Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/21/1934
Place of Birth
Healdton, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
Patti LeighPatty LeighRhue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
Biography
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 Ar...
Known For
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Mat's Mother
Starship Troopers
as Biology Teacher
Gaze
as Self (archive footage)
Out to Sea
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
Generation Gap
as Kay
The Moving of Sophia Myles
as Mary-Margaret
Gridlock
as Adele Sherman
Five Minutes to Love
as Sally 'Poochie'
Miracle Dogs
as Katherine Mannion
Modern Love
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
Annabelle's Wish
as Scarlett (voice)
Innocent Victims
as Marylou Hennis
Blade
as Gail
The Man in the Brown Suit
as Suzy Blair
Picnic
as Flo Owens
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
The Fighting Temptations
as Nancy Stringer
The People Next Door
as Della
Message from Nam
as Beatrice Andrews
After the Shock
as Sherra Cox
Career Timeline
2021
2003
1999
1998
1997
1996
1994
1993
1990
The Dreamer of Oz
as Matilda Joslyn Gage
To My Daughter
as Laura Carlson
Children of the Bride
as Margaret Becker
Law & Order
as Lois McIntyre
After the Shock
as Sherra Cox
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
The Earth Day Special
as Blanche Devereaux
Modern Love
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
as Herself