Rue McClanahan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-02-21 (76 years old)
Deathday
2010-06-03
Place of Birth
Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
Patti Leigh
Patty Leigh
Rhue McClanahan
Ру МакКлэнахан
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 E...
Acting
1997
as Biology Teacher
2021
as Blanche Devereaux
1989
as Suzy Blair
1982
as Barbara Arvey
1997
as Mom Lakewood
1961
as Pamela
1971
as Lita Joyce
1997
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
2018
as Self (archive Footage)
1970
as Della
1998
as Edna Callahan
1963
as Sally 'Poochie'
1961
as Sandy
1995
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
1983
as Fortune Teller
1994
as Grandma Stephens
1971
as Josey Finn
1972
as Cora Groves
1964
as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
2022
as Blanche Devereaux
1997
as Self
1965
as Dolly
1979
as Clara Topper
1978
as Ida Koverman
2001
as Reverend Mother
1998
as Mother Superior
1993
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
1994
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
1990
as Margaret Becker
1993
as Margaret Becker Hix
2003
as Self / Blanche Devereaux
1997
as Scarlett (voice)
1993
as Beatrice Andrews
1971
as Daisy Playfair
2002
as Self
2008
as Kay
2002
as Countess DeLage
1990
as Self
1990
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1978
as Mat's Mother
1990
as Matilda Joslyn Gage
2000
as Mary-Margaret
1980
as Adele Sherman
1990
as Sherra Cox
1981
as Maggie McNeill
1996
as Mom Turner
1961
2005
as Helen Ludwick
2003
as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
1988
as Frances Liberace
1989
as Avarissa
1987
as Frances Dutton
1988
as Self
2020
as Herself (Archival footage)
1973
as Gail
2003
as Katherine Mannion
1990
as Herself
1991
as Margaret Becker Hix
2003
as Nancy Stringer
1988
as Lilah Page
1978
as Gloria Miles
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Mrs. Kirby
1990
as Laura Carlson
1986
as Flo Owens
1961
1990
as Blanche Devereaux
1996
as Marylou Hennis
Production
1991
as Co-Executive Producer
1993
as Co-Executive Producer
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