Claim: The Golden Girls stars Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux.
Evidence: The show stars Beatrice Arthur , Betty White , Rue McClanahan , and Estelle Getty , as four older women who share a home in Miami , Florida.
Eddi-Rue McClanahan -LRB- February 21 , 1934 -- June 3 , 2010 -RRB- was an American actress and comedienne best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude -LRB- 1972 -- 78 -RRB- , `` Aunt '' Fran Crowley on Mama 's Family -LRB- 1983 -- 84 -RRB- , and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls -LRB- 1985 -- 92 -RRB- , for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987.