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Rue McClanahan

Highest Rated: 72% Starship Troopers (1997)

Lowest Rated: 12% Dear God (1996)

Birthday: Feb 21, 1934

Birthplace: Healdton, Oklahoma, USA

Able to alternate between comedy and melodrama, portraying everything from vixens to suffering mothers, Rue McClanahan became a fixture on television from the moment she landed the role of Vivian Harmon, best friend to Bea Arthur's titular character, "Maude," in 1972. Flirtatious and a bit ditzy as Vivian, McClanahan upped the flirt quotient considerably more than a decade later when she created the role for which she was most recognized, Blanche Devereaux, the self-proclaimed middle-aged sex goddess on "The Golden Girls" (NBC, 1985-1992). With her Southern charm, Blanche enchanted viewers with her comic timing but also proved that love and desire knew no age.

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Highest-Rated Movies

72% 70% Starship Troopers
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61% 74% They Might Be Giants
Watchlist 42% 66% The Fighting Temptations Watchlist
38% 45% This World, Then the Fireworks
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36% 52% Out to Sea
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12% 28% Dear God
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Liberace
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44% The People Next Door
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56% Modern Love
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Betty White: Pure Gold
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Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, Mae Middleton, Melba Moore, Chris Cole, zane Copeland, Beyonce Knowles, Rue Mcclanahan, Montell Jordan, T-Bone, Angie Stone, Mitchah Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., 2003, (c) Paramount OUT TO SEA, Rue McClanahan, Walter Matthau, 1997, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. OUT TO SEA, Brent Spiner, Donald O'Connor, Rue McClanahan, Hal Linden, 1997, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, Angie Stone, Cuba Gooding Jr., Rue McClanahan, Melba Moore, Beyonce Knowles, LaTanya Richardson, 2003, (c) Paramount OUT TO SEA, Donald O'Connor, Rue McClanahan, Hal Linden, 1997, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. OUT TO SEA, Rue McClanahan, Walter Matthau, 1997, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. OUT TO SEA, Walter Matthau, 1997, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. None View more photos

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Betty White: Pure Gold 2022 Self Generation Gap 39% 2008 Kay Actor Back to You and Me 74% 2005 Helen Ludwick Actor Miracle Dogs 78% 2003 Katherine Mannion Actor The Fighting Temptations 42% 66% 2003 Nancy Stringer Actor The Moving of Sophia Myles 2000 Mary-Margaret Actor A Saintly Switch 60% 1999 Aunt Fanny Actor Rusty: The Great Rescue 77% 1998 Edna Callahan Actor Columbo: Ashes to Ashes 62% 1998 Verity Chandler Actor This World, Then the Fireworks 38% 45% 1997 Mom Lakewood Actor Out to Sea 36% 52% 1997 Mrs. Ellen Carruthers Actor Starship Troopers 72% 70% 1997 Biology Teacher Actor Dear God 12% 28% 1996 Mom Turner Actor Innocent Victims 1996 Marylou Hennis Actor A Holiday to Remember 64% 1995 Miz Leona Actor A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story 1994 Grandma Stephens Actor Mother of the Bride 1993 Margaret Becker Hix Actor Nunsense 1993 Rev. Mother Mary Regina Actor Message From Nam 1993 Beatrice Andrews Actor Baby of the Bride 62% 1991 Margaret Hix Actor Modern Love 56% 1990 Mrs. Evelyn Parker Actor Children of the Bride 50% 1990 Margret Becker Actor The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story 1990 Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage Actor To My Daughter 1990 Laura Carlson Actor After the Shock 1990 Sherra Cox Actor
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