| Rue McClanahan | |
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 Rue McClanahan at a book signing in 2007 |
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| Born | Eddi Rue McClanahan February 21, 1934 Healdton, Oklahoma, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Morrow Wilson (1997–present) Tom Keel (1985-1986) (divorced) Gus Fisher (1976-1978) (divorced) Peter DMaior (1964-1971) (divorced) Norman Hartweg (1959-1961) (divorced) Tom Bish (1958-1959) (divorced) 1 child |
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Early life
McClanahan is of Scots-Irish and Choctaw Indian ancestry, and grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma; she graduated from Ardmore High School in 1952. Ardmore is a business cultural and tourism city in and the County seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. At the University of Tulsa, she majored in German and Theatre and was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. The University of Tulsa is a Private university awarding bachelors masters and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa Oklahoma. Kappa Alpha Theta ( ΚΑΘ) is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University. She began acting on stage in New York City in 1957, but her breakout role was of maniacal nanny Caroline Johnson on Another World from July 1970 - September 1971. The City of New York Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. In the show, while taking care of twins Michael and Marianne Randolph, Caroline fell in love with their father, John, and began poisoning their mother, Pat. Due in part to McClanahan's performance, the short-term role was extended to over a year before Caroline was finally brought to justice after kidnapping the twins. McClanahan expected negative fan reaction but was generally popular, even getting one letter advising her on the best poisons with which to kill Pat. Unlike a number of actors who become famous after leaving soaps, McClanahan has always praised daytime drama and the people who work in it.
Career
Early work
McClanahan starred in the long-running television series Another World from 1970 to 1971, and later starred in the early seasons of Mama's Family as "Aunt Fran" Crowley. Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. Frances Marie Crowley was a fictional character in the television sitcom Mama's Family. In Maude, broadcast from 1972 to 1978, McClanahan played Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur)'s best friend, Vivian Harmon. Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the
The Golden Girls
- Further information: The Golden Girls
In The Golden Girls, broadcast from 1985 until 1992, McClanahan portrayed man-crazed Southern belle Blanche Devereaux. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, Blanche Marie Elizabeth Hollingsworth Devereaux was one of the four main characters on the 1985 - 1992 NBC Sitcom The Golden Girls Deveraux was the owner of a house inhabited by four roommates: herself, Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White), and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Dorothy Zbornak Hollingsworth (nee Petrillo) portrayed by Beatrice Arthur, is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls Rose Nylund was a fictional character featured on the popular 1980s Situation comedy The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years Sophia Angelo Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls, and its Spin-offs The Estelle Scher-Gettleman ( July 25 1923 &ndash July 22 2008) better known by her Stage name Estelle Getty, was an She received an Emmy Award in 1987 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on The Golden Girls.
She made a nod to her beginnings on Another World in an episode of The Golden Girls, called "The Flu" when, as Blanche, she, along with Dorothy and Rose, were sick with the flu, and Blanche wanted to watch Another World over the strenuous objections of Dorothy.
Other work
McClanahan starred in 1961's The Rotten Apple, as well Walk the Angry Beach in 1968. Five Minutes to Love, originally known as The Rotten Apple and also known as It Only Takes Five Minutes, was a 1963 film starring Rue McClanahan Walk the Angry Beach, also known as Hollywood After Dark and The Unholy Choice, is an Exploitation film starring Rue McClanahan In May 2005, McClanahan took over the role of Madame Morrible in the hit Broadway musical Wicked, for which she received mixed reviews. Madame Muriel Morrible is a Fictional character in author Gregory Maguire 's 1995 novel Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Wicked is a musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. She received positive notice from the "New York Times" though: "The former Golden Girls star Rue McClanahan, dressed in flamboyant kimonolike costumes, is doing maaahvelous things with vowel sounds as Madame Morrible, the flamboyant headmistress of the witches' school. Madame Muriel Morrible is a Fictional character in author Gregory Maguire 's 1995 novel Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of She steals scenes with a flip of a hand. "
Later life
A lifelong animal-rights advocate and vegetarian, McClanahan was one of the first celebrity supporters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). She is also a lifelong supporter of the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. In December 2003, she wrote a letter informing Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry that his pheasant hunting had cost him her vote. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator Pheasants are a group of large Birds in the order Galliformes. (Which went to Ralph Nader instead. Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President )
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 1997 and survived with the help of cancer expert Dr. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men Larry Norton and her sixth husband, the much younger Morrow Wilson. She is also the mother of one child, a son, Mark Bish, from a previous marriage.
