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  • Birth Name: Eddi-Rue McClanahan
  • Birth Place: Healdton, OK
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/21/1934, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; producer; playwright; songwriter; author
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Rue McClanahan Fast Facts:
  • Made professional stage debut at Pennsylvania's Erie Playhouse in 1957 in Inherit the Wind.
  • Caught the attention of producer Norman Lear with her 1972 performance in Tonight in Living Color. Later that year, he offered her a guest spot on an episode of his sitcom All in the Family (1971-1979). Her work so impressed him that he cast her in Maude opposite Bea Arthur. The two went on to star in The Golden Girls together.
  • Reprised her signature Golden Girls (1985-1992) role of Blanche Devereaux on the short-lived spin-off Golden Palace (1992-1993).
  • Produced and wrote the 1991 musical Oedipus Schmedipus, As Long As You Love Your Mother, which was staged in Los Angeles.
  • A lifelong vegetarian and animal-rights advocate, she was one of the first celebrities to support PETA. In 2003, she wrote Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry a letter that stated that his pheasant hunting had cost him her vote.
  • Wrote the 2007 autobiography My First Five Husbands... And the Ones Who Got Away.
  • Rue McClanahan Relationships:
  • Dreda Rheua-Nell McClanahan - Mother
  • Gus Fisher - Ex-husband
  • Mark Thomas Bish - Son
  • Morrow Wilson - Husband
  • Norman Hartweg - Ex-husband
  • Peter DeMaio - Ex-husband
  • Tom Keel - Ex-husband
  • Tom Lloyd Bish - Ex-husband
  • William Edwin McClanahan - Father
  • Rue McClanahan Awards:
  • 1986 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1987 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1988 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 1986 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1987 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 1988 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 1989 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK (BA, 1956)
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