie · as Maggie McNeill
Gimme a Break!
TV · 1 ep
Here's Boomer
TV · as Thelma · 1 ep
Darkroom
TV · as Mrs. Louise Michaelson · 1 ep
Gridlock
Movie · as Adele Sherman
Topper
Movie · as Clara Topper
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
$weepstake$
TV · 1 ep
Supertrain
TV · as Ms. Rick · 1 ep
A Different Approach
Movie
Rainbow
Movie · as Ida Koverman
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Movie · as Mat's Mother
Having Babies III
Movie · as Gloria Miles
Grandpa Goes to Washington
TV · 1 ep
Apple Pie
TV · as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock · 2 eps
Fantasy Island
TV · as Gertie Lawton, Margaret Fielding · 1 ep
Lou Grant
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as April Dunlevy, Mary Hubble, Doris Simpson, Laura Thornton Hayes · 2 eps
Alice
TV · 1 ep
Blade
Movie · as Gail
The Rimers of Eldritch
Movie · as Cora Groves
Maude
TV · as Vivian Harmon · 119 eps
Some of My Best Friends Are...
Movie · as Lita Joyce
Hogan's Goat
Movie · as Josey Finn
They Might Be Giants
Movie · as Daisy Playfair
All in the Family
TV · as Ruth Rempley · 1 ep
Columbo
TV · as Verity Chandler · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Josey Finn, Cora, Faye Precious · 1 ep
The People Next Door
Movie · as Della
Where the Heart Is
TV · as Margaret Jardin #2 · 213 eps
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Angel's Flight
Movie · as Dolly
How to Succeed with Girls
Movie · as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
Another World
TV · as Caroline Johnson · 1547 eps
Five Minutes to Love
Movie · as Sally 'Poochie'
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Five Minutes to Live
Movie · as Pamela
Hollywood After Dark
Movie · as Sandy
The Grass Eater
Movie
Just Between Us
Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep