Edie McClurg

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.

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Edie McClurg

Filmografia

Assassini nati - Natural Born Killers

In mezzo scorre il fiume

La sirenetta

Stepmonster

Una strega chiamata Elvira

Carrie - Lo sguardo di Satana

La forza dell'amore

Fish Without a Bicycle

Breaking Dawn

Flubber - Un professore fra le nuvole

Una pazza giornata di vacanza

Rollerblades - Sulle ali del vento

Scooby-Doo! e i pirati dei Caraibi

Il maestro cambiafaccia

Dickie Roberts - Ex piccola star

Eating Raoul

Bill solo con se stesso

Holyman Undercover

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Tom & Jerry: Piccoli aiutanti di Babbo Natale

Changing Hearts

Ralph Spaccatutto

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Mister mamma

What's Wrong with Ruth?

Eyes Upon Waking

Now You Know

Country Remedy

Cracking Up

Tracy e il signore del piano di sopra

A spasso col rapinatore

Meeting Daddy

A scuola con papà

Under the Hula Moon

Inhumanoid

Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman

Frozen - Il regno di ghiaccio

Christmas Every Day

Menu for Murder

Foodfight!

La tenera canaglia

Heal Thyself

Cars - Motori ruggenti

La sirenetta II - Ritorno agli abissi

Cars 2

Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

Fired Up! - Ragazzi pon pon

Theresa Is a Mother

Avviso di chiamata

Driving Academy - Scusi, dov'è il freno?

The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Gift

Air Bud 5 - Un amico dal tocco magico

Can't Stop Dancing

A Long Way Off

Pandemonium

Cinderella

Una scommessa impossibile

Un amore rinnovato

To Kill a Mockumentary

Curioso come George: Febbre di Primavera

Rugrats - Il film

A Bug's Life - Megaminimondo

Tiny Toon Spring Break

Tiny Toon Adventures - Viva le vacanze!

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Un biglietto in due

Working

Mucche alla riscossa

Cooking Up Raoul

Casper - Un fantasmagorico inizio

Il magico mondo Disney presenta lo spettacolo dal vivo de La sirenetta

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Il genio

The History of White People in America