Overview
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A New York stage actress in the 1950s, McClanahan was plucked from the...
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Played the same character, Blanche Devereaux, on four different TV series:...
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
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Alternate Names:
Patti Leigh | Rhue McClanahan
Filmography
- "Law & Order" .... Lois McIntyre (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title)
- Illegitimate (2009) TV episode .... Lois McIntyre - Generation Gap (2008) (TV) .... Kay
- "Sordid Lives: The Series" .... Peggy Ingram (12 episodes, 2008)
- Desperately Seeking Ty (2008) TV episode .... Peggy Ingram
- Those Pesky Little Stalkers (2008) TV episode .... Peggy Ingram
- Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's? (2008) TV episode .... Peggy Ingram
- An Audacious Affair (2008) TV episode .... Peggy Ingram
- Call Waiting (2008) TV episode .... Peggy Ingram
(7 more) - "King of the Hill" .... Bunny (1 episode, 2007)
- Hair Today, Gone Today (2007) TV episode (voice) .... Bunny - Back to You and Me (2005) (TV) .... Helen Ludwick
- "Hope & Faith" .... Sylvia (1 episode, 2005)
- O' Sister, Where Art Thou? (2005) TV episode .... Sylvia - "Whoopi" .... Marian (1 episode, 2004)
- American Woman (2004) TV episode .... Marian - "Wonderfalls" .... Millie Marcus (1 episode, 2004)
- Barrel Bear (2004) TV episode .... Millie Marcus - Miracle Dogs (2003) (TV) .... Katherine Mannion
- Stage on Screen: The Women (2002) (TV) .... Countess DeLage
- "Touched by an Angel" .... Lila Winslow / ... (3 episodes, 1994-2001)
- Shallow Water: Part 2 (2001) TV episode .... Lila Winslow
- Shallow Water: Part 1 (2001) TV episode .... Lila Winslow
- Manny (1994) TV episode .... Amelia Bowthorpe Archibald - The Moving of Sophia Myles (2000) (TV) .... Mary-Margaret
- "Ladies Man" .... Aunt Lou (2 episodes, 2000)
- Romance (2000) TV episode .... Aunt Lou
- Travels with My Aunt (2000) TV episode .... Aunt Lou
- "The Lot" (1999) TV series .... Priscilla Tremaine (unknown episodes, 1999)
- "Safe Harbor" .... Grandma Loring (10 episodes, 1999)
- Boys Will Be Boys (1999) TV episode .... Grandma Loring
- One for the Road (1999) TV episode .... Grandma Loring
- The Un-Thanksgiving Show (1999) TV episode .... Grandma Loring
- The Invasion (1999) TV episode .... Grandma Loring
- Life Insurance (1999) TV episode .... Grandma Loring
(5 more) - "Blue's Clues" .... Steve's Grandmother (1 episode, 1999)
- Blue's Big Treasure Hunt (1999) TV episode .... Steve's Grandmother - A Saintly Switch (1999) (TV) .... Aunt Fanny
... aka In Your Shoes - "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" .... Abigail Jordan (1 episode, 1998)
- Captains Courageous (1998) TV episode .... Abigail Jordan - Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998) (TV) .... Verity Chandler
- Nunsense Jamboree (1998) (TV) .... Mother Superior
- "Murphy Brown" .... Virginia Redfield (1 episode, 1997)
- Mama Miller (1997) TV episode .... Virginia Redfield - "Promised Land" .... Valerie Carter (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Home of the Brave
- Intolerance (1997) TV episode .... Valerie Carter - Dads (1997) (TV) .... Dr. Neuhauser
- "Remember WENN" .... Dusty Foxx (1 episode, 1996)
- The Diva That Wouldn't Die (1996) TV episode .... Dusty Foxx - Innocent Victims (1996) (TV) .... Marylou Hennis
- A Holiday to Remember (1995) (TV) .... Miz Leona (Clay's Aunt)
- "Spider-Man" .... Anastasia Hardy (1 episode, 1995)
- Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous (1995) TV episode (voice) .... Anastasia Hardy - "The Mommies" .... Amanda Kellogg (1 episode, 1995)
- The Mother of All In-Laws (1995) TV episode .... Amanda Kellogg - Blackbird Hall (1995) (TV)
- A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) (TV) .... Grandma Stephens
- "Burke's Law" .... Jinxy Duke (1 episode, 1994)
- Who Killed the Host at the Roast? (1994) TV episode .... Jinxy Duke - Nunsense 2: The Sequel (1994) (TV) .... Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina
... aka Nunsense 2
... aka Nunsense II: The Second Coming - Days Like This (1994) (TV) .... Glenda
- "Boy Meets World" .... Bernice Matthews (1 episode, 1993)
- Grandma Was a Rolling Stone (1993) TV episode .... Bernice Matthews - Message from Nam (1993) (TV) .... Beatrice Andrews
