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[Biography &
Filmography is in chronological order]
Birth name -
Eddi Rue McClanahan
Sometimes credited as - Patti
Leigh
Born - February 21, 1935 in
Healdton, Oklahoma
Parents - William Edwin and
Rhue-nell McClanahan
Height - 5' 3"
Broadway - during the 1960s, she
began a career on Broadway, performing in such
shows as MacBird, Sticks and Stones, and Plaza
Suite. In 1964, she landed a role in the
theatrical production of "The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty."
Before "Maude" - in
the early 1970s she began starring in films and
was given a role in the soap opera, Another
World.
"All In The Family" -
appeared in "All In The Family" 's
episode #44 "The Bunkers And The
Swingers" which aired on October 28, 1972.
"Maude" - Norman Lear
was so impressed by Rue's tremendous talent and
ability in "All In The Family" that he
decided to cast her in the series,
"Maude," as Maude Findlay's best
friend, Vivian Cavender-Harmon. She first
appeared in episode #9 "Maude's
Dilemma" (Part 1) on November 14, 1972 as a
guest appearance. By the end of the first season
on into the second season, she became a more
frequent guest star, becoming a cast member by
episode #44 "The Investment" which
aired February 19, 1974. The series ended after
the sixth season on April 22, 1978.
After "Maude" - Norman
Lear offered her a television series of her own,
entitled "Apple Pie" but unfortunately,
the show only lasted two episodes.
"Mama's Family" - in
1983, she was offered a role in the comedy series
"Mama's Family." While on the set of
"Mama's Family," she was taken to the
emergency room over a severe gall bladder attack.
After the operation, she developed Adult
Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In 1985, she left
the show because she was not happy with her role.
"The Golden Girls" -
in 1985, she began starring in the NBC series,
"The Golden Girls" portraying a
Southern, highly confident, and over-sexed,
Blanche Devereaux. On May 9, 1992, after 180
episodes, "The Golden Girls" ended its
seven-year run.
"The Golden Palace" -
in 1992, three of the four cast of "The
Golden Girls" went on in the follow-up
series, "The Golden Palace" which
lasted one season.
After "The Golden Palace" -
on June 6, 1997 she was diagnosed with breast
cancer, and on December 25, 1997, she married her
current husband Morrow Wilson. |
| Marriages |
| Tom Bish |
1958 -1959 |
divorced |
1 child, Mark |
| Norman Hartwig |
1959-1961 |
divorced |
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| Peter Di Maio |
1964-1971 |
divorced |
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| Gus Fisher |
1976-1978 |
divorced |
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| Tom Keel |
1985-1986 |
divorced |
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| Morrow Wilson |
December 25,
1997-Present |
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| Filmography |
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| The Grass Eater (1961) |
Loraina |
| Door-to-Door Maniac (1961) |
Pamela |
| Five Minutes to Love (1963) |
Sally 'Poochie' |
| How to Succeed with Girls
(1964) |
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| Walk the Angry Beach (1968) |
Sandy |
| "Another World"
(1964) TV Series |
Caroline Johnson (1970-1971) |
| The People Next Door (1970) |
Della |
| "Where the Heart Is"
(1969) TV Series |
Margaret Jardin (1971-1972) |
| The Pursuit of Happiness
(1971) |
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| They Might Be Giants (1971) |
Daisy Playfair |
| Some of My Best Friends Are
(1971) |
Lita Joyce |
| Hogan's Goat (1971) TV Movie |
Jo Finn |
| "Maude" (1972) TV
Series |
Vivian Cavender Harmon |
| Blade (1973) |
Gail |
| The Rimers of Eldritch (1974)
TV Movie |
Cora Groves |
| Circus of the Stars (1977) TV
Movie |
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| Having Babies III (1978) TV
Movie |
Gloria Miles |
| Sergeant Matlovich Vs. the
U.S. Air Force (1978) TV Movie |
Mat's Mother |
| "Apple Pie" (1978)
TV Series |
Ginger - Nell Hollyhock |
| Rainbow (1978) TV Movie |
Ida Koverman |
| A Different Approach (1978) |
Clara Topper |
| Topper (1979) TV Movie |
