Rue McClanahan

ActorProduction Feb 21 (died age 76) Healdton, Oklahoma, USA 1961–2025 (64 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Starship Troopers

Biology Teacher

Film

The Golden Girls

Blanche Devereaux

Film

Annabelle's Wish

Scarlett (voice)

Film

Mama's Family

Frances Marie Crowley

Film

They Might Be Giants

Daisy Playfair

Film

The Fighting Temptations

Nancy Stringer

Film

Out to Sea

Mrs. Ellen Carruthers

Film

Maude

Vivian Harmon

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (72)

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship

2025

as Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)

9.0

The Golden Girls: Ageless

2021

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls

2021

as Blanche Devereaux

10.0

Betty White: First Lady of Television

2018

as Self (archive Footage)

7.3

Gaze

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Generation Gap

as Kay

Back to You & Me

as Helen Ludwick

The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments

2003

as Self / Blanche Devereaux

6.0

The Fighting Temptations

as Nancy Stringer

Miracle Dogs

as Katherine Mannion

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)

9.4

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

The Women

2002

as Countess DeLage

Nuncrackers

2001

as Reverend Mother

9.0

The Moving of Sophia Myles

2000

as Mary-Margaret

A Saintly Switch

as Aunt Fanny

Border to Border

as Mrs. Kirby

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

as Edna Callahan

Nunsense 3: The Jamboree

1998

as Mother Superior

Starship Troopers

1997

as Biology Teacher

7.1

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997

as Mom Lakewood

5.0

Out to Sea

1997

as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers

5.7

Annabelle's Wish

1997

as Scarlett (voice)

6.5

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

as Self

Dear God

as Mom Turner

Innocent Victims

as Marylou Hennis

A Holiday to Remember

1995

as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt

4.7

Nunsense 2: The Sequel

1994

as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina

6.0

A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story

1994

as Grandma Stephens

7.0

Nunsense

1993

as Rev. Mother Mary Regina

6.8

Mother of the Bride

1993

as Margaret Becker Hix

Message from Nam

as Beatrice Andrews

Baby of the Bride

as Margaret Becker Hix

5.9

Children of the Bride

as Margaret Becker

After the Shock

as Sherra Cox

To My Daughter

as Laura Carlson

Modern Love

1990

as Mrs. Evelyn Parker

3.8

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Blanche Devereaux

6.3

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

The Dreamer of Oz

1990

as Matilda Joslyn Gage

7.3

Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide

as Herself

The Wickedest Witch

as Avarissa

The Man in the Brown Suit

1989

as Suzy Blair

5.1

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Liberace

as Frances Liberace

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Self

6.6

Take My Daughters, Please

1988

as Lilah Page

The Little Match Girl

as Frances Dutton

Picnic

as Flo Owens

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983

as Fortune Teller

10.0

The Day the Bubble Burst

as Barbara Arvey

Word of Honor

as Maggie McNeill

Gridlock

as Adele Sherman

Topper

as Clara Topper

Having Babies III

as Gloria Miles

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

1978

as Mat's Mother

3.5

Rainbow

1978

as Ida Koverman

A Different Approach

Blade

as Gail

The Rimers of Eldritch

1972

as Cora Groves

Some of My Best Friends Are...

as Lita Joyce

They Might Be Giants

as Daisy Playfair

Hogan's Goat

as Josey Finn

The People Next Door

as Della

Angel's Flight

as Dolly

How to Succeed with Girls

1964

as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)

Five Minutes to Love

as Sally 'Poochie'

Hollywood After Dark

as Sandy

Just Between Us

Five Minutes to Live

as Pamela

The Grass Eater

Television (52)

Golden Girls 3033

2022

as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)

10.0

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

as Self

7.3

Sordid Lives: The Series

as Peggy Ingram

The Tony Danza Show

as Self

Wonderfalls

as Millie Marcus

Hope & Faith

as Sylvia

Whoopi

as Marian

Ladies Man

as Aunt Lou

Safe Harbor

as Grandma Loring

The Lot

as Priscilla Tremaine

0.5

Love Boat: The Next Wave

as Abigail Jordan

The View

as Self

King of the Hill

as Bunny (voice)

Remember WENN

as Dusty Foxx

Promised Land

as Valerie Carter

Spider-Man

as Mrs. Hardy (voice)

8.3

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald

Burke's Law

as Jinxy Duke

Boy Meets World

as Bernice Matthews

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The John Larroquette Show

as Rue McClanahan

The Golden Palace

as Blanche Devereaux

Nurses

as Blanche Devereaux

Law & Order

as Lois McIntyre

Empty Nest

as Blanche Devereaux

The Golden Girls

as Blanche Devereaux

Murder, She Wrote

as Miriam Radford

Charles in Charge

as Irene Pembroke

Crazy like a Fox

as Angie

Cover Up

Mama's Family

as Frances Marie Crowley

Newhart

American Playhouse

Gimme a Break!

Here's Boomer

as Thelma

Darkroom

Trapper John, M.D.

$weepstake$

20/20

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Grandpa Goes to Washington

1978

5.0

Apple Pie

1978

as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock

The Love Boat

as Mary Hubble

Lou Grant

Alice

Maude

as Vivian Harmon

Columbo

as Verity Chandler

Great Performances

as Josey Finn

All in the Family

as Ruth Rempley

Where the Heart Is

as Margaret Jardin #2

Mannix

Another World

as Caroline Johnson

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Mother of the Bride

1993

Co-Executive Producer

5.8

Baby of the Bride

1991

Co-Executive Producer

5.9