Rue McClanahan #2

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Rue McClanahan #2

Actress: Maude, The Golden Girls

Rue McClanahan is an Emmy Award-winning actress, known for her roles on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls.

In Maude, broadcast from 1972 to 1978, she played Maude's (Bea Arthur) best friend, Vivian Harmon.

In The Golden Girls, broadcast from 1985 until 1992, she portrayed man-crazed Southern belle Blanche Devereaux. She received an Emmy Award in 1987 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on this show.

Her autobiography, My First Five Husbands, was released nationwide in the spring of 2007.

Rue McClanahan is currently acting in the series Sordid Lives on the Logo network, which premiered July 23rd, 2008. Her co-stars include Olivia Newton-John, Caroline Rhea, and Bonnie Bedelia.