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| Gridlock (1980) TV Movie |
Adele |
| Word of Honor (1981) TV Movie |
Maggie McNeill |
| The Day the Bubble Burst
(1982) TV Movie |
Barbara Arvey |
| The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
TV Movie |
Fortune Teller |
| "Mama's Family"
(1983) TV Series |
Aunt Frances Crowley
(1983-1985) |
| "The Golden Girls"
(1985) TV Series |
Blanche Elizabeth
Hollingsworth - Deveraux |
| Picnic (1986) TV Movie |
Flo Owens |
| The Little Match Girl (1987)
TV Movie |
Frances Dutton |
| Liberace (1988) TV Movie |
Frances |
| Take My Daughters, Please
(1988) TV Movie |
Lilah Page |
| The Man in the Brown Suit
(1989) TV Movie |
Suzy Blair |
| The Disney-MGM Studios Theme
Park Grand Opening (1989) TV Movie |
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| After the Shock (1990) TV
Movie |
Sherra Cox |
| Children of the Bride (1990)
TV Movie |
Margret Becker |
| To My Daughter (1990) TV Movie |
Laura Carlson |
| The Dreamer of Oz (1990) TV
Movie |
Matilda Electra Joslyn Gage |
| Rue McClanahan: The Dog Care
Video Guide (1990) |
Herself/Interviewed |
| Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care
Video Guide (1990) |
Herself / Featured |
| Modern Love (1990) |
Mrs. Parker |
| Baby of the Bride (1991) TV
Movie |
Margaret Hix |
| Biosphere 2 (1991) |
Hostess |
| "The Golden Palace"
(1992) TV Series |
Blanche Elizabeth
Hollingsworth - Devereaux |
| Mother of the Bride (1993) TV
Movie |
Margaret Becker Hix |
| Message from Nam (1993) TV
Movie |
Beatrice Andrews |
| Nunsense (1993) TV Movie |
Reverend Mother Mary Regina |
| A Burning Passion: The
Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) TV Movie |
Grandma Stephens |
| "Spider-Man" (1994)
TV Series |
Anastasia Hardy |
| Nunsense 2: The Sequel (1994)
TV Movie |
Reverend Mother Mary Regina |
| A Holiday to Remember (1995)
TV Movie |
Miz Leona |
| Innocent Victims (1996) TV
Movie |
Marylou Harris |
| Dear God (1996) |
Mom Turner |
| Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
(1997) |
Narrator |
| Out to Sea (1997) |
Mrs. Carruthers |
| This World, Then the Fireworks
(1997) |
Mom Lakewood |
| Annabelle's Wish (1997) |
Scarlett |
| Starship Troopers (1997) |
Biology Teacher |
| Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1997) |
Edna Callahan |
| Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998)
TV Movie |
Verity Chandler |
| Border to Border (1998) |
Mrs. Kirby |
| A Saintly Switch (1999) TV
Movie |
Aunt Fanny |
| "Safe Harbor" (1999)
TV Series |
Grandma Loring |
| Blue's Big Treasure Hunt
(1999) |
Grandma |
| Intimate Portrait: Rue
McClanahan (2000) TV Special |
Herself / Interviewed |
| The Moving of Sophia Myles
(2000) TV Movie |
Mary - Margaret |
| Intimate Portrait: Betty White
(2000) TV Special |
Herself / Interviewed |
| Nuncrackers (2001) |
Reverend Mother |
| Intimate Portrait: Estelle
Getty (2001) TV Special |
Herself |
| NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(2002) TV Special |
Herself |
| Stage On Screen: The Women
(2002) TV Movie |
Countess de Lage |
| Miracle Dogs (2003) TV Movie |
Katherine Mannion |
| The Fighting Temptations
(2003) |
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| Guest
Appearances |
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| "Burke's Law" (1963) |
Waitress |
#19 "Who Killed
April?" |
January 31, 1964 |
| "All in the Family"
(1971) |
Ruth Rempley |
#43 "The Bunkers And The
Swingers" |
October 28, 1972 |
| "Mannix" (1967) |
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#172 "Game Plan" |
September 29, 1974 |
| "The Love Boat"
(1977) |
April |
#38 "Isosceles Triangle /
El Kid / The Last Hundred Bucks" |
December 9, 1978 |
| "Supertrain" (1979) |
Janet |
#9 "Where Have You Been
Billy Boy" |
May 5, 1979 |
| "Lou Grant" (1977) |
Maggie McKenna |
#69 "Guns" |
March 17, 1980 |
| "The Love Boat"
(1977) |
Mary Hubble |
#83 "The Promoter / The
Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May
the Best Man Win (Part 2)" |
November 1, 1980 |
| "The Love Boat"
(1977) |
Mary Hubble |
#82 "The Promoter / The
Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged / May
the Best Man Win (Part 1)" |
November 1, 1980 |
| "Gimme a Break!"
