Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahanwas an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude, "Aunt Fran" Fran Crowley on Mama's Family, and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 February 1934
CityHealdton, OK
CountryUnited States of America
two hours ready
I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.
grown kids remained
Our show was - it remained - you know, kids could watch it and laugh at it. And they wouldn't know - they wouldn't get the jokes. But they would laugh at it. So they tell me now they have grown up and they're watching it. Now they get the jokes. But we didn't say anything blatant.
bound determined
I was bound and determined I had a lot more to do.
available clothing five line stopped
We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore.
asked came conductors four gave learned main music worked
They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs.
arrange dog drama sick
Some say I arrange for drama in my own life, ... He was sick as a dog with bronchitis and a 102-degree fever.
people realize since took york
Actually, it took a while for people to realize that I was here - that I really wasn't still in LA. I mean, I've been in New York since '97!
almost diet eating family vegetarian
I almost fainted, ... There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised.
became changed clothing moved
The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue.
dog cat eight
We have one cat. I had eight cats and six dogs in Los Angeles.
vegetarian-diet eating family-history
I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised.
fur vegetarian vegan
Fur used to turn heads, now it turns stomachs.
stars names television
Broadway producers are happy to have a big Hollywood name they can post on the marquee, but most of them assume that television and film stars really can't handle stage work. Too often, they're right.
sex interesting awful
Isn't it interesting how the sounds are the same for an awful nightmare and great sex?