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Eddi-Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress, comedienne, author and fashion designer. She was best known for her roles on television sitcoms, including Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), and its spin-off series The Golden Palace (1992–93).
Nunsense (1985) is a musical comedy with a book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin. Originating as a line of greeting cards, Goggin expanded the concept into a cabaret show that ran for 38 weeks, and eventually into a full-length musical. The original Off-Broadway production opened December 12, 1985, running for 3,672 performances and becoming ...
Blanche Devereaux is a character from the sitcom television series The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace. Blanche was portrayed by Rue McClanahan for 8 years and 204 episodes across the two series. The character was inspired by Blanche DuBois (to whom Blanche Devereaux is compared in the pilot script) and Scarlett O'Hara.
On June 3, 2010, Emmy Award winner Rue McClanahan died of a stroke at New York–Presbyterian Hospital. She was 76, and despite the fact that her life was riddled with ailments and health crises ...
Rue McClanahan: 6 Marriages. The “Golden Girls” star was married so many times that she wrote a tell-all book called “My First Five Husbands … and the Ones Who Got Away,” assigning ...
But when Rue McClanahan read for the part of Rose, it wasn’t quite working. After McClanahan returned to audition as Blanche, with the character’s signature Southern accent, Sandrich persuaded ...
Rose Nylund is a fictional character from the sitcom television series The Golden Girls and its spin-off, The Golden Palace. [1] She was portrayed by Betty White for 8 years, totaling 204 episodes. The role was to be played by Rue McClanahan, while Blanche Devereaux, one of Rose's roommates, was to be played by White.
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom Maude (1972–1978). [1] In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction ...