Rue McClanahan

American actress

Also known as: Eddi-Rue McClanahan

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In Betty White
…highly optimistic Rose Nylund—Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty. The series, centred on a group of older women living together in Miami, became a major success. White earned seven Emmy nominations and won the award in 1986. After the show ended in 1992, White played Nylund on the spin-off…
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In The Golden Girls: Premise and characters
…White), widowed Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), and divorced Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur). Rose, who grew up on a farm in Minnesota, is sweet but naive. Southern belle Blanche, who owns the home that the others share with her, is “man-hungry” and self-absorbed. Brooklyn native Dorothy is witty and sarcastic…
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