Acting credits
115
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
115
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
1.1
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 41689
IMDb ID: nm0001516
Known for: Acting
Born: February 21, 1934
Died: June 3, 2010
Age: 76
Place of birth: Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2025
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q230196
Also known as
Patti Leigh • Patty Leigh • Rhue McClanahan • Ру МакКлэнахан
Other jobs
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 Estelle Getty. All four of the women won Emmy Awards for their roles. After Bea Arthur left the show after eight seasons, McClanahan, White and Getty returned for a brief spin-off in "The Golden Palace" (1992). In the mid-nineties, McClanahan was diagnosed with cancer, but was able to fight it successfully. In addition to lending her talents to a number of made for TV films, McClanahan has also appeared on the big screen in recent years co-starring with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the comedy Out to Sea (1997) and with Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997). McClanahan also spends her time joining and helping organizations against cancer, AIDS, and cruelty against animals.





Movie credits linked with Rue McClanahan.
as Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
as Blanche Devereaux
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Kay
as Helen Ludwick
as Nancy Stringer
as Katherine Mannion
as Self / Blanche Devereaux
as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
as Countess DeLage
as Self
as Reverend Mother
as Mary-Margaret
as Aunt Fanny
as Edna Callahan
as Mother Superior
as Biology Teacher
as Scarlett (voice)
as Mom Lakewood
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
as Self
as Mom Turner
Series credits linked with Rue McClanahan.
as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound) • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Peggy Ingram • 12 eps
as Millie Marcus • 1 eps
as Sylvia • 1 eps
as Marian • 1 eps
as Aunt Lou • 2 eps
as Priscilla Tremaine • 1 eps
as Abigail Jordan • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Bunny (voice) • 1 eps
as Valerie Carter • 1 eps
as Dusty Foxx • 1 eps
as Mrs. Hardy (voice) • 1 eps
as Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald • 1 eps
as Jinxy Duke • 1 eps
as Self • 4 eps
as Bernice Matthews • 1 eps
as Rue McClanahan • 1 eps
as Blanche Devereaux • 24 eps
as Blanche Devereaux • 1 eps
as Lois McIntyre • 1 eps
as Blanche Devereaux • 1 eps
as Blanche Devereaux • 180 eps