
Edie McClurg
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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.
Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7th Heaven

Columbo

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

Family Guy

Regular Show

Caroline in the City

L.A. Law

Rules of Engagement

Two and a Half Men

Providence

The Golden Girls

Hannah Montana

The Jeffersons

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Malcolm in the Middle

Celebrities Uncensored

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Mad About You

Batman Beyond

Faerie Tale Theatre

Melrose Place

Roseanne

Full House

Alice

Dinosaurs

Perversions of Science

The Batman

Teachers Only

Empty Nest

Pair of Kings

Nash Bridges

WKRP in Cincinnati

Wander Over Yonder

Fat Actress

Stuart Little: The Animated Series

Picket Fences

American Dragon: Jake Long

Titan Maximum

Hello, Larry

Thank God You're Here

The Life & Times of Tim

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

Maggie Winters

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Cars 2

Home on the Range

The Rugrats Movie

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Cars

Wreck-It Ralph

Frozen

Oh, God! Book II

A Bug's Life

Gravedale High

She's Having a Baby

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Air Bud: Spikes Back

The Addams Family

The Little Mermaid

Snorks

Flubber

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The Richard Pryor Show

Natural Born Killers

The Hogan Family

Harper Valley

The Master of Disguise

Curious George Swings Into Spring

The Pee-wee Herman Show

A River Runs Through It

Crashbox

Higglytown Heroes

Seinfeld

The Big Show

The Little Mermaid Live!

The Kallikaks
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