... aka Danielle Steel's 'Message from Nam' (UK) - "The Golden Palace" .... Blanche Devereaux (24 episodes, 1992-1993)
- The Chicken and the Egg (1993) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Sex, Lies and Tortillas (1993) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- One Angry Stan (1993) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Tad (1993) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Pros and Concierge (1993) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
(19 more) - Mother of the Bride (1993) (TV) .... Margaret Becker Hix
- Nunsense (1993) (TV) .... Rev. Mother Mary Regina
- "The Golden Girls" .... Blanche Devereaux (180 episodes, 1985-1992)
- One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest: Part 1 (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest: Part 2 (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Home Again, Rose: Part 2 (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Home Again, Rose: Part 1 (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
- Rose: Portrait of a Woman (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux
(175 more) - "Nurses" .... Blanche Devereaux (1 episode, 1992)
- Moon Over Miami (1992) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux - Baby of the Bride (1991) (TV) .... Margaret Hix
- The Dreamer of Oz (1990) (TV) .... Matilda Electra Joslyn Gage
... aka The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story - To My Daughter (1990) (TV) .... Laura Carlson
- Children of the Bride (1990) (TV) .... Margret Becker
- After the Shock (1990) (TV) .... Sherra Cox
- "American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts" .... Miss Moray (1 episode, 1990)
- Let Me Hear You Whisper (1990) TV episode .... Miss Moray
- The Wickedest Witch (1989) (TV) .... Avarissa
- "Nightmare Classics" (1 episode, 1989)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989) TV episode - The Man in the Brown Suit (1989) (TV) .... Suzy Blair
... aka Agatha Christie's 'The Man in the Brown Suit' - Take My Daughters, Please (1988) (TV) .... Lilah Page
- "Empty Nest" .... Blanche Devereaux (1 episode, 1988)
- Fatal Attraction (1988) TV episode .... Blanche Devereaux - Liberace (1988) (TV) .... Frances Liberace
- The Little Match Girl (1987) (TV) .... Frances Dutton
- Picnic (1986) (TV) .... Flo Owens
- "Murder, She Wrote" .... Miriam Radford (1 episode, 1985)
- Murder Takes the Bus (1985) TV episode .... Miriam Radford - "Charles in Charge" .... Irene Pembroke (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
- Pressure from Grandma (1985) TV episode .... Irene Pembroke
- Home for the Holidays (1984) TV episode .... Irene Pembroke - "Crazy Like a Fox" (1 episode, 1985)
- Turn of the Century Fox (1985) TV episode - "Cover Up" .... Mattie Bemstein (1 episode, 1984)
- Murder in Malibu (1984) TV episode .... Mattie Bemstein - "The Love Boat" .... Mary Hubble / ... (5 episodes, 1978-1984)
- Paying the Piper/Baby Sister/Help Wanted (1984) TV episode
- His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still (1982) TV episode .... Doris Simpson
- Promoter, The/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win: Part 1 (1980) TV episode .... Mary Hubble
- Promoter, The/The Judges/The Family Plan/Forever Engaged/May the Best Man Win: Part 2 (1980) TV episode .... Mary Hubble
- The Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/Last Hundred Bucks (1978) TV episode .... April Dunlevy - "Alice" .... Mother Goose (1 episode, 1984)
- Big Bad Mel (1984) TV episode .... Mother Goose - "Gimme a Break!" .... Katrina / ... (2 episodes, 1981-1984)
- Grandpa's Secret Life (1984) TV episode .... Katrina
- The Second Time Around (1981) TV episode .... Marian - "Mama's Family" .... Aunt Fran Crowley (24 episodes, 1983-1984)
- A Grave Mistake (1984) TV episode .... Aunt Fran Crowley
- Ask Aunt Fran (1984) TV episode .... Aunt Fran Crowley
- Harper Versus Harper (1984) TV episode .... Aunt Fran Crowley
- Mama for Mayor: Part 2 (1984) TV episode .... Aunt Fran Crowley
- Mama for Mayor: Part 1 (1984) TV episode .... Aunt Fran Crowley
(19 more) - "Small & Frye" .... Miss Parsifal (1 episode, 1983)
- Pilot (1983) TV episode .... Miss Parsifal - The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) (TV) .... Fortune Teller
- "Newhart" .... Eleanor Smathers (1 episode, 1983)
