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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
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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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A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
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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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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

Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Betty White: Pure Gold Self - 2022
No Score Yet 39% Generation Gap Kay (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 74% Back to You and Me Helen Ludwick (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 78% Miracle Dogs Katherine Mannion (Character) - 2003
42% 66% The Fighting Temptations Nancy Stringer (Character) $30.2M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moving of Sophia Myles Mary-Margaret (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 60% A Saintly Switch Aunt Fanny (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 77% Rusty: The Great Rescue Edna Callahan (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 62% Columbo: Ashes to Ashes Verity Chandler (Character) - 1998
38% 45% This World, Then the Fireworks Mom Lakewood (Character) $19.9K 1997
36% 52% Out to Sea Mrs. Ellen Carruthers (Character) $28.0M 1997
72% 70% Starship Troopers Biology Teacher (Character) $54.7M 1997
12% 28% Dear God Mom Turner (Character) $7.1M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Innocent Victims Marylou Hennis (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 67% A Holiday to Remember Miz Leona (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story Grandma Stephens (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother of the Bride Margaret Becker Hix (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nunsense Rev. Mother Mary Regina (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Message From Nam Beatrice Andrews (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 62% Baby of the Bride Margaret Hix (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 56% Modern Love Mrs. Evelyn Parker (Character) $37.7K 1990
No Score Yet 50% Children of the Bride Margret Becker (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet To My Daughter Laura Carlson (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet After the Shock Sherra Cox (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 52% The Man in the Brown Suit Suzy Blair (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberace Frances Liberace (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Take My Daughters, Please Lilah Page (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 80% The Little Match Girl Frances Dutton (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day the Bubble Burst Barbara Arvey (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Word of Honor Maggie McNeill (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Topper Clara Topper (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Having Babies III Gloria Miles (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rainbow Ida Koverman (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 75% Some of My Best Friends Are... Lita Joyce (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 33% The Pursuit of Happiness Mrs. O'Mara (Character) - 1971
61% 74% They Might Be Giants Daisy Playfair (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 44% The People Next Door Della (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 69% Hollywood After Dark Sandy (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angels Flight Dolly (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet 5 Minutes to Love Sally "Poochie" (Character) - 1963

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Mama's Family Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1983-1984 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Lorraine (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sordid Lives: The Series Peggy Ingram (Character) 2008
No Score Yet 77% King of the Hill Bunny (Guest Voice) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hope & Faith Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
26% No Score Yet Whoopi Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1994 2001
8% No Score Yet Ladies Man Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Safe Harbor Grandma Loring (Character) 1999
20% No Score Yet The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
14% No Score Yet Love Boat: The Next Wave Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Verity Chandler (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murphy Brown Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promised Land Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The John Larroquette Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mommies Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
43% No Score Yet Burke's Law Jinxy Duke (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 86% Boy Meets World Bernice Matthews (Guest Star) 1993
78% No Score Yet The Golden Palace Unknown (Character) 1992-1993
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Blanche Devereaux (Character) 1985-1992
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Miriam Radford (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charles in Charge Irene Pembroke (Guest Star) 1984-1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1981 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maude Vivian Cavender Harmon (Character) 1972-1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Gloria (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 85% All in the Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1972