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Edie McClurg
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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'…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Edie McClurg's Filmography
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Eyes Upon Waking
as Nurse Jane
The Little Mermaid Live!
as Carlotta (archive footage) (voice)
Lucky
as Miss Doris (voice)
More Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
No Poster
Theresa Is a Mother
as Cloris McDermott
No Poster
LegoFigures
as Additional Voices
Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
The Gift
as Old Lady
A Long Way Off
Frozen
as Gerda (voice)
Curious George Swings into Spring
as Lydia / Mum / Lady (voice)
Wreck-It Ralph
as Mary (voice)
Cooking Up Raoul
as Self
Foodfight!
as Mrs. Butterworth (voice)
Heal Thyself
as Doris Green
Cars 2
as Minny (voice)
Holyman Undercover
as Martha
Fired Up!
as Ms. Klingerhoff
What's Wrong with Ruth?
as Mother (voice)
Country Remedy
as Maggie Perkins
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
as (voice)
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Peggy Jones / Sea Salt Sally (voice)
Cars
as Minny (voice)
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
as Self
Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains
as Grandma Taters (voice)
Everything You Want
as Mary Louise Morrison
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
as Santa's Workshop Announcer (voice)
Breaking Dawn
as Nurse Olivia
Rocket Power: The Big Day
as Violet Stimpleton (voice)
Home on the Range
as Additional Voices (voice)
To Kill a Mockumentary
as Estelle
Fish Without a Bicycle
as Greta
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
as Mrs. Gertrude
Air Bud: Spikes Back
as Gram Gram
Stinky Pierre
as Adrean (voice)
Now You Know
as Pat
The Master of Disguise
as Mother Disguisey
Changing Hearts
as Nurse Rollins
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Campus Tour Guide
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand
as Violet
Meeting Daddy
as Dot
Hanging Up
as Esther
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
as Carlotta (voice)
The Manor
as Mrs. French
Can't Stop Dancing
as Beverly McGuire
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Miranda Hoggendobber
A Bug's Life
as Dr. Flora (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
as Nurse (voice)
Holy Man
as Laundry Lady #2
Flubber
as Martha George
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Librarian
Carpool
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
Inhumanoid
as Dr. Marianne Snow
Under the Hula Moon
as Dolly
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
as Ora Anderson (Mom) (voice)
Natural Born Killers
as Mallory's Mom
Tiny Toon Spring Break
as Winnie Pig (voice)
Airborne
as Aunt Irene
Stepmonster
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as DMV Clerk
A River Runs Through It
as Mrs. Burns
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
as Winnie Pig (voice)
Curly Sue
as Secretary
Menu for Murder
as Patsy Webber
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
as Mathilda (voice)
The Little Mermaid
as Carlotta (voice)
Dance 'Til Dawn
as Ruth Strull
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Chastity Pariah
She's Having a Baby
as Lynn
Crash Course
as Beth Crawford
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Car Rental Agent
Christmas Every Day
as The Christmas Fairy (voice)
Back to School
as Marge
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Grace, School Secretary
The Longshot
as Donna
Cinderella
as Bertha
The History of White People in America
as Housewife
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
as The Queen
Bill: On His Own
as Angela
Mr. Mom
as Check Out Lady
The Paragon of Comedy
Working
as Switchboard Operator
Pandemonium
as Blue's Mom
Eating Raoul
as Susan
The Pee-wee Herman Show
as Hermit Hattie
Oh, God! Book II
as Secretary
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
as Gloria's Mom (Groundling)
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Esmeralda
Cracking Up
The Chevy Chase Show
as Various
Carrie
as Helen