While it's hardly unusual for Hollywood actresses to lie about their ages, Rue McClanahan was one of the rare gems who actually feigned being a few years older just to get herself cast as one of the Golden Girls. "Rue told me when she saw that Golden Girls script, she had to be a part of it, even if she had to lie about her age," Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, who worked as a staff writer on the 1985-92 sitcom about four sexually active Miami seniors, tells TV Guide Magazine.
The Oklahoma native...
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Rue McClanahan, who passed away June 3 after suffering a massive stroke, is remembered fondly by her former costars. "Rue was a close and dear friend. I treasured our relationship," Betty White, McClanahan's costar on The Golden Girls, said in a statement. "It hurts more than I ...
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Rue McClanahan, best known as Golden Girls' man-hungry Southern debutante Blanche Devereaux and Maude's scatterbrained Vivian Harmon, has died. She was 76.
McClanahan suffered a massive stroke and died at ...
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Perhaps taking a page out of Nike and Tiger Woods' book, PETA has launched a new ad featuring the late Bea Arthur.
Targeting McDonald's chicken-slaughtering practices, the ad features a shot of the Golden Girls star — with her trademark glare — and the headline: "McCruelty: It's enough to make Bea Arthur roll over in her grave."
Arthur, who died April 25 last year, was a staunch PETA supporter and animal rights activist ...
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Why weren't Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur included in the "In Memoriam" package on Sunday's Oscars telecast?
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Academy spokesperson Penny Melidonian pointed out that both actresses...
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