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Acting

Rue McClanahan

Career: Active from 1961 to 2021, with a break from 2009 to 2020, busiest in 1990 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 29
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Golden Girls
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Rue McClanahan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
2.6, average 4.8
Tension
3.9, average 6.0
Scare
0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 3
Wholesome 2
Heartwarming 2
Comfort Watch 2
Found Family 2
Eccentric Characters 2
Intergenerational Conflict 2
Family Drama 2
Small-Town Life 2
Character-Driven 2
Campy Humor 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

Golden Girls 3033

TV show · as Blanche Devereaux (voice) (archive sound)

Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls

as Blanche Devereaux

2000s

13 titles · average score 57

Sordid Lives: The Series

58

TV show · as Peggy Ingram

Generation Gap

69

as Kay

Back to You & Me

66

as Helen Ludwick

Wonderfalls

81

TV show · as Millie Marcus

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as Mrs. Hardy (voice)

Miracle Dogs

64

as Katherine Mannion

Hope & Faith

36

TV show · as Sylvia

Whoopi

38

TV show · as Marian

The Fighting Temptations

46

as Nancy Stringer

The Women

as Countess DeLage

Nuncrackers

as Reverend Mother

The Moving of Sophia Myles

as Mary-Margaret

1990s

38 titles · average score 59

Safe Harbor

TV show · as Grandma Loring

Border to Border

as Mrs. Kirby

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Bunny (voice)

A Holiday to Remember

58

as Miz Leona / Clay's Aunt

Nunsense

72

as Rev. Mother Mary Regina

Mother of the Bride

58

as Margaret Hix

The Golden Palace

72

TV show · as Blanche Devereaux

Baby of the Bride

58

as Margaret Hix

Children of the Bride

56

as Margaret Becker

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Lois McIntyre

Modern Love

48

as Mrs. Evelyn Parker

To My Daughter

as Laura Carlson

1980s

22 titles · average score 64

The Man in the Brown Suit

57

as Suzy Blair

The Wickedest Witch

as Avarissa

Take My Daughters, Please

as Lilah Page

Empty Nest

41

TV show · as Blanche Devereaux

The Little Match Girl

70

as Frances Dutton

Picnic

as Flo Owens

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Blanche Devereaux

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Miriam Radford

Charles in Charge

67

TV show · as Irene Pembroke

Mama's Family

49

TV show · as Frances Marie Crowley

Newhart

79

TV show · as Eleanor Smathers

Word of Honor

as Maggie McNeill

1970s

23 titles · average score 61

Supertrain

50

TV show · as Ms. Rick

Apple Pie

TV show · as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Margaret Fielding / Gertie Lawton

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as April Dunlevy / Doris Simpson

Lou Grant

73

TV show

Alice

46

TV show

The Rimers of Eldritch

as Cora Groves

Columbo

83

TV show · as Verity Chandler

They Might Be Giants

54

as Daisy Playfair

All in the Family

82

TV show · as Ruth Rempley

Hogan's Goat

as Josey Finn

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Josey Finn / Faye Precious

1960s

8 titles · average score 45

Where the Heart Is

TV show · as Margaret Jardin #2

Mannix

71

TV show

Angel's Flight

as Dolly

How to Succeed with Girls

as Lorena (as Patty Leigh)

Another World

42

TV show · as Caroline Johnson

Five Minutes to Love

44

as Sally 'Poochie'

Hollywood After Dark

23

as Sandy

Five Minutes to Live

46

as Pamela