Rue McClanahan
Born in Healdton, Oklahoma, USA — Feb 21 1934• Died Jun 03 2010
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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" (…
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Rue McClanahan's Credits
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Law & Order
Lois McIntyre
Columbo
Verity Chandler
King of the Hill
Bunny (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
Miriam Radford
Great Performances
Josey Finn
Mannix
The Love Boat
April Dunlevy
Touched by an Angel
Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald
Fantasy Island
Gertie Lawton
Newhart
Alice
The Golden Girls
Blanche Devereaux
Intimate Portrait
Self
Boy Meets World
Bernice Matthews
Spider-Man
Mrs. Hardy (voice)
Charles in Charge
Irene Pembroke
Lou Grant
Hope & Faith
Sylvia
All in the Family
Ruth Rempley
Empty Nest
Blanche Devereaux
Trapper John, M.D.
Mama's Family
Frances Marie Crowley
The John Larroquette Show
Rue McClanahan
Promised Land
Valerie Carter
Burke's Law
Jinxy Duke
Remember WENN
Dusty Foxx
Gimme a Break!
Crazy like a Fox
Angie
Maude
Vivian Harmon
Ladies Man
Aunt Lou
Wonderfalls
Millie Marcus
Whoopi
Marian
Cover Up
The Golden Palace
Blanche Devereaux
American Playhouse
$weepstake$
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Abigail Jordan
Starship Troopers
Biology Teacher
Here's Boomer
Thelma
Where the Heart Is
Margaret Jardin #2
Nurses
Blanche Devereaux
Another World
Caroline Johnson
Darkroom
The Lot
Priscilla Tremaine
The People Next Door
Della
Sordid Lives: The Series
Peggy Ingram
Safe Harbor
Grandma Loring
Grandpa Goes to Washington
The Earth Day Special
Blanche Devereaux
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
The Fighting Temptations
Nancy Stringer
Out to Sea
Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
Dear God
Mom Turner
Annabelle's Wish
Scarlett (voice)
Apple Pie
Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
Miracle Dogs
Katherine Mannion
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
They Might Be Giants
Daisy Playfair
The Day the Bubble Burst
Barbara Arvey
Word of Honor
Maggie McNeill
Gridlock
Adele Sherman
Gaze
Self (archive footage)
The Women
Countess DeLage
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Mat's Mother
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Edna Callahan
Golden Girls 3033
Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Self
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Baby of the Bride
Margaret Becker Hix
Blade
Gail
After the Shock
Sherra Cox
The Dreamer of Oz
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Topper
Clara Topper
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self (archive Footage)
Generation Gap
Kay
Message from Nam
Beatrice Andrews
This World, Then the Fireworks
Mom Lakewood
Liberace
Frances Liberace
Innocent Victims
Marylou Hennis
Rainbow
Ida Koverman
Mother of the Bride
Margaret Becker Hix
A Different Approach
The Man in the Brown Suit
Suzy Blair
Children of the Bride
Margaret Becker
Picnic
Flo Owens
To My Daughter
Laura Carlson
The Rimers of Eldritch
Cora Groves
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
Self / Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Back to You & Me
Helen Ludwick
Border to Border
Mrs. Kirby
Having Babies III
Gloria Miles
The Little Match Girl
Frances Dutton
The Skin of Our Teeth
Fortune Teller
The Golden Girls: Ageless
Self (archive footage)
Take My Daughters, Please
Lilah Page
Hogan's Goat
Josey Finn
Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
Blanche Devereaux
Modern Love
Mrs. Evelyn Parker
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Self
A Saintly Switch
Aunt Fanny
A Holiday to Remember
Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
Angel's Flight
Dolly
The Wickedest Witch
Avarissa
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
Grandma Stephens
Some of My Best Friends Are...
Lita Joyce
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Hollywood After Dark
Sandy
The Moving of Sophia Myles
Mary-Margaret
Five Minutes to Live
Pamela
Nuncrackers
Reverend Mother
Just Between Us
Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
Herself
How to Succeed with Girls
Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
Nunsense
Rev. Mother Mary Regina
Help Save Planet Earth
Self
Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
Mother Superior
Five Minutes to Love
Sally 'Poochie'
Nunsense 2: The Sequel
Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
The Grass Eater