Rue McClanahan

   

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McClanahan as Blanche on The Golden Girls

Rue McClanahan (born February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an American actress, best known for her roles acting alongside Beatrice Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls.

In the former series, broadcast from 1972 to 1978, McClanahan played Maude Findlay's best friend, Vivian Harmon. In the latter series, broadcast from 1985 until 1992, McClanahan portrayed the man-crazed Southern belle Blanche Deveraux.

Her breakout role was of maniacal nanny Caroline Johnson on Another World in the early 1970s.



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