Rue McClanahan

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Healdton, Oklahoma, USA, 1934-02-21

Died: 2010-06-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Hollywood After Dark	Sandy	17
2	1961	Just Between Us		0
3	1961	The Grass Eater		0
4	1961	Five Minutes to Live	Pamela	55
5	1963	Five Minutes to Love	Sally 'Poochie'	40
6	1964	How to Succeed with Girls	Lorena (as Patty Leigh)	60
7	1965	Angel's Flight	Dolly	48
8	1970	The People Next Door	Della	61
9	1971	They Might Be Giants	Daisy Playfair	70
10	1971	Hogan's Goat	Josey Finn	80
11	1971	Some of My Best Friends Are...	Lita Joyce	42
12	1972	The Rimers of Eldritch	Cora Groves	0
13	1973	Blade	Gail	54
14	1978	A Different Approach		63
15	1978	Having Babies III	Gloria Miles	40
16	1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Mat's Mother	43
17	1978	Rainbow	Ida Koverman	0
18	1979	Topper	Clara Topper	50
19	1980	Gridlock	Adele Sherman	60
20	1981	Word of Honor	Maggie McNeill	60
21	1982	The Day the Bubble Burst	Barbara Arvey	20
22	1983	The Skin of Our Teeth	Fortune Teller	100
23	1986	Picnic	Flo Owens	10
24	1987	The Little Match Girl	Frances Dutton	45
25	1988	Liberace	Frances Liberace	60
26	1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Self	68
27	1988	Take My Daughters, Please	Lilah Page	0
28	1989	The Man in the Brown Suit	Suzy Blair	50
29	1989	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde		90
30	1989	The Wickedest Witch	Avarissa	50
31	1990	Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide	Herself	100
32	1990	Modern Love	Mrs. Evelyn Parker	42
33	1990	The Earth Day Special	Blanche Devereaux	69
34	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
35	1990	After the Shock	Sherra Cox	58
36	1990	Children of the Bride	Margaret Becker	68
37	1990	To My Daughter	Laura Carlson	0
38	1990	The Dreamer of Oz	Matilda Joslyn Gage	73
39	1991	Baby of the Bride	Margaret Becker Hix	59
40	1993	Mother of the Bride	Margaret Becker Hix	64
41	1993	Nunsense	Rev. Mother Mary Regina	68
42	1993	Message from Nam	Beatrice Andrews	51
43	1994	Nunsense 2: The Sequel	Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina	60
44	1994	A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story	Grandma Stephens	70
45	1995	A Holiday to Remember	Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt	49
46	1996	Innocent Victims	Marylou Hennis	50
47	1996	Dear God	Mom Turner	55
48	1997	Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula	Self	80
49	1997	Out to Sea	Mrs. Ellen Carruthers	57
50	1997	This World, Then the Fireworks	Mom Lakewood	51
51	1997	Annabelle's Wish	Scarlett (voice)	65
52	1997	Starship Troopers	Biology Teacher	71
53	1998	Nunsense 3: The Jamboree	Mother Superior	0
54	1998	Border to Border	Mrs. Kirby	60
55	1998	Rusty: A Dog's Tale	Edna Callahan	58
56	2000	The Moving of Sophia Myles	Mary-Margaret	0
57	2001	Nuncrackers	Reverend Mother	90
58	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
59	2002	The Women	Countess DeLage	0
60	2003	The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series	Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)	94
61	2003	The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments	Self / Blanche Devereaux	73
62	2003	Miracle Dogs	Katherine Mannion	60
63	2003	The Fighting Temptations	Nancy Stringer	58
64	2005	Back to You & Me	Helen Ludwick	65
65	2008	Generation Gap	Kay	72
66	2010	Gaze	Self (archive footage)	10
67	2018	Betty White: First Lady of Television	Self (archive Footage)	75
68	2020	Spaceship Earth	Herself (Archival footage)	61
69	2021	The Golden Girls: Ageless	Self (archive footage)	100
70	2021	Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls	Blanche Devereaux	100
71	2022	Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls	Blanche Devereaux	98

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1964	Another World	Caroline Johnson	56
3	1967	Mannix		67
4	1969	Where the Heart Is	Margaret Jardin #2	30
5	1971	All in the Family	Ruth Rempley	79
6	1971	Great Performances	Josey Finn	53
7	1971	Great Performances	Cora	53
8	1971	Great Performances	Faye Precious	53
9	1971	Columbo	Verity Chandler	81
10	1972	Maude	Vivian Harmon	68
11	1976	Alice		71
12	1977	Lou Grant		73
13	1977	The Love Boat	April Dunlevy	63
14	1977	The Love Boat	Mary Hubble	63
15	1977	The Love Boat	Doris Simpson	63
16	1978	Grandpa Goes to Washington		50
17	1978	Apple Pie	Ginger-Nell Hollyhock	60
18	1979	Sweepstakes		0
19	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
20	1980	Here's Boomer	Thelma	53
21	1981	Gimme a Break!		67
22	1981	Darkroom		72
23	1982	American Playhouse		63
24	1982	Newhart		71
25	1983	Mama's Family	Frances Marie Crowley	76
26	1984	Cover Up		66
27	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Miriam Radford	75
28	1984	Charles in Charge	Irene Pembroke	61
29	1984	Crazy like a Fox	Angie	71
30	1985	The Golden Girls	Blanche Devereaux	75
31	1988	Empty Nest	Blanche Devereaux	58
32	1990	Law & Order	Lois McIntyre	74
33	1991	Nurses	Blanche Devereaux	70
34	1992	The Golden Palace	Blanche Devereaux	62
35	1993	The John Larroquette Show	Rue McClanahan	67
36	1993	Boy Meets World	Bernice Matthews	82
37	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
38	1994	Burke's Law	Jinxy Duke	67
39	1994	Touched by an Angel	Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald	72
40	1994	Touched by an Angel	Lila Winslow	72
41	1994	Spider-Man	Mrs. Hardy (voice)	83
42	1996	Remember WENN	Dusty Foxx	80
43	1996	Promised Land	Valerie Carter	66
44	1997	King of the Hill	Bunny (voice)	74
45	1997	The View	Self	45
46	1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Abigail Jordan	50
47	1999	The Lot		5
48	1999	Safe Harbor	Grandma Loring	60
49	1999	Ladies Man	Aunt Lou	72
50	2003	Whoopi	Marian	87
51	2003	Hope & Faith	Sylvia	54
52	2004	Wonderfalls	Millie Marcus	77
53	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
54	2008	Sordid Lives: The Series	Peggy Ingram	75
55	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
56	2022	Golden Girls 3033	Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)	100

Rue McClanahan

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