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Biography

Rue McClanahan, born February 21, 1935 in Healdton, Oklahoma, is best known for her role as Blanche on the American television series The Golden…more

Born

2/21/1935, Healdton, Oklahoma, USA

Died

6/3/2010

Birth Name

Eddi Rue McClanahan

Gender

Female

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Star (14)

Role
- Sordid Lives: The Series
  Peggy Ingram
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Trip
    10/29/08
  - S 1: Ep 11 Compromising Situations
    10/22/08
  - S 1: Ep 10 Desperately Seeking Ty
    10/8/08
  - S 1: Ep 9 Those Pesky Little Stalkers
    10/1/08
  - S 1: Ep 8 Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's?
    9/24/08
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Lot
  Priscilla Tremaine
  - S 2: Ep 13 Property of Sylver Screen
    4/22/01
  - S 2: Ep 12 Kids (aka Worshipping at Shirley's Temple)
    4/8/01
  - S 2: Ep 11 Oscar's Wlld
    4/1/01
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Mob Scene
    3/25/01
  - S 2: Ep 9 Danny Matthews Takes a Wife
    3/18/01
  - + 12 More Credits
- Safe Harbor
  Grandma Loring
  - S 1: Ep 11 Boys Will Be Boys
    11/28/99
  - S 1: Ep 10 One for the Road
    11/21/99
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Un-Thanksgiving Show
    11/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Invasion
    11/8/99
  - S 1: Ep 7 Life Insurance
    11/1/99
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Golden Palace
  Blanche Devereaux
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Chicken and the Egg
    5/14/93
  - S 1: Ep 23 Sex, Lies and Tortillas
    5/7/93
  - S 1: Ep 22 One Angry Stan
    4/30/93
  - S 1: Ep 21 Tad
    4/16/93
  - S 1: Ep 20 Pro and Concierge
    4/9/93
  - + 19 More Credits
- Mother of the Bride
  Margaret Becker Hix
  - S 1: Ep 1 Mother of the Bride
    2/27/93
- The Golden Girls
  Blanche Devereaux
  - S 7: Ep 26 One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (2)
    5/9/92
  - S 7: Ep 25 One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (1)
    5/9/92
  - S 7: Ep 24 Home Again, Rose (2)
    5/2/92
  - S 7: Ep 23 Home Again, Rose (1)
    4/25/92
  - S 7: Ep 22 Rose: Portrait of a Woman
    3/7/92
  - + 176 More Credits
- Baby of the Bride
  Margaret Becker Hix
  - S 1: Ep 1 Baby of the Bride
    12/22/91
- Children of the Bride
  Margret Becker Hix
  - S 1: Ep 1 Children of the Bride
    10/5/90
- Mama's Family
  Francis "Fran" Crawley (episodes 1-35)
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Grave Mistake
    4/7/84
  - S 2: Ep 21 Ask Aunt Fran
    3/31/84
  - S 2: Ep 18 Harper Versus Harper
    3/10/84
  - S 2: Ep 17 Mama for Mayor (2)
    2/25/84
  - S 2: Ep 16 Mama for Mayor (1)
    2/18/84
  - + 20 More Credits
- Gridlock
  Adele Sherman
- Apple Pie
  Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ginger Nell Goes Hollywood
    9/30/78
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fast Eddie Slows Down
    9/23/78
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 7 They Walk Among Us
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Man from Ginger Nell's Past
  - + 3 More Credits
- Maude
  Vivian Cavender Harmon (1974-1978)
  - S 6: Ep 23 Maude's Big Move (2) (a.k.a.) The Wake
    4/15/78
  - S 6: Ep 22 Maude's Big Move (1) (a.k.a.) The Chinese Dinner
    4/8/78
  - S 6: Ep 21 Phillip's Mature Romance
    3/25/78
  - S 6: Ep 20 Mr. Butterfield's Return
    3/11/78
  - S 6: Ep 19 Arthur's Grandson
    3/4/78
  - + 79 More Credits
- Where the Heart Is (1969)
  Margaret Jardin (1971-1972)
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode #12
    9/23/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode #11
    9/22/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode #10
    9/19/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode #9
    9/18/69
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode #8
    9/17/69
  - + 12 More Credits
- Another World
  Caroline Johnson (1970 - 1971)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Ep. #1278
    7/1/69
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ep. #1277
    6/30/69
  - S 5: Ep 22 Ep. #1014
    6/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Ep. #1013
    6/7/68
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ep. #1012
    6/6/68
  - + 109 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Anastasia Hardy
  - S 1: Ep 4 Doctor Octopus: Armed And Dangerous
    2/18/95
- The Love Boat
  Recurring Role
  - S 8: Ep 13 Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted
    12/1/84
  - S 5: Ep 20 His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still
    2/13/82
- The Love Boat
  April
  - S 2: Ep 13 Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/The Last Hundred Bucks
    12/9/78
- Maude
  Vivian Cavender
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Commuter Station
    1/29/74
  - S 2: Ep 18 Maude's Revolt
    1/22/74
  - S 2: Ep 16 Maude's Guest
    1/8/74
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Love Birds
    1/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Office Party
    12/18/73
  - + 11 More Credits
Guest Star (76)

