Rue McClanahan
Acting
Born 1934-02-21
Died 2010-06-03
Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
128 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
Disney Legends 1
TV Land Award 1
Golden Apple Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 1987 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won The Golden Girls
Disney Legends 1 won
- 2009 Disney Legends Won
TV Land Award 1 won
- 2008 TV Land Award Won The Golden Girls
Golden Apple Award 1 won
- 1986 Golden Apple Award Won The Golden Girls
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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" (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.
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Filmography
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Acting
50 credits
Law & Order
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
King of the Hill
Columbo
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
The View
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
American Playhouse
Spider-Man
Fantasy Island
The Golden Girls
Touched by an Angel
All in the Family
Intimate Portrait
Boy Meets World
Charles in Charge
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Empty Nest
The Tony Danza Show
Hope & Faith
Mama's Family
Maude
Crazy like a Fox
The John Larroquette Show
Starship Troopers
Burke's Law
Promised Land
Remember WENN
Supertrain
Wonderfalls
Where the Heart Is
Ladies Man
The Golden Palace
Love Boat: The Next Wave
Whoopi
Darkroom
Nurses
Here's Boomer
The Lot
Another World
Sordid Lives: The Series
Out to Sea
Safe Harbor
The Fighting Temptations
Take My Daughters, Please
They Might Be Giants
Mother of the Bride
The Earth Day Special
Other credits
10 credits
Mannix
Alice
Newhart
Lou Grant
Trapper John, M.D.
Gimme a Break!
Cover Up
$weepstake$
Grandpa Goes to Washington
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Producing
1 credit
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