1. Edie McClurg was born on July 23,1945 and is an American retired actress and comedian.
22 Facts About Edie McClurg
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Edie McClurg has played supporting roles in the films Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, and bit parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, Mr Mom Back to School, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, A River Runs Through It, Natural Born Killers, Flubber, and Air Bud: Spikes Back.
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On television, McClurg had a recurring role on WKRP in Cincinnati as Herb Tarlek's wife, Lucille.
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Edie McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show, before playing Bonnie Brindle in Small Wonder and Mrs Patty Poole on The Hogan Family.
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Edie McClurg was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mac, a mailman, and Irene Edie McClurg, an FAA secretary.
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Edie McClurg had an older brother, Bob, who was an actor and comedian.
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Edie McClurg earned a master's degree from Syracuse University in 1970.
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Edie McClurg soon joined the cast and moved to Los Angeles.
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Edie McClurg worked with fellow Groundling player Paul Reubens on his first play The Pee-wee Herman Show, in which she appeared in 1981 as "Hermit Hattie".
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Edie McClurg appeared in the 1988 film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark with fellow Groundling player Cassandra Peterson, who appeared as her alter ego Elvira.
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Edie McClurg was a comedy regular on the Tony Orlando and Dawn variety show and then a cast member of The Kallikaks and The Richard Pryor Show.
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In 1980, Edie McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show as Mrs Marv Mendenhall.
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Edie McClurg went on to appear in almost 90 films and 55 television episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn, and dim-witted Midwesterner.
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Edie McClurg portrayed one of the wicked stepsisters in the Faerie Tale Theatre television production Cinderella.
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Edie McClurg portrayed a nurse nicknamed "Angel of Death" in an episode of The Golden Girls.
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Edie McClurg guest-starred in episodes of Alice, The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, Mr Belvedere, Roseanne, Full House, Seinfeld, Melrose Place, Touched by an Angel, Married.
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Edie McClurg appeared in an episode of Hannah Montana as Cindy Merriweather.
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Edie McClurg guest starred as Barri's mother in an episode of Campus Ladies.
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Edie McClurg appeared on several game shows, including Match Game, The $25,000 Pyramid, Password Plus, and Super Password, and appeared in numerous commercials.
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Edie McClurg voiced Miss Right in The Secret of NIMH, Barsa in Kiki's Delivery Service, Carlotta in The Little Mermaid, a nurse in The Rugrats Movie, Dr Flora in A Bug's Life, Molly in Home on the Range, Minny in Cars and Cars 2, Mary in Wreck-It Ralph, and Gerda in Frozen.
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Edie McClurg contributed assorted voices for The Jetsons, The Snorks and Life with Louie.
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In 2019, TMZ reported that family and friends of Edie McClurg filed court documents requesting a conservatorship to manage her affairs.