Rue McClanahan

Eddi-Rue McClanahan (21 Februari 1934 – 3 Jun 2010) merupakan seorang pelakon drama dan komedi Amerika yang dikenali sebagai Blanche Devereaux menerusi The Golden Girls (1985–92), dan turut memenangi Anugerah Emmy pada tahun 1987.

Kehidupan peribadi
McClanahan dilahirkan di Healdton, Oklahoma pada 21 Februari 1934. Beliau merupakan anak kepada Dreda Rheua-Nell ( Medaris), pakar kecantikan, dan William Edwin "Bill" McClanahan (4 Julai 1908 – 20 Februari 1999) seorang kontraktor bangunan.

Pada Jun 1997, McClanahan disahkan menghidap barah payu dara dan beliau telah mendapatkan rawatan untuk kembali pulih seperti biasa.  

Pada 14 November 2009, beliau dijadualkan untuk diberi penghormatan untuk pencapaian seumur hidup dalam acara "Golden: A Gala Tribute to Rue McClanahan" di Castro Theatre di San Francisco, California. Acara itu terpaksa ditunda setelah McClanahan dimasukkan ke hospital. Beliau telah menjalani pembedahan pada 4 November. Pada 14 Januar2010, Entertainment Tonight mengumumkan McClanahan mengalami strok kecil. 

McClanahan telah meninggal dunia pada 3 Jun 2010, di usia 76 tahun, di Hospital New York–Presbyterian setelah mengalami pendarahan dalam otak.  Setelah pembakaran mayat, abunya telah diserahkan kepada keluarganya.

Beliau telah meninggalkan suami hasil perkahwinan keenamnya, Morrow Wilson; dan seorang anak dari perkahwinan pertama, Mark Bish.

Anugerah dan pencalonan

Televisyen
 Another World (1970-1971)
 Where the Heart Is (1971–1973)
 Hogan's Goat (1971; TV movie)
 All in the Family (Siri TV) (1972; 1 episod: "The Bunkers and the Swingers")
 The Rimers of Eldritch (1974; drama TV)
 Maude (1972–1978)
 Apple Pie (1978)
 Rainbow (drama TV) (1978) sebagai Ida Koverman
 Fantasy Island (1979; 1 episod: "Bowling/Command Performance")
 Topper (1979)
 Lou Grant (1980; Guns)
 Darkroom (siri TV) (1981; 1 episod: "Daisies")
 Gimme a Break! (siri TV) (1981–1987; 2 episod)
 Newhart (siri TV) (1982; The Way We Thought We Were)
 The Love Boat (siri TV) (1982; Wife for Wilfred; Girl Who Stood Still; His Girls Fridays)
 Alice (siri TV) (1984) 1 episod, "Mother Goose" aka "Betty Muffet".
 Mama's Family (siri TV) sebagai Aunt Fran (1983–1984)
 Murder, She Wrote (1985; 1 episod: "Murder Takes the Bus")
 The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
 The Little Match Girl (1987; drama TV)
 Take My Daughters, Please (1988; drama TV)
 The Man in the Brown Suit (1989; drama TV)
 The Wickedest Witch (1989; drama TV)
 Children of the Bride (1990; drama TV)
 Baby of the Bride (1991; drama TV)
 The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (drama TV; 1991)
 Dame Edna's Hollywood (9 Mei 1992) 1 episod, diri sendiri.
 The Golden Palace (1992–1993)
 Mother of the Bride (1993; drama TV)
 Nunsense 1993 
 Boy Meets World (1993; 1 episod)
 Touched by an Angel (1994; 1 episod)
 Nunsense 2 The Sequel (1994)
 A Holiday to Remember (1995; drama TV)
 Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998)
 Nunsense 3 The Jamboree (1998)
 A Saintly Switch (1999; drama TV)
 Safe Harbor (1999; 10 episod)
 Blue's Clues (1999; 1 episod)
 Ladies Man (2000; 2 episod)
 Intimate Portrait: Rue McClanahan (2000)
 Touched by an Angel (2001; 2 episod)
 The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments (2003)
 Whoopi (2004; 1 episod)
 Wonderfalls (2004: 1 episod)
 Hope & Faith (2005; 1 episod)
 King of the Hill (2007; 1 episod)
 Sordid Lives: The Series (2008; 12 episod)
 Law & Order (2009; 1 episod)
 Celebrity Ghost Stories (17 Oktober 2009)
 Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2 Disember 2009)

Filemografi
 The Rotten Apple (1961)
 Angel's Flight (1965)
 Walk the Angry Beach (1968)
 Hollywood After Dark (1968)
 The Unholy Choice (1968)
 The People Next Door (1970)
 Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)
 They Might Be Giants (1971)
 Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland (1978)
 The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
 Little Match Girl (1987)
 "Take my Daughters please" (1988)
 Children of the Bride (1990)
 After the Shock (1990)
 The Earth Day Special (1990)
 Message from Nam (1993)
 |Mother of the Bride (1993)
 A Holiday to Remember (1995)
 Dear God (1996)
 Innocent Victims (1996)
 Annabelle's Wish (1997)
 Out to Sea (1997)
 Starship Troopers (1997)
 Rusty: The Great Rescue  (1998)
 A Burning Passion (1999)
 The Fighting Temptations (2003)
 Back to You and Me (2005)
 Baby of the Bride (2006)
 Miracle Dogs (2007)
 Generation Gap (2008)

Rujukan

Pautan luar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pay tribute to Rue McClanahan
 
 Remembering "Golden Girl" Rue McClanahan
 
 The Official Rue McClanahan Memorial Page on Facebook
 

Kelahiran 1934
Kematian 2010
Pelakon Amerika Syarikat