Rue McClanahan
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1934-02-21
Deathday 2010-06-03 (76 years old)
Place of Birth Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As Patti Leigh, Patty Leigh, Rhue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
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.
Known For
Actor
as Blanche Devereaux
as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)
as Blanche Devereaux
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself (Archival footage)
as Self (archive Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Kay
as Peggy Ingram
as Helen Ludwick
as Self
as Millie Marcus
as Nancy Stringer
as Katherine Mannion
as Self / Blanche Devereaux
as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
as Sylvia
as Marian
as Countess DeLage
as Self
as Reverend Mother
as Mary-Margaret
as Grandma Loring
as Aunt Lou
as Verity Chandler
as Edna Callahan
as Mrs. Kirby
as Mother Superior
as Abigail Jordan
as Biology Teacher
as Scarlett (voice)
as Mom Lakewood
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
as Self
as Self
as Bunny (voice)
as Mom Turner
as Valerie Carter
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
as Grandma Stephens
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
as Mrs. Hardy (voice)
as Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald
as Lila Winslow
as Jinxy Duke
as Beatrice Andrews
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
as Margaret Becker Hix
as Self
as Bernice Matthews
as Rue McClanahan
as Blanche Devereaux
as Margaret Becker Hix
as Blanche Devereaux
as Matilda Joslyn Gage
as Laura Carlson
as Margaret Becker
as Sherra Cox
as Self
as Blanche Devereaux
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
as Herself
as Lois McIntyre
as Avarissa
as Suzy Blair
as Lilah Page
as Self
as Frances Liberace
as Blanche Devereaux
as Frances Dutton
as Flo Owens
as Blanche Devereaux
as Angie
as Irene Pembroke
as Miriam Radford
as Fortune Teller
as Frances Marie Crowley
as Barbara Arvey
as Maggie McNeill
as Adele Sherman
as Thelma
as Clara Topper
as Ida Koverman
as Mat's Mother
as Gloria Miles
as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
as April Dunlevy
as Mary Hubble
as Doris Simpson
as Gail
as Cora Groves
as Vivian Harmon
as Lita Joyce
as Josey Finn
as Daisy Playfair
as Verity Chandler
as Josey Finn
as Cora
as Faye Precious
as Ruth Rempley
as Della
as Margaret Jardin #2
as Dolly
as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
as Caroline Johnson
as Sally 'Poochie'
as Pamela
as Sandy
as Self
Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Co-Executive Producer