Rue McClanahan
Birthday
1934/02/21
Day of death
2010/06/03 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Patti Leigh, Patty Leigh, Rhue McClanahan, Ру МакКлэнахан
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 s...Read more
Acting
(1997) Starship Troopers
as Biology Teacher
(2021) Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
as Blanche Devereaux
(1989) The Man in the Brown Suit
as Suzy Blair
(1982) The Day the Bubble Burst
as Barbara Arvey
(1997) This World, Then the Fireworks
as Mom Lakewood
(1961) Five Minutes to Live
as Pamela
(1971) Some of My Best Friends Are...
as Lita Joyce
(1997) Out to Sea
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
(2018) Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self (archive Footage)
(1989) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as ---
(1970) The People Next Door
as Della
(1998) Rusty: A Dog's Tale
as Edna Callahan
(1963) Five Minutes to Love
as Sally 'Poochie'
(1961) Hollywood After Dark
as Sandy
(1995) A Holiday to Remember
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
(1983) The Skin of Our Teeth
as Fortune Teller
(1994) A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
as Grandma Stephens
(1971) Hogan's Goat
as Josey Finn
(1972) The Rimers of Eldritch
as Cora Groves
(1964) How to Succeed with Girls
as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
(2022) Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
as Blanche Devereaux
(1978) A Different Approach
as ---
(1997) Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
as Self
(1965) Angel's Flight
as Dolly
(1979) Topper
as Clara Topper
(1978) Rainbow
as Ida Koverman
(2001) Nuncrackers
as Reverend Mother
(1994) Nunsense 2: The Sequel
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
(1998) Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
as Mother Superior
(1993) Nunsense
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
(1990) Children of the Bride
as Margaret Becker
(1993) Mother of the Bride
as Margaret Becker Hix
(2003) The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
as Self / Blanche Devereaux
(1997) Annabelle's Wish
as Scarlett (voice)
(1993) Message from Nam
as Beatrice Andrews
(1971) They Might Be Giants
as Daisy Playfair
(2002) NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2008) Generation Gap
as Kay
(2002) The Women
as Countess DeLage
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990) Modern Love
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
(2021) The Golden Girls: Ageless
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Mat's Mother
(1990) The Dreamer of Oz
as Matilda Joslyn Gage
(2000) The Moving of Sophia Myles
as Mary-Margaret
(1980) Gridlock
as Adele Sherman
(1990) After the Shock
as Sherra Cox
(1981) Word of Honor
as Maggie McNeill
(1996) Dear God
as Mom Turner
(1961) The Grass Eater
as ---
(2005) Back to You & Me
as Helen Ludwick
(2003) The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
(1988) Liberace
as Frances Liberace
(1989) The Wickedest Witch
as Avarissa
(1987) The Little Match Girl
as Frances Dutton
(1988) Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Self
(2020) Spaceship Earth
as Herself (Archival footage)
(1973) Blade
as Gail
(2003) Miracle Dogs
as Katherine Mannion
(1990) Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
as Herself
(1991) Baby of the Bride
as Margaret Becker Hix
(2003) The Fighting Temptations
as Nancy Stringer
(1988) Take My Daughters, Please
as Lilah Page
(1978) Having Babies III
as Gloria Miles
(2010) Gaze
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Border to Border
as Mrs. Kirby
(1986) Picnic
as Flo Owens
(1990) To My Daughter
as Laura Carlson
(1961) Just Between Us
as ---
(1990) The Earth Day Special
as Blanche Devereaux
(1977) Lou Grant
as ---
(1976) Alice
as ---
(1993) The John Larroquette Show
as Rue McClanahan
(1994) Spider-Man
as Mrs. Hardy (voice)
(1984) Charles in Charge
as Irene Pembroke
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Self
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(2003) Whoopi
as Marian
(2003) Hope & Faith
as Sylvia
(1977) The Love Boat
as April Dunlevy
(1985) The Golden Girls
as Blanche Devereaux
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald
(1997) King of the Hill
as Bunny (voice)
(1993) Boy Meets World
as Bernice Matthews
(1971) All in the Family
as Ruth Rempley
(1972) Maude
as Vivian Harmon
(2004) Wonderfalls
as Millie Marcus
(1997) The View
as Self
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1988) Empty Nest
as Blanche Devereaux
(1982) Newhart
as ---
(1992) The Golden Palace
as Blanche Devereaux
(1991) Nurses
as Blanche Devereaux
(1981) Gimme a Break!
as ---
(1964) Another World
as Caroline Johnson
(1981) Darkroom
as ---
(2008) Sordid Lives: The Series
as Peggy Ingram
(1984) Cover Up
as ---
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Angie
(1998) Love Boat: The Next Wave
as Abigail Jordan
(1969) Where the Heart Is
as Margaret Jardin #2
(1996) Promised Land
as Valerie Carter
(1982) American Playhouse
as ---
(1999) The Lot
as ---
(1980) Here's Boomer
as Thelma
(1979) Sweepstakes
as ---
(1990) Law & Order
as Lois McIntyre
(1978) Grandpa Goes to Washington
as ---
(1999) Safe Harbor
as Grandma Loring
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Lila Winslow
(1983) Mama's Family
as Frances Marie Crowley
(1999) Ladies Man
as Aunt Lou
(2022) Golden Girls 3033
as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1994) Burke's Law
as Jinxy Duke
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(1978) Apple Pie
as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
(1977) The Love Boat
as Mary Hubble
(1977) The Love Boat
as Doris Simpson
(1971) Columbo
as Verity Chandler
(1971) Great Performances
as Josey Finn
(1971) Great Performances
as Cora
(1971) Great Performances
as Faye Precious
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Miriam Radford
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1996) Remember WENN
as Dusty Foxx