Her autobiography, My First Five Husbands, was released nationwide in the spring of 2007.
In June 2008, The Golden Girls was awarded the 'Pop Culture' award at the Sixth Annual TV Land Awards. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, The TV Land Awards are American television awards that generally commemorate shows now off the air rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys Rue accepted the award with co-stars Bea Arthur and Betty White. Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years [1]
Emmy Award Nominations
McClanahan was nominated for four Emmy Awards:
- 1986 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - "The Golden Girls" - (Nominated)
- 1987 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - "The Golden Girls" - (Won)
- 1988 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - "The Golden Girls" - (Nominated)
- 1989 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - "The Golden Girls" - (Nominated)
Selected TV Work
- Another World (cast member from 1970 – 1971)
- Where the Heart Is (cast member from 1971 – 1972)
- Hogan's Goat (1971)
- Maude (1974 – 1978)
- Mama's Family as Fran (cast member from 1983 – 1985)
- The Golden Girls (1985 – 1992)
- The Man in the Brown Suit (1989)
- The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1991)
- The Golden Palace (1992 – 1993)
- A Saintly Switch (1999)
- Sordid Lives (2008)
- King of the Hill brief 2007 appearance
- Hope & Faith brief 2005 appearance
- Dads TV Pilot
Selected filmography
- The Rotten Apple (1961)
- Walk the Angry Beach / Hollywood After Dark / The Unholy Choice (1968)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- Message from Nam(1993
- Out to Sea (1997)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Personal life
McClanahan is the aunt of author Amelia Kinkade. Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. Where the Heart Is is an American Soap opera which was telecast on the CBS television network from Monday September 8, 1969, to Friday Hogan's Goat is a play by William Alfred The Blank-verse Drama concerns a Mayoral contest between Irish Americans in Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in August 1924 The Dreamer of Oz The L Frank Baum Story is a film that stars John Ritter as Lyman Frank Baum, the man who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of The Golden Palace was a Spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls broadcast during the 1992–1993 season on the American A Saintly Switch is a made for TV Comedy film directed by film director Peter Bogdanovich and produced in 1999 in by Walt Disney Animations Sordid Lives, is a 2000 Independent film, Comedy written and directed by Del Shores. King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company Hope & Faith is an American sitcom that aired for three seasons on ABC from September 26 2003 to May 2 2006 A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Five Minutes to Love, originally known as The Rotten Apple and also known as It Only Takes Five Minutes, was a 1963 film starring Rue McClanahan Walk the Angry Beach, also known as Hollywood After Dark and The Unholy Choice, is an Exploitation film starring Rue McClanahan Walk the Angry Beach, also known as Hollywood After Dark and The Unholy Choice, is an Exploitation film starring Rue McClanahan Walk the Angry Beach, also known as Hollywood After Dark and The Unholy Choice, is an Exploitation film starring Rue McClanahan They Might Be Giants is a 1971 Film based on the Broadway play of the same name (both written by James Goldman) starring Message From Nam is a fiction novel authored by Danielle Steel and published by Dell Publishing in October 1996 Out to Sea is a 1997 Romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon Starship Troopers is a 1997 sci-fi - Action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, written by Edward Neumeier, and starring The Fighting Temptations is a 2003 musical romantic - dramedy produced by Paramount Pictures and MTV Films An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Amelia Kinkade is an American Actress, Dancer and renowned "animal communicator"
Rue also appeared as a leader of Al-Anon in a 1970s informational video called "Slight Drinking Problem," in which Patty Duke played the enabling and eventually self-empowered wife of an alcoholic. Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an Academy Award - three-time Emmy Award - and two-time Golden Globe
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