Rue McClanahan
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday21 February 1934
Died3 June 2010 (age 76)
Place of birthHealdton, Oklahoma, USA
Known credits127
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 Ar…
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Golden Girls 3033
2022 · Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)
Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
2021 · Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Ageless
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018 · Self (archive Footage)
Gaze
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Generation Gap
2008 · Kay
Sordid Lives: The Series
2008 · Peggy Ingram
Back to You & Me
2005 · Helen Ludwick
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004 · Mrs. Hardy (voice)
Wonderfalls
2004 · Millie Marcus
Hope & Faith
2003 · Sylvia
The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Nancy Stringer
Whoopi
2003 · Marian
Miracle Dogs
2003 · Katherine Mannion
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
2003 · Self / Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003 · Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
The Women
2002 · Countess DeLage
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Nuncrackers
2001 · Reverend Mother
The Moving of Sophia Myles
2000 · Mary-Margaret
Safe Harbor
1999 · Grandma Loring
Ladies Man
1999 · Aunt Lou
The Lot
1999 · Priscilla Tremaine
A Saintly Switch
1999 · Aunt Fanny
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998 · Edna Callahan
Border to Border
1998 · Mrs. Kirby
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998 · Abigail Jordan
Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
1998 · Mother Superior
Starship Troopers
1997 · Biology Teacher
Annabelle's Wish
1997 · Scarlett (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997 · Mom Lakewood
Out to Sea
1997 · Mrs. Carruthers
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997 · Self
King of the Hill
1997 · Bunny (voice)
Dear God
1996 · Mom Turner
Promised Land
1996 · Valerie Carter
Innocent Victims
1996 · Marylou Hennis
Remember WENN
1996 · Dusty Foxx
A Holiday to Remember
1995 · Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
Spider-Man
1994 · Mrs. Hardy (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Amelia Archibald
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Lila Winslow
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
1994 · Grandma Stephens
Burke's Law
1994 · Jinxy Duke
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