- The Way We Thought We Were (1983) TV episode .... Eleanor Smathers - "Fantasy Island" .... Gertie / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1982)
- Dancing Lady/The Final Round (1982) TV episode .... Gertie
- Bowling/Command Performances (1979) TV episode .... Margaret Fielding - "Trapper John, M.D." .... Mary Renquist (1 episode, 1982)
- John's Other Life (1982) TV episode .... Mary Renquist - The Day the Bubble Burst (1982) (TV) .... Barbara Arvey
- "Darkroom" .... Mrs. Louise Michaelson (1 episode, 1981)
- Daisies (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Louise Michaelson - And They All Lived Happily After (1981) (TV) .... Liz Wescott
- Word of Honor (1981) (TV) .... Maggie McNeill
- Gridlock (1980) (TV) .... Adele Sherman
... aka The Great American Traffic Jam (USA: reissue title) - "Here's Boomer" .... Thelma (1 episode, 1980)
- Private Eye (1980) TV episode .... Thelma - "Lou Grant" .... Maggie McKenna (1 episode, 1980)
- Guns (1980) TV episode .... Maggie McKenna
- Topper (1979) (TV) .... Clara Topper
- "Supertrain" .... Janet (1 episode, 1979)
- Where Have You Been Billy Boy (1979) TV episode .... Janet - "$weepstake$" (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Sweepstakes
- Episode #1.3 (1979) TV episode - Rainbow (1978) (TV) .... Ida Koverman
- "Apple Pie" .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock (8 episodes, 1978)
- Ginger-Nell Goes Hollywood (1978) TV episode .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
- Fast Eddie Slows Down (1978) TV episode .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
- A Man from Ginger Nell's Past (1978) TV episode .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
- Ginger-Nell Loses Her Touch (1978) TV episode .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
- Pilot (1978) TV episode .... Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
(3 more) - "Grandpa Goes to Washington" .... Grace (1 episode, 1978)
- Pilot (1978) TV episode .... Grace - Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978) (TV) .... Mat's mother
- "Maude" .... Vivian Cavender Harmon / ... (100 episodes, 1972-1978)
- Maude's Big Move: Part 2 (1978) TV episode .... Vivian Cavender Harmon
- Maude's Big Move: Part 1 (1978) TV episode .... Vivian Cavender Harmon
- Phillip's Mature Romance (1978) TV episode .... Vivian Cavender Harmon
- Mr. Butterfield's Return (1978) TV episode .... Vivian Cavender Harmon
- Arthur's Grandson (1978) TV episode .... Vivian Cavender Harmon
(95 more) - Having Babies III (1978) (TV) .... Gloria Miles
- "Insight" .... Linda (2 episodes, 1975-1977)
- A Slight Drinking Problem (1977) TV episode .... Linda
- Seventeen Forever (1975) TV episode - "Great Performances" .... Cora / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1975)
- Who's Happy Now? (1975) TV episode .... Faye Precious
- The Rimers of Eldritch (1972) TV episode .... Cora - "Mannix" (1 episode, 1974)
- Game Plan (1974) TV episode - The Rimers of Eldritch (1974) (TV) .... Cora Groves
- "The ABC Afternoon Playbreak" .... Carol Babcock (1 episode, 1973)
... aka ABC Matinee Today (USA: alternative title)
- My Secret Mother (1973) TV episode .... Carol Babcock - "All in the Family" .... Ruth Rempley (1 episode, 1972)
- The Bunkers and the Swingers (1972) TV episode .... Ruth Rempley - "Love of Life" (1951) TV series .... Mrs. Braylee (unknown episodes, 1971)
- "Where the Heart Is" (1969) TV series .... Margaret Jardin #2 (1971-1972)
- Hogan's Goat (1971) (TV) .... Josey Finn
- "Another World" (1964) TV series .... Caroline Johnson (unknown episodes, 1970-1971)
... aka Another World: Bay City
- "Burke's Law" .... Waitress (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Who Killed April? (1964) TV episode (uncredited) .... Waitress
- "Celebrity Ghost Stories" .... Herself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode .... Herself - "Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (5 episodes, 2007-2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 10 June 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 23 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 22 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 9 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 17 April 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself - "Larry King Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 27 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Herself - The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008) (TV) .... Herself - Winner
