Rue McClanahan
Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls
Birth name : Rue McClanahan
Birth date : 1934/02/21
Date of death : 2010/06/03 (76 years old)
Birth place : Healdton
Height: 1.60 m
Biography for Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan was born in Healdton, Oklahoma, and is the daughter of Dreda Rheua-Lels (née Medaris), a esthetician and William Edwin McClana, a building entrepreneur. She grew up in Ardmore in Oklahoma. She completed her studies at the Ardmore high school in 1953. At the University of Tulsa, she specialized in German and theater.
She did not happen to Broadway until 1969 when she interpreted Sally Weber in the musical Jimmy Shine with Dustin Hoffman.
In the Maude soap opera, from 1972 to 1978, she played the role of Vivian Harmon, Maude's best friend (Beatrice Arthur).
In the crisp (The Golden Girls), she interpreted from 1985 to 1992 the role of Blanche Devereaux, the sulphurous southern eating men and owner of the house occupied by her and her co-tenants: Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). She received an Emmy Award in 1987 for her role. In 2008, she interpreted Peggy in the series "Sordid Lives". His latest role was Lorraine in the series "Meet The Browns" in 2009.
Rue McClana was an American actress known for her role as Blanche Devereaux in the Golden Girls television series. She was born on February 21, 1934 in Healdton in Oklahoma and died on June 3, 2010 in New York.
During her career, McClanahan has played in many theater, television and cinema productions. She won an Emmy Award for her role in Golden Girls in 1987 and was nominated several times for her performance in television productions.
Before becoming an actress, McClanahan studied dramatic art at the University of Oklahoma and made her professional debut on stage in the 1950s. She began to appear in television productions in the 1960s and played in Series like Maude and Mama's Family before obtaining its recurring role in Golden Girls in 1985.
In addition to her acting work, McClanan was also a writer and published several books, including a memory entitled My First Five Husbands ... and the ones Who Got Away. It was also very active in philanthropic causes and worked with charitable organizations to support the elderly and animals.
During her life, McClanahan was married six times and had a son, Mark Bishop. She died at the age of 76 in 2010 from a heart attack. Her performance in Golden Girls remains one of her most famous work and is still widely considered as an icon of American television.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Meet the Browns | Lorraine (1 episode, 2009) |
| Law & Order | Lois McIntyre (1 episode, 2009) |
| Generation Gap (2008) (TV) | Kay |
| Sordid Lives: The Series | Peggy Ingram (12 episodes, 2008) |
| King of the Hill | Bunny (1 episode, 2007) |
| Back to You and Me (2005) (TV) | Helen Ludwick |
| Hope & Faith | Sylvia (1 episode, 2005) |
| Wit's End (2005) | Dean Madison |
| Whoopi | Marian (1 episode, 2004) |
| Wonderfalls | Millie Marcus (1 episode, 2004) |
| The Fighting Temptations (2003) | Nancy Stringer |
| Miracle Dogs (2003) (TV) | Katherine Mannion |
| Stage on Screen: The Women (2002) (TV) | Countess DeLage |
| Nuncrackers (2001) (V) | Reverend Mother |
| Touched by an Angel | Lila Winslow / ... (3 episodes, 1994-2001) |
| The Moving of Sophia Myles (2000) (TV) | Mary-Margaret |
| Ladies Man | Aunt Lou (2 episodes, 2000) |
| The Lot (1999) TV series | Priscilla Tremaine (unknown episodes, 1999) |
| Safe Harbor | Grandma Loring (10 episodes, 1999) |
| Blue's Big Treasure Hunt (1999) (V) | Grandma |
| A Saintly Switch (1999) (TV) | Aunt Fanny |
| Love Boat: The Next Wave | Abigail Jordan (1 episode, 1998) |
| Columbo | Verity Chandler (1 episode, 1998) |
| Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998) | Edna Callahan |
| Border to Border (1998) | Mrs. Kirby |
| Nunsense Jamboree (1998) (TV) | Mother Superior |
| Starship Troopers (1997) | Biology Teacher |
| Annabelle's Wish (1997) (V) (voice) | Scarlett |
| Out to Sea (1997) | Mrs. Ellen Carruthers |
| Murphy Brown | Virginia Redfield (1 episode, 1997) |
| Promised Land | Valerie Carter (1 episode, 1997) |
| This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) | Mom Lakewood |
| Dads (1997) (TV) | Dr. Neuhauser |
| Remember WENN | Dusty Foxx (1 episode, 1996) |
| Dear God (1996) | Mom Turner |
| Innocent Victims (1996) (TV) | Marylou Hennis |
| A Holiday to Remember (1995) (TV) | Miz Leona (Clay's Aunt) |
