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.
Filmography
all 162
Movies 84
TV Shows 78
Voice 30
self 8
Writer 1
Eyes Upon Waking (2022)
The Little Mermaid Live! (2019)
Theresa Is a Mother (2015)
Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers (2014)
The Gift (2014)
A Long Way Off (2014)
Frozen (2013)
Wander Over Yonder (2013)
Curious George Swings Into Spring (2013)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Cooking Up Raoul (2012)
Foodfight! (2012)
Heal Thyself (2012)
Cars 2 (2011)
Elvira's Movie Macabre (2010)
To kunger (2010)
Regular Show (2010)
Fish Hooks (2010)
Holyman Undercover (2010)
Titan Maximum (2009)
Fired Up! (2009)
The Life & Times of Tim (2008)
Miss Guided (2008)
What's Wrong with Ruth? (2007)
Thank God You're Here (2007)
Rules of Engagement (2007)
Country Remedy (2007)
Phone Sex (2006)
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen (2006)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
Cars (2006)
Hannah Montana (2006)
Everything You Want (2005)
Fat Actress (2005)
American Dragon: Jake Long (2005)
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Breaking Dawn (2004)
Higglytown Heroes (2004)
The Batman (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
To Kill a Mockumentary (2004)
Fish Without a Bicycle (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2003)
Now You Know (2002)
The Master of Disguise (2002)
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002)
Changing Hearts (2002)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000)
The Kids from Room 402 (2000)
Meeting Daddy (2000)
Hanging Up (2000)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Crashbox (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Can't Stop Dancing (1999)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Providence (1999)
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998)
A Bug's Life (1998)
The Rugrats Movie (1998)
Holy Man (1998)
Maggie Winters (1998)
Flubber (1997)
Cow and Chicken (1997)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Bone Chillers (1996)
7th Heaven (1996)
Carpool (1996)
Inhumanoid (1996)
Nash Bridges (1996)
Under the Hula Moon (1995)
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (1995)
Life with Louie (1994)
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Tiny Toon Spring Break (1994)
Monty (1994)
Problem Child (1993)
Airborne (1993)
Droopy, Master Detective (1993)
Stepmonster (1993)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
Ring of the Musketeers (1992)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Mad About You (1992)
Picket Fences (1992)
The Addams Family (1992)
Vicki! (1992)
Melrose Place (1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
Curly Sue (1991)
Drexell's Class (1991)
The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991)
Dinosaurs (1991)
Menu for Murder (1990)
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
TaleSpin (1990)
Bobby's World (1990)
Gravedale High (1990)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Seinfeld (1989)
Dance 'Til Dawn (1988)
Roseanne (1988)
Empty Nest (1988)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Full House (1987)
Snorks: Bubbles of Fun (1987)
Christmas Every Day (1986)
Together We Stand (1986)
L.A. Law (1986)
Back to School (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
The Hogan Family (1986)
The Longshot (1986)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Small Wonder (1985)
Cinderella (1985)
Mr. Belvedere (1985)
Moonlighting (1985)
The History of White People in America (1985)
Super Password (1984)
Snorks (1984)
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
Bill: On His Own (1983)
Mr. Mom (1983)
The Paragon of Comedy (1983)
Madame's Place (1982)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
No Soap, Radio (1982)
Teachers Only (1982)
Working (1982)
Pandemonium (1982)
Eating Raoul (1982)
The Pee-wee Herman Show (1981)
Harper Valley (1981)
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
The Big Show (1980)
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977)
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
The Kallikaks (1977)
Cracking Up (1977)
The Complete Richard Pryor Roast (1977)
Carrie (1976)
Alice (1976)
The Jeffersons (1975)
Columbo (1971)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Bill: On His Own
The Richard Pryor Show Volume I
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GenderFemale
Birthday1951-07-23 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceKansas City, Missouri, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAnnie Award
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