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Rue McClanahan

A New York stage actress in the 1950s, Eddi-Rue McClanahan gained television fame as Blanche Devereaux on four different TV series: The Golden Palace (1992), The Golden Girls (1985), Nurses (1991), and Empty Nest (1988).

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Filmography

Starship Troopers

1997
as Biology Teacher

Dear God

1996
as Mom Turner

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997
as Mom Lakewood

The Day the Bubble Burst

1982
as Barbara Arvey

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

1998
as Edna Callahan

Five Minutes to Love

1963
as Sally 'Poochie'

The Grass Eater

1961
as Loraina

Nunsense 2: The Sequel

1994
as Rev. Mother Superior Sister Mary Regina

Hogan's Goat

1971
as Josey Finn

How to Succeed with Girls

1964
as Lorena

After the Shock

1990
as Sherra Cox

A Different Approach

1978

Rue McClanahan: The Cat Care Video Guide

1990
as Rue McClanahan

A Holiday to Remember

1995
as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt

The Dreamer of Oz

1990
as Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage

The People Next Door

1970
as Della

Having Babies III

1978
as Gloria Miles

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

1978
as Mat's Mother

Angel's Flight

1965
as Dolly (as Rhue McClanahan)

Nuncrackers

2001
as Reverend Mother

Children of the Bride

1990
as Margret Becker

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

1997
as Rue McClanahan

Hollywood After Dark

1968
as Sandy

Annabelle's Wish

1997
as Scarlett (voice)

They Might Be Giants

1971
as Daisy Playfair

Liberace

1988
as Frances Liberace

Some of My Best Friends Are

1971
as Lita Joyce

The Wickedest Witch

1989
as Avarissa

Generation Gap

2008
as Kay

Modern Love

1990
as Mrs. Evelyn Parker

Nunsense 3: The Jamboree

1998
as Mother Superior

Five Minutes to Live

1961
as Pamela

Out to Sea

1997
as Mrs. Ellen Carruthers

Message from Nam

1993
as Beatrice Andrews

The Fighting Temptations

2003
as Nancy Stringer

Back to You and Me

2005
as Helen Ludwick

Nunsense

1993
as Rev. Mother Mary Regina

The Great American Traffic Jam

1980
as Adele Sherman

The Man in the Brown Suit

1989
as Suzy Blair

Baby of the Bride

1991
as Margaret Hix

Rainbow

1978
as Ida Koverman

Miracle Dogs

2003
as Katherine Mannion

Take My Daughters, Please

1988
as Lilah Page

Mother of the Bride

1993
as Margaret Becker Hix

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988
as Herself

Word of Honor

1981
as Maggie McNeill

Blade

1973
as Gail

To My Daughter

1990
as Laura Carlson

Producer

Movie Baby of the Bride 1991
Movie Mother of the Bride 1993