- "TV Land Confidential" .... Herself - interviewee (1 episode, 2007)
... aka TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories (USA: second season title)
- Finales (2007) TV episode .... Herself - interviewee - "The View" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 18 April 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself - "TV Land's Top Ten" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2006)
- Top 10 TV Spinoffs (2006) TV episode .... Herself
- All in the Family Episodes (2006) TV episode .... Herself - 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards (2005) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Tony Danza Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #1.53 (2004) TV episode .... Herself - CBS at 75 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- "Intimate Portrait" .... Herself / ... (4 episodes, 2000-2003)
- Bea Arthur (2003) TV episode .... Herself/Interviewed
- Estelle Getty (2001) TV episode .... Herself
- Betty White (2000) TV episode .... Herself
- Rue McClanahan (2000) TV episode .... Herself - "TV Tales" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
- The Golden Girls (2002) TV episode .... Herself - NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) (TV) .... Herself
... aka NBC 75th Anniversary Celebration (USA: alternative title) - "Sally Jessy Raphael" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Sally (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 13 March 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Herself
- "The John Larroquette Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Larroquette (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Here We Go Again (1996) TV episode .... Herself - 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996) (TV) .... Herself
- "E! True Hollywood Story" .... Herself (1 episode)
- The Golden Girls (????) TV episode .... Herself - "Tal cual" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 25 March 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Herself - The Ultimate Driving Challenge (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- "Dame Edna's Hollywood" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode #1.2 (1992) TV episode .... Herself - The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992) (TV) .... Herself
- The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991) (TV) .... Herself
- The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991) (TV) .... Herself
- The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- Night of 100 Stars III (1990) (TV) .... Herself
- The Earth Day Special (1990) (TV) .... Herself
- Help Save Planet Earth (1990) (TV) .... Herself
- The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988) (TV) .... Herself
- This Is Your Life (1987) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief '87 (1987) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1977-1985)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 3 December 1985 (1985) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 25 August 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Herself - "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1984)
- Ted Knight (1984) TV episode .... Herself
- "The Alan Hamel Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode dated 23 February 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
- Episode dated 21 February 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 24 May 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - Circus of the Stars (1977) (TV) .... Herself (performer)
- "The Cross-Wits" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 1 November 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - "Rhyme and Reason" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 3 May 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself
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Other Works:
October 2001-January 2002: Performed the role of the Countess de Lage in the
Broadway revival of "The Women," written by Clare Boothe Luce, at the American Airlines Theatre.
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