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Rue McClanahan

A New York stage actress in the 1950s, Eddi-Rue McClanahan gained television fame as Blanche Devereaux on four different TV series: The Golden Palace (1992), The Golden Girls (1985), Nurses (1991), and Empty Nest (1988).

English

The Golden Girls

1985
as Blanche Devereaux

Starship Troopers

1997
as Biology Teacher

Dear God

1996
as Mom Turner

The Day the Bubble Burst

1982
as Barbara Arvey

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

1998
as Edna Callahan

Five Minutes to Love

1963
as Sally 'Poochie'

The Grass Eater

1961
as Loraina

Nunsense 2: The Sequel

1994
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina

Hogan's Goat

1971
as Josey Finn

After the Shock

1990
as Sherra Cox

A Holiday to Remember

1995
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt

The Dreamer of Oz

1990
as Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage

Having Babies III

1978
as Gloria Miles

Angel's Flight

1965
as Dolly (as Rhue McClanahan)

Nuncrackers

2001
as Reverend Mother

Children of the Bride

1990
as Margret Becker

Mama's Family

1983
as Frances Marie Crowley

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

1997
as Rue McClanahan

Annabelle's Wish

1997
as Scarlett (voice)

The Golden Palace

1992
as Blanche Devereaux

They Might Be Giants

1971
as Daisy Playfair

Liberace

1988
as Frances Liberace

Sordid Lives: The Series

2008
as Peggy Ingram

Modern Love

1990
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker

Nunsense 3: The Jamboree

1998
as Mother Superior

Out to Sea

1997
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers

Message from Nam

1993
as Beatrice Andrews

The Fighting Temptations

2003
as Nancy Stringer

Back to You and Me

2005
as Helen Ludwick

Maude

1972
as Vivian Cavender Harmon

Nunsense

1993
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina

Baby of the Bride

1991
as Margaret Hix

Rainbow

1978
as Ida Koverman

Miracle Dogs

2003
as Katherine Mannion

Mother of the Bride

1993
as Margaret Becker Hix

Word of Honor

1981
as Maggie McNeill

Blade

1973
as Gail

To My Daughter

1990
as Laura Carlson

Producer

Movie Baby of the Bride 1991
Movie Mother of the Bride 1993

Guest Star

Episode All in the Family
The Bunkers and the Swingers
1972
Episode The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
Kidnapped
1970
Episode Murphy Brown
Mama Miller
1997
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
‘Dame Edna's Hollywood’
1992
Episode Ladies Man
Travels with My Aunt
2000
Episode Newhart
The Way We Thought We Were
1983
Episode Lou Grant
Guns
1980
Episode King of the Hill
Hair Today, Gone Today
2007
Episode Gimme a Break!
Grandpa's Secret Life
1984
Episode Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Host at the Roast?
1994
Episode The John Larroquette Show
Here We Go Again
1996
Episode Darkroom
Daisies
1981
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Rue McClanahan, Roy Blount, Jr., Clint Black
1989
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Nov 5 1985 Betty White/Bea Arthur/Rue McClanahan/Estelle Getty
1985
Episode Charles in Charge
Home for the Holidays
1984
Episode Gimme a Break!
The Second Time Around
1981
Episode Alice
Big, Bad Mel
1984
Episode Here's Boomer
Private Eye
1981
Episode Touched by an Angel
Shallow Water (1)
2001
Episode Hope & Faith
O' Sister, Where Art Thou?
2005
Episode Charles in Charge
Pressure from Grandma
1985
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
John's Other Life
1982
Episode Nurses
Moon over Miami
1992
Episode Ladies Man
Romance
2000
Episode Fantasy Island
Bowling / Command Performance
1979
Episode Touched by an Angel
Shallow Water (2)
2001
Episode The Film Crew
Hollywood After Dark
2007
Episode Whoopi
American Woman
2004
Episode Wonderfalls
Barrel Bear
2004
Episode Touched by an Angel
Manny
1994
Episode Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous
1995
Episode Burke's Law
Who Killed April?
1964
Episode Empty Nest
Fatal Attraction
1988
Episode Vicki!
The Golden Palace
1970
Episode Remember WENN
The Diva that Wouldn't Die
1996
Episode Columbo
Ashes to Ashes
1998
Episode Supertrain
Where Have You Been Billy Boy
1979
Episode The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls Greatest Moments
2003
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Murder Takes the Bus
1985
Episode Mannix
Game Plan
1974
Episode Promised Land
Intolerance
1997
Episode Small & Frye
Pilot
1983
Episode The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls At The William S. Paley Television Festival
2006
Episode Boy Meets World
Grandma Was a Rolling Stone
1993