Edie McClurg
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 (177 Appearances)
Eyes Upon Waking
The Little Mermaid Live!
Lucky
More Acting 'Carrie'
Theresa Is a Mother
Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers
The Gift
A Long Way Off
Frozen
Wander Over Yonder
Curious George Swings into Spring
Wreck-It Ralph
Cooking Up Raoul
Foodfight!
Heal Thyself
Cars 2
Pair of Kings
Regular Show
Fish Hooks
Holyman Undercover
Titan Maximum
Fired Up!
The Life & Times of Tim
Miss Guided
What's Wrong with Ruth?
Thank God You're Here
Rules of Engagement
Country Remedy
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Cars
Hannah Montana
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains
Everything You Want
Fat Actress
American Dragon: Jake Long
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Breaking Dawn
Desperate Housewives
Higglytown Heroes
The Batman
Rocket Power: The Big Day
Home on the Range
To Kill a Mockumentary
Fish Without a Bicycle
NCIS
Two and a Half Men
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Air Bud: Spikes Back
Celebrities Uncensored
Stinky Pierre
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Now You Know
The Master of Disguise
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Changing Hearts
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Clifford the Big Red Dog
The Kids from Room 402
Meeting Daddy
Hanging Up
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Malcolm in the Middle
Rocket Power
The Manor
Crashbox
Family Guy
Can't Stop Dancing
Batman Beyond
Providence
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
A Bug's Life
The Rugrats Movie
Holy Man
Maggie Winters
CatDog
Flubber
Cow and Chicken
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Perversions of Science
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Bone Chillers
7th Heaven
Carpool
Inhumanoid
Nash Bridges
Under the Hula Moon
Dumb and Dumber
Caroline in the City
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
Life with Louie
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
Touched by an Angel
Natural Born Killers
Tiny Toon Spring Break
Monty
Problem Child
Airborne
Stepmonster
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Ring of the Musketeers
A River Runs Through It
Mad About You
Picket Fences
The Addams Family
Goof Troop
Vicki!
Melrose Place
Adventures in Wonderland
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Curly Sue
Drexell's Class
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
Dinosaurs
Menu for Murder
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
Tiny Toon Adventures
TaleSpin
Bobby's World
Gravedale High
The Little Mermaid
Seinfeld
Dance 'Til Dawn
Roseanne
Empty Nest
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
She's Having a Baby
Crash Course
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Full House
Married... with Children
Christmas Every Day
L.A. Law
Back to School
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Hogan Family
The Longshot
The Golden Girls
Small Wonder
Cinderella
The History of White People in America
Mr. Belvedere
Moonlighting
Snorks
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Bill: On His Own
Mr. Mom
The Paragon of Comedy
Madame's Place
Faerie Tale Theatre
No Soap, Radio
Teachers Only
Working
Pandemonium
Eating Raoul
American Playhouse
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Harper Valley
Oh, God! Book II
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
The Big Show
Hello, Larry
WKRP in Cincinnati
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
The Richard Pryor Show
The Kallikaks
Cracking Up
The Chevy Chase Show
Carrie
Alice
The Jeffersons
Columbo
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson