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Rue McClanahan is a Actor and Co-Executive Producer American born on 21 february 1934 at Healdton (USA)

Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan
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Birth name Eddi-Rue McClanahan
Nationality USA
Birth 21 february 1934 at Healdton (USA)
Death 3 june 2010 (at 76 years) at New York City (USA)

Eddi-Rue "Rue" McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–85), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987.

Biography

Fille de Dreda Medaris, une esthéticienne, et de William Edwin McClanahan, un entrepreneur en bâtiment, elle grandit à Ardmore dans l'Oklahoma. Elle termine ses études au lycée Ardmore en 1953. À l'université de Tulsa, elle se spécialise en allemand et en théâtre. Elle est aussi membre du club féminin Kappa Alpha Theta.

Elle se fait connaître à Broadway en 1969 lorsqu'elle interprète Sally Weber dans la comédie musicale Jimmy Shine aux côtés de Dustin Hoffman mais c'est grâce à la télévision qu'elle va accéder à une réelle notoriété. Dans le feuilleton Maude (1972-1978), elle joue ainsi le rôle de Vivian Harmon, la meilleure amie de l'héroïne (Beatrice Arthur). Dans Les Craquantes (1985-1992), elle interprète Blanche Devereaux, la sulfureuse sudiste mangeuse d'hommes et propriétaire de la maison occupée par elle et ses colocataires : Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White) et Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Elle reçoit un Emmy Award pour ce rôle en 1987.

Défendant le droit des animaux et végétarienne convaincue, elle est l'une des plus importantes partisanes de la PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

Elle soutient également le Parti démocrate. En décembre 2003, elle écrivit une lettre au candidat démocrate John Kerry, l'informant que sa chasse au faisan lui avait coûté son vote (qui alla à Ralph Nader). En 2008, elle soutient Barack Obama à la candidature à la présidence.

Un cancer du sein lui est diagnostiqué en juin 1997, pour lequel elle fut traitée avec succès.

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Filmography of Rue McClanahan (29 films)

