Rue McClanahan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 s...
Known For
Filmography
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
as Self / Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Golden Girls 3033
2022
as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)
Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
2021
as Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Ageless
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
as Self (archive Footage)
Gaze
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Generation Gap
2008
as Kay
Sordid Lives: The Series
2008
as Peggy Ingram
Back to You & Me
2005
as Helen Ludwick
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
as Mrs. Hardy (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Wonderfalls
2004
as Millie Marcus
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
2003
as Self / Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
as Blanche Devereaux (archive footage)
Miracle Dogs
2003
as Katherine Mannion
The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Nancy Stringer
Whoopi
2003
as Marian
Hope & Faith
2003
as Sylvia
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
The Women
2002
as Countess DeLage
Nuncrackers
2001
as Reverend Mother
The Moving of Sophia Myles
2000
as Mary-Margaret
A Saintly Switch
1999
as Aunt Fanny
Safe Harbor
1999
as Grandma Loring
Ladies Man
1999
as Aunt Lou
The Lot
1999
as Priscilla Tremaine
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998
as Edna Callahan
Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
1998
as Mother Superior
Border to Border
1998
as Mrs. Kirby
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998
as Abigail Jordan
Starship Troopers
1997
as Biology Teacher
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Mom Lakewood
Out to Sea
1997
as Mrs. Carruthers
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997
as Self
Annabelle's Wish
1997
as Scarlett (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Bunny (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
Dear God
1996
as Mom Turner
Innocent Victims
1996
as Marylou Hennis
Promised Land
1996
as Valerie Carter
Remember WENN
1996
as Dusty Foxx
A Holiday to Remember
1995
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
1994
as Grandma Stephens
Nunsense 2: The Sequel
1994
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
Spider-Man
1994
as Mrs. Hardy (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Amelia Archibald
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Lila Winslow
Burke's Law
1994
as Jinxy Duke
Nunsense
1993
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina
Mother of the Bride
1993
as Margaret Hix
Message from Nam
1993
as Beatrice Andrews
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Rue McClanahan
Boy Meets World
1993
as Bernice Matthews
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Golden Palace
1992
as Blanche Devereaux
Baby of the Bride
1991
as Margaret Hix
Nurses
1991
as Blanche Devereaux
Children of the Bride
1990
as Margaret Becker
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Modern Love
1990
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker
The Dreamer of Oz
1990
as Matilda Joslyn Gage
After the Shock
1990
as Sherra Cox
Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide
1990
as Herself
To My Daughter
1990
as Laura Carlson
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Blanche Devereaux
Law & Order
1990
as Lois McIntyre
The Man in the Brown Suit
1989
as Suzy Blair
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1989
The Wickedest Witch
1989
as Avarissa
Liberace
1988
as Frances Liberace
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Self
Take My Daughters, Please
1988
as Lilah Page
Empty Nest
1988
as Blanche Devereaux
The Little Match Girl
1987
as Frances Dutton
Picnic
1986
as Flo Owens
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
as Blanche Devereaux
Charles in Charge
1984
as Irene Pembroke
Cover Up
1984
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Angie
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Miriam Radford
The Skin of Our Teeth
1983
as Fortune Teller
Mama's Family
1983
as Frances Marie Crowley
The Day the Bubble Burst
1982
as Barbara Arvey
Newhart
1982
American Playhouse
1982
as Fortune Teller
Newhart
1982
as Eleanor Smathers
Word of Honor
1981
as Maggie McNeill
Gimme a Break!
1981
Here's Boomer
1981
as Thelma
Darkroom
1981
as Mrs. Louise Michaelson
Gridlock
1980
as Adele Sherman
Topper
1979
as Clara Topper
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
$weepstake$
1979
Supertrain
1979
as Ms. Rick
A Different Approach
1978
Rainbow
1978
as Ida Koverman
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
as Mat's Mother
Having Babies III
1978
as Gloria Miles
Grandpa Goes to Washington
1978
Apple Pie
1978
as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
Fantasy Island
1978
as Gertie Lawton
Fantasy Island
1978
as Margaret Fielding
Lou Grant
1977
The Love Boat
1977
as April Dunlevy
The Love Boat
1977
as Mary Hubble
The Love Boat
1977
as Doris Simpson
The Love Boat
1977
as Laura Thornton Hayes
Alice
1976
Blade
1973
as Gail
The Rimers of Eldritch
1972
as Cora Groves
Maude
1972
as Vivian Harmon
Maude
1972
Some of My Best Friends Are...
1971
as Lita Joyce
Hogan's Goat
1971
as Josey Finn
They Might Be Giants
1971
as Daisy Playfair
All in the Family
1971
as Ruth Rempley
Columbo
1971
as Verity Chandler
Great Performances
1971
as Josey Finn
Great Performances
1971
as Cora
Great Performances
1971
as Faye Precious
The People Next Door
1970
as Della
Where the Heart Is
1969
as Margaret Jardin #2
Mannix
1967
Angel's Flight
1965
as Dolly
How to Succeed with Girls
1964
as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)
Another World
1964
as Caroline Johnson
Five Minutes to Love
1963
as Sally 'Poochie'
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Pamela
Hollywood After Dark
1961
as Sandy
The Grass Eater
1961
Just Between Us
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self