Role
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 9 Episode #3.009
    9/16/09
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 83 April 27, 2009
    4/27/09
  - S 57: Ep 147 July 22, 2008
    7/22/08
- Weekend Today
  Herself
  - S 23: Ep 34 April 26, 2009
    4/26/09
- Law & Order
  Lois McIntyre
  - S 19: Ep 12 Illegitimate
    2/4/09
- TV Land Confidential
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Finales
    7/18/07
  - S 1: Ep 7 Changing Times and Trends
    10/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Casting and Character Creation
    9/28/05
- King of The Hill
  Bunny
  - S 11: Ep 10 Hair Today, Gone Today
    5/13/07
- Hope & Faith
  Sylvia
  - S 2: Ep 17 O' Sister, Where Art Thou?
    2/4/05
- The Tony Danza Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 53 Episode 53
    11/24/04
- Wonderfalls
  Millie Markus
  - S 1: Ep 6 Barrel Bear
    10/27/04
- Whoopi
  Marian
  - S 1: Ep 12 American Woman
    1/6/04
- Through the Keyhole
  House Owner
  - S 7: Ep 5 07 March 2003
    3/7/03
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 4 Bea Arthur
    1/20/03
  - S 7: Ep 26 Estelle Getty
    1/15/01
  - S 6: Ep 7 Rue McClanahan
    1/1/00
  - S 6: Ep 6 Betty White
    1/1/00
- TV Tales
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Golden Girls
    9/18/02
- The View
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 42 November 20, 2001
    11/20/01
- Touched By an Angel
  Lila Winslow
  - S 7: Ep 25 Shallow Water (2)
    5/20/01
  - S 7: Ep 24 Shallow Water (1)
    5/13/01
- Ladies Man
  Lou
  - S 1: Ep 22 Romance
    5/15/00
  - S 1: Ep 17 Travels with My Aunt
    2/14/00
- Blue's Clues
  Grandma Burns
  - S 3: Ep 1 Blue's Big Treasure Hunt
    3/8/99
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave
  Abigail Jordan
  - S 2: Ep 3 Captains Courageous
    10/23/98
- Columbo
  Verity Chandler
  - S 10: Ep 12 Ashes to Ashes
    10/8/98
- Murphy Brown
  Virginia Redfield
  - S 9: Ep 23 Mama Miller
    5/12/97
- Promised Land
  Valerie Carter
  - S 1: Ep 21 Intolerance
    4/5/97
- Remember WENN
  Dusty Foxx
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Diva That Wouldn't Die
    12/14/96
- MTV Movie Awards
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 1 1996 MTV Movie Awards
    6/8/96
- The John Larroquette Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 17 Here We Go Again
    3/12/96
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Anastasia Hardy
- The Mommies
  Paul's Mother
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Mother of All In-Laws
    1/7/95
- Touched By an Angel
  Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald
  - S 1: Ep 8 Manny
    12/14/94
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Jinxy
  - S 1: Ep 5 Who Killed the Host at the Roast?
    2/4/94
- Boy Meets World
  Bernice Matthews
  - S 1: Ep 7 Grandma Was a Rolling Stone
    11/12/93
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 1 Bob Hope Presents the Ladies of Laughter
    11/28/92
- Dame Edna's Hollywood
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 2
    5/9/92
- Nurses (1991)
  Blanche Devereaux
  - S 1: Ep 20 Moon over Miami
    2/29/92
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 1 The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/92
  - S 17: Ep 1 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/91
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 16 September 30, 1991
    9/30/91
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 1 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/25/91
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/28/88
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 165 June 28, 1991
    6/28/91
  - S 2: Ep 50 November 20, 1990
    11/20/90
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 17 October 2, 1990
    10/2/90
  - S 2: Ep 99 February 14, 1990
    2/14/90
  - S 2: Ep 17 October 3, 1989
    10/3/89
  - S 1: Ep 31 February 14, 1989
    2/14/89
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 42: Ep 1 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/16/90
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 10 Show #4055
    10/23/89
- Disneyland
  Herself
  - S 33: Ep 22 The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening
    4/30/89
  - S 33: Ep 7 Disneyland's All-Star Comedy Circus
    12/11/88
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 56 March 29, 1989
    3/29/89
- Empty Nest
  Blanche Devereaux
  - S 1: Ep 4 Fatal Attraction
    11/5/88
- Murder, She Wrote
  Miriam Radford
  - S 1: Ep 19 Murder Takes the Bus
    3/17/85
- Charles in Charge
  Irene Pembroke
  - S 1: Ep 16 Pressure from Grandma
    1/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 11 Home for the Holidays
    12/19/84