(1981) |
Marian |
#3 "The Second Time
Around" |
November 21, 1981 |
| "Darkroom" (1981) |
Mrs. Louise Michaelson |
#10 "Daisies" |
December 25, 1981 |
| "The Love Boat"
(1977) |
Doris Simpson |
#126 "His Girls Friday /
A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood
Still" |
February 13, 1982 |
| "Trapper John, M.D."
(1979) |
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#64 "John's Other
Life" |
May 2, 1982 |
| "Newhart" (1982) |
Eleanor Smathers |
#12 "The Way We Thought
We Were" |
December 30, 1982 |
| "Gimme a Break!"
(1981) |
Katrina |
#67 "Grandpa's Secret
Life" |
October 20, 1984 |
| "Alice" (1976) |
Mother Goose |
#189 "Big Bad Mel" |
October 21, 1984 |
| "Cover Up" (1984) |
Mattie Bemstein |
#8 "Murder in
Malibu" |
December 1, 1984 |
| "Charles in Charge"
(1984) |
Irene Pembroke |
#11 "Home for the
Holidays" |
December 19, 1984 |
| "Crazy Like a Fox"
(1984) |
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#2 "Turn of the Century
Fox" |
January 6, 1985 |
| "Charles in Charge"
(1984) |
Irene Pembroke |
#16 "Pressure from
Grandma" |
January 30, 1985 |
| "Murder, She Wrote"
(1984) |
Miriam Radford |
#18 "Murder Takes the
Bus" |
March 17, 1985 |
| "Empty Nest" (1988) |
Blanche Devereaux |
#4 "Fatal
Attraction" |
November 5, 1988 |
| "Nurses" (1991) |
Blanche Devereaux |
#20 "Moon over
Miami" |
February 29, 1992 |
| "Dame Edna's
Hollywood" (1991) |
Herself |
#2 "Episode #2" |
May 9, 1992 |
| "Boy Meets World"
(1993) |
Bernice Matthews |
#7 "Grandma was a Rolling
Stone" |
November 12, 1993 |
| "Burke's Law" (1994)
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Jinxy Duke |
#5 "Who Killed the Host
at the Roast?" |
February 4, 1994 |
| "Touched by an
Angel" (1994) |
Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald |
#8 "Manny" |
December 14, 1994 |
| "Spider-Man" (1994) |
Anastasia Hardy |
#6 "Doctor Octopus: Armed
and Dangerous" |
February 18, 1995 |
| "Blue's Clues"
(1996) |
Steve's grandmother |
#51 "Blue's Big Treasure
Hunt" |
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| "The John Larroquette
Show" (1993) |
Herself |
#65 "Here We Go
Again" |
March 12, 1996 |
| "Remember WENN"
(1996) |
Dusty Foxx |
#18 "The Diva That
Wouldn't Die" |
December 14, 1996 |
| "Promised Land"
(1996) |
Valerie Carter |
#19 "Intolerance" |
April 5, 1997 |
| "Murphy Brown"
(1988) |
Virginia Redfield |
#224 "Mama Miller" |
May 12, 1997 |
| "The Love Boat: The Next
Wave" (1998) |
Abigail Jordan |
#9 "Captains
Courageous" |
October 23, 1998 |
| "Ladies Man" (1999) |
Aunt Lou |
#17 "Travels with My
Aunt" |
February 12, 2000 |
| "Ladies Man" (1999) |
Aunt Lou |
#22 "Romance" |
May 19, 2000 |
| "Touched by an
Angel" (1994) |
Lila Winslow |
#167 "Shallow Water: Part
1" |
May 13, 2001 |
| "Touched by an
Angel" (1994) |
Lila Winslow |
#168 "Shallow Water: Part
2" |
May 20, 2001 |
| Produced |
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| Baby of the Bride (1991) TV
Movie |
co-executive producer |
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