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Eddi-Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress, comedienne, author and fashion designer. She was best known for her roles on television sitcoms, including Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), and its spin-off ...
Feb 15, 2019 · This Sunday, the Reelz docuseries, Autopsy: Rue McClanahan, investigates The Golden Girls star's autopsy, which was performed almost a decade ago, following her death at age 76.
Rue McClanahan. Actress: The Golden Girls. A New York stage actress in the 1950s, McClanahan was plucked from the stage by Norman Lear for roles on All in the Family (1971) and later Maude (1972).
A veteran television actress and Broadway star of the 50s, Rue McClanahan was born Eddi-Rue McClanahan in Healdton, Oklahoma, to Dreda Rheua-Nell (Medaris), a beautician, and William Edwin McClanahan, a building contractor.
Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 was an American actress and comedian. She acted in several television sitcoms, most notably The Golden Girls . She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.
Jun 4, 2010 · Ms. McClanahan, a screen and stage actor, helped make “The Golden Girls” a long-running television hit by playing the saucy Southern belle Blanche Devereaux.
Jun 3, 2010 · Rue McClanahan, who passed away today, had the toughest role on The Golden Girls. Most of the sly punch lines went to Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Sophia (Estelle Getty); Betty White's Rose got all...
Eddi-Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress, comedienne, author and fashion designer. She was best known for her roles on television sitcoms, including Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), and its spin-off ...
Jun 4, 2010 · Rue McClanahan, an actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the sassy, man-crazy Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 76.
Although she had acted on screen since the 1960s McClanahan only found international fame as the man-eating Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls (1985-92), a character she reprised in the spin-off The Golden Palace (1992-93).
