Wonderful and hilarious Rue McClanahan, born February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma(!), became a favorite of television fans when she appeared as ditzy neighbor Vivian Harmon on the sitcom Maude starring Bea Arthur. She starred in Mama's Family with Vicki Lawrence as Aunt Fran and a guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote with Angela Lansbury.
Then she landed a role that cemented her fanbase forever, when she was cast as the seductive, unashamedly promiscuous Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls with Betty White and Bea Arthur.
She remained active by appearing in roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s when she starred as Peggy Ingram in the mini-series Sordid Lives, a prequel to the movie of the same name.
Rue left us in June 2010 when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.
We miss you, Blanche!
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