Edie McClurg

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Born: July 23, 1951
From: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American actress, voice actress, stand-up comedian, and opera singer. She has performed in nearly 90 films and 55 television episodes, often portraying characters with a cheery Midwestern accent. McClurg was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri on July 23, 1951, to Mac, a mailman, and Irene McClurg, an FAA secretary. She has an older brother, Bob, who is also an actor. McClurg attended the University of Missouri–Kansas City in the mid-1960s, where she also taught radio for eight years. She earned a master's degree from Syracuse University. McClurg's onscreen debut was in the 1976 Brian De Palma horror film "Carrie" as Helen Shyres, one of Carrie's classmates. The following year, she was a member of the cast of "The Richard Pryor Show". In 1980, she was a regular performer on "The David Letterman Show" in the persona of Mrs. Marv Mendenhall. She also had a role in "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark", in which she plays the Town Council President Chastity Pariah. She also had a minor role in "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie". Having been a member of San Francisco's improv comedy the Pitcshel Players, she moved to Los Angeles and joined the Groundlings troupe. She 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". McClurg has appeared in almost 90 films and 55 television episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn, and dim-witted Midwesterner. McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mrs. Burns in "A River Runs Through It", Grace in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Lucille Tarlek on "WKRP in Cincinnati", Lynn in "She's Having a Baby", Willamae Jones in the television remake of "Harper Valley PTA", Mrs. Patty Poole on "The Hogan Family" (originally "Valerie"), Bonnie Brindle on "Small Wonder", Marge Sweetwater in "Back to School", the car rental agent in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", Mrs. Violet Bleakman on "Clifford the Big Red Dog", and Mrs. Beeker on "7th Heaven". She guest starred as Barri's mother in an episode of "Campus Ladies". She portrayed one of the wicked stepsisters in the Faerie Tale Theatre production "Cinderella." McClurg appeared on several game shows, including "Match Game", "The $25,000 Pyramid", "Password Plus", and "Super Password". McClurg contributed assorted voices for "The Jetsons", "The Snorks", "Life with Louie", "A Bug's Life", "Justin & the Knights of Valour", "Cars" and "Cars 2". She voiced Carlotta in "The Little Mermaid", Mary in "Wreck-It Ralph", Molly in "Home on the Range", Miss Right in "The Secret of NIMH", the Dragon in the "Nightmare Ned" video game, Barsa in "Kiki's Delivery Service", Fran on "Higglytown Heroes", Mrs. Claus in "Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen", Grandma Taters in "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", Violet Stimpleton in "Rocket Power", Bea's mother in "Fish Hooks", Winnie Pig in "Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation", Aunt Ruth in "Bobby's World" and Trudi Traveler in an episode of "Wander Over Yonder". Continuing her passion for performing improvised comedy, McClurg is a player with Spolin Players.

Works

91 films

Frozen

20137.2

Cars 2

20116.2

Cars

20067.0

Wreck-It Ralph

20127.4

A Bug's Life

19987.0

The Little Mermaid

19897.4

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

19867.6

Carrie

19767.3

Natural Born Killers

19947.0

Home on the Range

20046.1

Fired Up!

20096.1

Flubber

19975.7

A River Runs Through It

19927.0

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

20026.0

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

19877.3

Curly Sue

19916.4

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

19886.7

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

20047.0

The Rugrats Movie

19986.3

Back to School

19866.3

Mr. Mom

19836.5

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

20067.5

Foodfight!

20121.9

Hanging Up

20005.3

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

19975.4

The Master of Disguise

20024.0

Holy Man

19985.2

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

20035.1

She's Having a Baby

19885.9

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

19805.9

Airborne

19936.0

Air Bud: Spikes Back

20035.3

Stinky Pierre

2003

Meeting Daddy

20004.7

Tiny Toon Spring Break

19946.5

Curious George Swings into Spring

20137.3

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

20006.4

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

19927.0

Lucky

20196.8

Holyman Undercover

20103.0

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

19844.9

The Little Mermaid Live!

20196.8

Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers

20146.0

Eating Raoul

19826.5

Rocket Power: The Big Day

2004

Pandemonium

19824.7

A Long Way Off

20145.9

Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains

200510.0

Carpool

19965.3

Cinderella

19856.7

Oh, God! Book II

19805.5

The Pee-wee Herman Show

19817.4

Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

20066.0

Breaking Dawn

20045.7

Crash Course

19884.4

Dance 'Til Dawn

19886.0

Heal Thyself

20122.0

Changing Hearts

20026.4

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

19987.6

The Manor

19996.5

The History of White People in America

19856.4

Now You Know

20025.1

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

19779.0

Stepmonster

19934.5

The Longshot

19865.3

Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand

20027.4

Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

19906.0

The Gift

20146.0

To Kill a Mockumentary

20045.3

Can't Stop Dancing

19993.0

Everything You Want

20055.0

Inhumanoid

19965.9

Country Remedy

20075.9

Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas

20065.0

Fish Without a Bicycle

20033.8

Theresa Is a Mother

201510.0

Cracking Up

19774.0

Working

19824.8

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

19935.0

The Chevy Chase Show

1977

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories

2006

The Paragon of Comedy

19837.0

Under the Hula Moon

19954.3

Menu for Murder

19905.0

Cooking Up Raoul

2012

Christmas Every Day

1986

More Acting 'Carrie'

2016

Bill: On His Own

19837.2

Eyes Upon Waking

2022

Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman

19945.9

What's Wrong with Ruth?

2007