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Actress

Generation Gap, 1h35
Directed by Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edward Asnere, Rue McClanahan, Danielle Savre, Catherine Mary Stewart, Jack Conley, Ralph Waite
Roles Kay
Rating64% 3.2425053.2425053.2425053.2425053.242505
Suite aux bagarres multiples pour lesquelles il est renvoyé de l'école, sa mère envoie son fils chez son grand-père pour l'été à Greenville. Ce dernier étant colonel durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale tente de corriger son petit-fils.
Back to You & Me, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lisa Hartman, Dale Midkiff, Rue McClanahan, Barbara Niven, Jennifer Echols, Blake Woodruff
Roles Helen Ludwick
Rating65% 3.2935053.2935053.2935053.2935053.293505
Sydney Ludwick n'a qu'un objectif dans la vie : être la plus professionnelle des médecins. Sa brillante carrière passe d'ailleurs avant tout et elle ne consacre que peu de temps à sa vie personnelle, du reste bien morne. Mais un beau jour, un malade en phase terminale lui donne un conseil inspiré. Emue, elle décide de prendre un peu plus de temps pour apprécier l'existence...
The Fighting Temptations, 2h3
Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, LaTanya Richardson, Steve Harvey, Mike Epps, Wendell Pierce
Roles Nancy Stringer
Rating56% 2.801792.801792.801792.801792.80179
In 1980, a young boy named Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and his mother, MaryAnn (Faith Evans), are run out of town after MaryAnn was soon discovered to be a singing secular music when she also sings in a church choir. Aunt Sally (Ann Nesby) attempts to defend MaryAnn, but it fails. The church's cowardly pastor, Reverend Lewis (Wendell Pierce), is too afraid of the other church members to let her stay. MaryAnn and Darrin are last seen saying goodbye to Aunt Sally, as they sadly wave goodbye with each other. In 2003, Darrin has grown up to become a successful advertising executive in New York City with a bad habit of lying. Darrin's only true friend and secretary, Rosa Lopez (Lourdes Benedicto), does a good job at keeping his credit problems under control. However, Darrin has achieved so much under false pretenses and faked his college degree and high school diploma. Darrin also lied about being the son of a congressman, and his lies soon catch up with him and get him in trouble with his paranoid boss (Dakin Matthews) and Darrin loses his job. After being tracked down by a private investigator, Darrin soon finds out that Aunt Sally has died.
Miracle Dogs
Directed by Craig Clyde
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kate Jackson, Ted Shackelford, Josh Hutcherson, Daniel Roebuck, Rue McClanahan
Roles Katherine Mannion
Rating55% 2.762012.762012.762012.762012.76201
Charley Logan (Josh Hutcherson), un petit garçon âgé de neuf ans, entreprend de trouver des familles d'accueil susceptibles d'adopter chacun des chiots issu de la portée d'Annie, une épagneule que sa famille a recueillie lors de son emménagement. Terri, la mère de Charley, est une infirmière qui tente de concilier comme elle le peut sa carrière et sa vie de famille avec son fils et son mari, le docteur Ben Logan. Charley découvre bientôt qu'Annie a un pouvoir miraculeux. Après bien des mésaventures, le jeune garçon et son chien engagent une course contre la montre pour sauver les chiots, menacés d'euthanasie à la fourrière...
A Saintly Switch, 1h28
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors David Alan Grier, Vivica A. Fox, Al Waxman, Shadia Simmons, Rue McClanahan, Frank Welker
Rating58% 2.90432.90432.90432.90432.9043
At the film's opening, Dan and Sara are experiencing marital fallout. According to their pre-teen children, Clark and Annette, they both underestimate each other's role in the family. When a new position with the Saints takes them to New Orleans, the Andersons purchase a dilapidated mansion. Upon arrival, they start fighting worse than ever. The children go up into the attic and discover a book of spells, finding out from their babysitter, the resident voodoo sorceress, that this house once belonged to the most powerful sorceress in the area. Desperate to save their parents marriage, the two cast a spell which inadvertently switches their parents' bodies.
Rusty: A Dog's Tale, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, Laraine Newman, Charles Fleischer, Blake Foster, Rodney Dangerfield
Roles Edna Callahan
Rating49% 2.459032.459032.459032.459032.45903
The film is about two orphans named Jory (Blake Foster) and Tess (Danielle Keaton). Their cousins Bart (Charles Fleischer) and Bertha (Laraine Newman) try to take them away from their grandparents because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog (Matthew Lawrence) decides to save them.
Starship Troopers, 2h9
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Military science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about insects, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown
Roles Biology Teacher
Rating72% 3.6481953.6481953.6481953.6481953.648195
In the 23rd century, Earth has become a space-faring federation. While colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or "Bugs", with their home being the distant world Klendathu. The bugs appear to be little more than killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats.
Annabelle's Wish, 54minutes
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Jay Johnson, Jerry Van Dyke, Jim Varney, Rue McClanahan, Cloris Leachman, Aria Curzon
Roles Scarlett (voice)
Rating71% 3.578133.578133.578133.578133.57813
The story of the film is based on an old legend, that Santa Claus (or God in the original legend) gives animals the ability to speak on Christmas. The film takes place in a fictional rural farming community named Twobridge somewhere in Tennessee, where a young calf named Annabelle is born on Christmas Eve. Upon meeting Santa Claus, she becomes fascinated with reindeer and their ability to fly, and wishes to fly herself. At the same time, having been granted the temporary ability to speak, she befriends her farmer's grandson, Billy, who suffered from muteness due to a terrible fire at Annabelle's barn one night. Throughout the course of the year, they learn the true value of friendship and learn that with faith and a willingness to overcome great odds, anybody can achieve their dreams. Once Annabelle loses her ability to talk, the ability is permanently given to Billy, who later finds out. At the end of the movie, when Billy's a grown man and is now in love with and married to his childhood friend, Emily, Santa Claus grants Annabelle's wish of flying by turning her into one of his reindeer, returning her ability to speak in the process.
Out to Sea
Out to Sea (1997)
, 1h42
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch
Roles Mrs. Ellen Carruthers
Rating60% 3.048223.048223.048223.048223.04822
Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon, hiding out from his various bookies and loan sharks, cons his close friend and brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, whose recently deceased wife, Susie Gordon-Sullivan, was Charlie's sister, into an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America cruise. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to work as dance hosts and must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship.
This World, Then the Fireworks, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Billy Zane, Philip Locke, Gina Gershon, Sheryl Lee, Richard Edson, Matt O'Toole
Roles Mom Lakewood
Rating53% 2.6512852.6512852.6512852.6512852.651285
As children, Marty and Carol Lakewood, fraternal twins, witness their father being brutally murdered. They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults, living in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s.
Dear God
Dear God (1996)
, 1h52
Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo, Tim Conway, Héctor Elizondo, Jon Seda
Roles Mom Turner
Rating54% 2.702072.702072.702072.702072.70207
Tom Turner, a con artist, is busted working cons to pay off his gambling debt to a loan shark. He is sentenced by the judge to find a full-time job by the end of the year and keep it, or be sent to jail. He finds work at the post office sorting mail in the dead letter office. Surrounded by quirky coworkers, Tom finds out what happens to letters addressed to the Easter bunny, Elvis, and God, and out of curiosity reads one of the letters sent to God. While reading the letter, sent by a needy single mother, Tom drops his paycheck and it is mailed back to the single mother. When Tom comes to retrieve his paycheck he sees the good it has done and leaves, not knowing that his burnt out workaholic lawyer coworker sees him doing so. Believing Tom sent the money on purpose, she rallies the rest of the dead letter office workers to continue what Tom has started. Tom, becoming the unwilling leader of the group, starts answering more and more letters sent to the post office asking God for help. Hilarity ensues as the group answers more prayers, enriching people's lives, while Tom tries to find love with a coffee bar waitress and keep out of jail.
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story, 1h35
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers
Actors Shannen Doherty, John Clark Gable, Dale Midkiff, Matt Mulhern, Rue McClanahan, Ann Wedgeworth
Roles Grandma Stephens
Rating67% 3.38283.38283.38283.38283.3828
Margaret grows up to become a respectable lady in the South, just like her mother May Belle. She wants to become a writer, but her feminist mother insists on her becoming a female doctor. May Belle puts a lot of pressure on her daughter, forcing her to be the best in everything. This results in Margaret never being able to satisfy her mother. When she has become a young lady, all the boys want to be with her, but Margaret only has eyes for Clifford.
Message from Nam
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jenny Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Ed Flanders, Hope Lange, Kenneth Marshall, Vivian Wu
Roles Beatrice Andrews
Rating61% 3.0900653.0900653.0900653.0900653.090065
Journalisme Le major Paxton Andrews perd l'homme qu'elle aime pendant la guerre du Vietnam. Ayant toujours suivi le rythme d'un tambour différent, elle décide de régler son chagrin en se rendant au Vietnam et ... Voir le résumé complet