Edie McClurg

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**Edith Marie McClurg** (born July 23, 1945) is an American actress and comedienne. An alumna of The Groundlings, she has played supporting roles in the films *Carrie* (1976), *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), and *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988), and bit parts in *Cheech and Chong's Next Movie* (1980), *Mr. Mom* (1983), *Back to School* (1986), *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* (1987), *A River Runs Through It* (1992), *Natural Born Killers* (1994), and *Flubber* (1997).

On television, McClurg regularly performed on *The David Letterman Show*, before playing Bonnie Brindle in *Small Wonder* (1985-1987) and Mrs. Patty Poole on *The Hogan Family* (1986-1991). As a one-off character, she has appeared in *Alice*, *Mr. Belvedere*, *The Golden Girls*, *Roseanne*, *Full House*, *Seinfeld*, *Sabrina the Teenage Witch*, *Malcolm in the Middle*, *Hannah Montana*, *Crashbox* and *Portlandia*. Since 1977, she has also appeared in numerous commercials.

As a voice actress, McClurg has played in *The Secret of NIMH* (1982), *The Little Mermaid* (1989), *A Bug's Life* (1998), *Cars* (2006), *Cars 2* (2011), and *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), as well as in *Snorks* (1984-1988), *Life with Louie* (1995-1998) and Violet Bleakman in *Clifford the Big Red Dog* (2000-2003).

## Early life and education

McClurg was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri on July 23, 1945, to Mac, a mailman, and Irene McClurg, an FAA secretary. She has an older brother, Bob, who is also an actor. McClurg attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City in the mid-1960s, where she also taught radio for eight years. She earned a master's degree from Syracuse University.

At the University of Missouri–Kansas City, McClurg re-entered the entertainment field as a DJ, newswoman, and producer for the NPR affiliate KCUR-FM. There she portrayed John Ehrlichman in *Conversation 26* of NPR's national broadcast of the Nixon Tape transcripts.

## Career

McClurg's onscreen debut was as Helen Shyres in Brian De Palma's 1976 horror film *Carrie* starring Sissy Spacek. She was a comedy regular on the *Tony Orlando and Dawn* variety show (1976–1977) and then a cast member of *The Kallikaks* and *The Richard Pryor Show*.

In 1980, McClurg regularly performed on *The David Letterman Show* as Mrs. Marv Mendenhall. McClurg appeared in *Elvira, Mistress of the Dark* as Chastity Pariah.

Having been a member of San Francisco's improv comedy the Pitcshel Players, she moved to Los Angeles and joined the Groundlings troupe.

She worked with fellow Groundling player Paul Reubens on his first play *The Pee-wee Herman Show*, in which she appeared in 1981 as "Hermit Hattie". McClurg has appeared in almost 90 films and 55 television episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn, and dim-witted Midwesterner.

McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mrs. Burns in *A River Runs Through It*, Grace in *Ferris Bueller's Day Off*, Lucille Tarlek on *WKRP in Cincinnati*, Lynn in *She's Having a Baby*, Willamae Jones in the television remake of *Harper Valley PTA*, Mrs. Patty Poole on *The Hogan Family* (originally "Valerie"), Bonnie Brindle on *Small Wonder*, Marge Sweetwater in *Back to School*, the car rental agent in *Planes, Trains and Automobiles*, Mrs. Violet Bleakman on *Clifford the Big Red Dog*, and Mrs. Beeker on *7th Heaven*.

She guest starred as Barri's mother in an episode of *Campus Ladies*. She portrayed one of the wicked stepsisters in the *Faerie Tale Theatre* production "Cinderella." McClurg appeared on several game shows, including *Match Game*, *The $25,000 Pyramid*, *Password Plus*, and *Super Password*.

McClurg contributed assorted voices for *The Jetsons*, *The Snorks*, *Life with Louie*, *A Bug's Life*, *Justin and the Knights of Valour*, *Cars* and *Cars 2*.

She voiced Carlotta in *The Little Mermaid*, Mary in *Wreck-It Ralph*, Molly in *Home on the Range*, Miss Right in *The Secret of NIMH*, the Dragon in the *Nightmare Ned* video game, Barsa in *Kiki's Delivery Service*, Fran on *Higglytown Heroes*, Mrs. Claus in *Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen*, Grandma Taters in *The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*, Violet Stimpleton in *Rocket Power*, Bea's mother in *Fish Hooks*, Winnie Pig in *Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation*, Bobby's teacher in *Bobby's World* and Trudi Traveler in an episode of *Wander Over Yonder*.

McClurg portrayed a nurse nicknamed "Angel of Death" in an episode of *The Golden Girls*. She also appeared in an episode of *Hannah Montana* as Cindy Merriweather. Continuing her passion for performing improvised comedy, McClurg is a player with Spolin Players. On April 9, 2007, she made an appearance on *Thank God You're Here*. In 2011, she appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom *Rules of Engagement*.

In 2020, she made a cameo in the *Family Guy* episode "Holly Bibble" in a spoof of *Ferris Bueller's Day Off*. She appeared as 'Grace', personal assistant to [Carter as] Pontius Pilate. Immediately following the delivery of her lines, was the following acknowledgment by Carter/Pontius' character, "Wasn't that cool? That was really her! Edie McClurg. Thanks Edie!"

## Filmography

### Television film

* *Once Upon a Brothers Grimm* ... Esmerelda (1977) (segment: "Hansel and Gretel")
* *Bill: On His Own* ... Angela (1983)
* *Crash Course* ... Beth Crawford (1988)
* *Dance 'Til Dawn* ... Ruth Strull (1988)
* *Menu for Murder* ... Patsy Webber (1990)
* *Template:Interlanguage link multi* ... Temp Agency Agent (1992) (uncredited role)
* *Inhumanoid* ... Dr. Marianne Snow (1996)
* *Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery* (1998)
* *Everything You Want* ... Mary Louise Morrison (2005)
* *Lucky* ... Miss Doris (Voice) (2019)

### Additional credits

* *The Paragon of Comedy* (1983 – television special)
* *Christmas Everyday* (1986 – television special)
* *Tiny Toons Spring Break* (1994 – television special)
* *Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman* ... Ora Anderson (1994 – television short)
* *Escape from Monkey Island* ... Miss Rivers (2000 – video game)
* *Stinky Pierre* (2003 – television short)
* *Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge* ... Stone Crusher (2005 – video game)
* *Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas* (2006 – direct-to video animated film)
* *What's Wrong with Ruth* ... Mother (2007 television short animation)
* *The Outlaw Emmett Deemus* ... Mary (2008 – short film)
* *Stage Two* ... Maggie's Mom (2008 – short film)
* *The Not Goods Anthology: This Is Absolutely Not Good* ... Herself (2010 – video short)
* *dated.* ... Edie (2011 – video short)
* *Heal Thyself* ... Doris Green (2012 – Short film)
* *Curious George Swings Into Spring* ... Lydia / Mom / Lady (2013 – video animation)
* *The Gift* ... Old Lady (2014 – short film)
* *Eyes Upon Waking* ... Nurse Jane (2014 – short film)
* *How to Become an Outlaw* (2014)

## References

1. ↑ "Irene McClurg in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®" (in en). https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Wisconsin/Irene-McClurg\_2qsfpq.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Edie McClurg biography". *Yahoo Movies*. Yahoo. https://movies.yahoo.com/person/edie-mcclurg/biography.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dunn, Gabrielle (June 10, 2011). "Edie (GRACE!) McClurg Talks 'Ferris Bueller''s 25th Anniversary, On-Set Friendships and John Hughes' Genius", *Moviefone*, AOL.
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