| Spider-Man | Anastasia Hardy (1 episode, 1995) |
| The Mommies | Amanda Kellogg (1 episode, 1995) |
| Blackbird Hall (1995) (TV) | |
| A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) (TV) | Grandma Stephens |
| Burke's Law | Jinxy Duke (1 episode, 1994) |
| Nunsense 2: The Sequel (1994) (TV) | Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina |
| Days Like This (1994) (TV) | Glenda |
| Boy Meets World | Bernice Matthews (1 episode, 1993) |
| Message from Nam (1993) (TV) | Beatrice Andrews |
| The Golden Palace | Blanche Devereaux (24 episodes, 1992-1993) |
| Mother of the Bride (1993) (TV) | Margaret Becker Hix |
| Nunsense (1993) (TV) | Rev. Mother Mary Regina |
| The Golden Girls | Blanche Devereaux (180 episodes, 1985-1992) |
| Nurses | Blanche Devereaux (1 episode, 1992) |
| Baby of the Bride (1991) (TV) | Margaret Hix |
| Biosphere 2 (1991) | Hostess |
| The Dreamer of Oz (1990) (TV) | Matilda Electra Joslyn Gage |
| To My Daughter (1990) (TV) | Laura Carlson |
| Children of the Bride (1990) (TV) | Margret Becker |
| After the Shock (1990) (TV) | Sherra Cox |
| Modern Love (1990) | Mrs. Evelyn Parker |
| American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts | Miss Moray (1 episode, 1990) |
| The Wickedest Witch (1989) (TV) | Avarissa |
| Nightmare Classics (1 episode, 1989) | |
| The Man in the Brown Suit (1989) (TV) | Suzy Blair |
| Take My Daughters, Please (1988) (TV) | Lilah Page |
| Empty Nest | Blanche Devereaux (1 episode, 1988) |
| Liberace (1988) (TV) | Frances Liberace |
| The Little Match Girl (1987) (TV) | Frances Dutton |
| Picnic (1986) (TV) | Flo Owens |
| Murder, She Wrote | Miriam Radford (1 episode, 1985) |
| Charles in Charge | Irene Pembroke (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Crazy Like a Fox (1 episode, 1985) | |
| Cover Up | Mattie Bemstein (1 episode, 1984) |
| The Love Boat | Mary Hubble / ... (6 episodes, 1978-1984) |
| Alice | Mother Goose (1 episode, 1984) |
| Gimme a Break! | Katrina / ... (2 episodes, 1981-1984) |
| Mama's Family | Aunt Fran Crowley (24 episodes, 1983-1984) |
| Small & Frye | Miss Parsifal (1 episode, 1983) |
| The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) (TV) | Fortune Teller |
| Newhart | Eleanor Smathers (1 episode, 1983) |
| Fantasy Island | Gertie / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1982) |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Mary Renquist (1 episode, 1982) |
| The Day the Bubble Burst (1982) (TV) | Barbara Arvey |
| Darkroom | Mrs. Louise Michaelson (1 episode, 1981) |
| And They All Lived Happily After (1981) (TV) | Liz Wescott |
| Word of Honor (1981) (TV) | Maggie McNeill |
| Gridlock (1980) (TV) | Adele Sherman |
| Here's Boomer | Thelma (1 episode, 1980) |
| Lou Grant | Maggie McKenna (1 episode, 1980) |
| Topper (1979) (TV) | Clara Topper |
| Supertrain | Janet (1 episode, 1979) |
| $weepstake$ (1 episode, 1979) | |
| Rainbow (1978) (TV) | Ida Koverman |
| Apple Pie | Ginger-Nell Hollyhock (8 episodes, 1978) |
| Grandpa Goes to Washington | Grace (1 episode, 1978) |
| Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978) (TV) | Mat's mother |
| Maude | Vivian Cavender Harmon / ... (100 episodes, 1972-1978) |
| Having Babies III (1978) (TV) | Gloria Miles |
| Insight | Linda (2 episodes, 1975-1977) |
| Great Performances | Cora / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1975) |
| Mannix (1 episode, 1974) | |
| Blade (1973) | Gail |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Carol Babcock (1 episode, 1973) |
| All in the Family | Ruth Rempley (1 episode, 1972) |
| Love of Life (1951) TV series | Mrs. Braylee (unknown episodes, 1971) |
| Where the Heart Is (1969) TV series | Margaret Jardin #2 (1971-1972) |
| Hogan's Goat (1971) (TV) | Josey Finn |
| Some of My Best Friends Are (1971) | Lita Joyce |
| They Might Be Giants (1971) | Daisy Playfair |
| The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) | Mrs. O'Mara |
| Another World (1964) TV series | Caroline Johnson (unknown episodes, 1970-1971) |
| The People Next Door (1970) | Della |
| Walk the Angry Beach (1968) | Sandy |
| Angel's Flight (1965) (as Rhue McClanahan) | Dolly |
| Amos Burke, Secret Agent | Waitress (1 episode, 1964) |
| How to Succeed with Girls (1964) (as Patty Leigh) | Lorena |
| Five Minutes to Love (1963) | Sally 'Poochie' |
| Five Minutes to Live (1961) (uncredited) | Pamela |
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- Creation date: 22/07/2010 by JMP