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Angie
  - S 1: Ep 2 Turn of the Century Fox
    1/6/85
- Cover Up
  Mattie Bernstein
  - S 1: Ep 10 Murder In Malibu
    12/1/84
- Alice (1985)
  Mother Goose
  - S 9: Ep 3 Big, Bad Mel
    11/4/84
- Gimme a Break!
  Katrina
  - S 4: Ep 4 Grandpa's Secret Life
    10/20/84
- Small & Frye
  Miss Parsifal
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pilot
    6/1/83
- American Playhouse
  Fortune Teller
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Skin of Our Teeth
    1/18/83
- Newhart
  Eleanor
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Way We Thought We Were
    1/10/83
- Fantasy Island
  Gertie
  - S 6: Ep 2 Dancing Lady / The Final Round
    10/23/82
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Mary
  - S 3: Ep 24 John's Other Life
    5/2/82
- Darkroom
  Louise Michaelson
  - S 1: Ep 10 Daisies
    12/25/81
- Gimme a Break!
  Marian
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Second Time Around
    11/12/81
- The Love Boat
  Mary Hubbell
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (2)
    11/1/80
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Promoter/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win (1)
    11/1/80
- Here's Boomer
  Thelma
  - S 1: Ep 7 Private Eye
    5/16/80
- Lou Grant
  Maggie McKenna
  - S 3: Ep 23 Guns
    3/17/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 48 November 8, 1979
    11/8/79
  - S 16: Ep 2 September 6, 1977
    9/6/77
- Fantasy Island
  Margaret Fielding
  - S 2: Ep 24 Bowling / Command Performance
    5/12/79
- Supertrain
  Janet
  - S 1: Ep 9 Where Have You Been Billy Boy
    5/5/79
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 2 September 12, 1978
    9/12/78
  - S 3: Ep 189 June 30, 1977
    6/30/77
  - S 1: Ep 189 August 19, 1975
    8/19/75
- Grandpa Goes to Washington
  Grace
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/7/78
- Insight
  Linda
  - S 18: Ep 2 A Slight Drinking Problem
    9/11/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 70 May 9-15, 1977 (2)
    5/9/77
  - S 11: Ep 47 February 21-25, 1977 (NBC-TV)
    2/21/77
  - S 10: Ep 74 May 24-28, 1976 (NBC-TV)
    5/24/76
  - S 10: Ep 65 April 19-25, 1976 (2)
    4/19/76
- Circus of the Stars
  Performer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Special #1
    1/10/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 45 November 8, 1976
    11/18/76
  - S 13: Ep 187 June 9, 1976
    6/9/76
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 29 Rue McClanahan & Sam Melville
    3/22/76
- Mannix
  Gloria
  - S 8: Ep 2 Game Plan
    9/29/74
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
  Carol Babcock
  - S 2: Ep 6 My Secret Mother
    12/6/73
- Great Performances
  Josey Finn
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hogan's Goat
    2/12/73
- Great Performances
  Cora
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Rimers of Eldritch
    11/4/72
- All In The Family
  Ruth Rempley
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Bunkers and the Swingers
    10/28/72
- The Golden Girls
  Host/Flashbacks as Blanche Devereaux
  - S 7: Ep 27 The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
- The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  Lucille
  - S 1: Ep 7 Kidnapped
- Burke's Law
  Waitress (unbilled)
  - S 1: Ep 19 Who Killed April?
    1/31/64
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Role
- Baby of the Bride
  Co-Executive Producer

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- Rue was the youngest of the four women who starred on The Golden Girls. She is actually 13 years younger than Betty White (Rose) and 12 years younger than Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy) and Estelle Getty (Sophia)!
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- During the casting period for The Golden Girls, Rue was originally asked to read the role of sweet, naive Rose Nylund. Rue really wanted to play Blanche Devereaux, however, and after reading through as Rose, they eventually decided that Blanche was a better part for her.
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- Rue says her father disapproved of some of the risque lines she had to say on The Golden Girls.
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- Rue McClanahan: (about "The Golden Girls") I went into the audition, and I really wanted to play Blanche, but they said, "We want you to read for Rose." And I just thought, "Oh, no, that would be absolute agony if I couldn't play Blanche!" And finally they said, "Why don't you try Blanche?" and I said, "Well, if you insist....."
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- Rue McClanahan: Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.
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