Rue McClanahan

Birthplace: Healdton, Oklahoma
Birthday: February 21, 1934

Able to move alternate between comedy and melodrama, and portray everything from vixens to suffering mothers, the curvaceous yet full-boned, slender-nosed McClanahan has been on TV almost continuously since snagging the role of Vivian Harmon, best friend to "Maude", in 1972. Flirtatious and a bit ditzy as Vivian, McClanahan took out the "ditzy" but kept in the flirt more than a decade later when she created the role for which she is most recognized, that of Blanche Devereaux, self-proclaimed middle-aged sex goddess on "The Golden Girls" (NBC, 1…more

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Actor

TV Land Awards 2008
To My Daughter
Laura Carlston
Baby of the Bride
Margret Becker Hix
And They All Lived Happily Ever After
Liz Wescott
The Rimers of Eldritch
Cora Groves

Producer

Baby of the Bride
Co-Executive Producer
Mother of the Bride
Co-Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2001
Returned to the NYC stage in the Broadway revival of "The Women"
1997
Had prominent roles in "This World, Then the Fireworks" and "Out to Sea"
1995
Returned to New York stage in world premiere of "After-Play" at the Manhattan Theatre Club
1994
Starred in TV version of "Nunsense" for Arts & Entertainment Channel
1991
Co-executive produced and starred in TV movie "Baby of the Bride" (CBS)