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Edie McClurg

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Edie McClurg
A troubled woman must come to terms with her suicide attempts while spending several days in a holding facility.
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Eyes Upon Waking (2022)
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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, McClurg began her performing career at age five with the Kansas City Rhythm Kids. She retired when the dance teacher was arrested on a morals charge for "dating" the tall and lissome, yet underage, star dancer in the troupe. That girl's big number culminated with a back-bend where Edie drank a soda upside down (of course).

She earned a Bachelor's degree in Speech Education and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University and taught radio at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for eight years. There she re-entered the entertainment field as a DJ, newswoman and producer for the NPR affiliate KCUR-FM. Her proudest moment was portraying John Ehrlichman in Conversation 26 of the NPR national broadcast of the Nixon Tape Transcripts. Her career-long devotion to satirical improvisation included an impressive tenure with The Groundlings.

She went on to create original characters, performed on the short-lived talk show The David Letterman Show (1980): Mrs. Marv Mendenhall, Dot Duncan, Whirly June Pickens, Officer Jeanelle Archer, 105-year-old Edie, etc. Television has been a home to many of McClurg's characters -- on The Richard Pryor Show (1977); as Lucille Tarlek, wife of brash advertising salesman Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); and Mrs. Poole, the ever-cheery and almost omnipresent next-door neighbor on Valerie (1986). Her movie career growth paralleled her ten years with The Groundlings. Her first film was Brian De Palma's teen horror classic Carrie (1976). She did several John Hughes films, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), She's Having a Baby (1988) and Curly Sue (1991). Offbeat cult favorites are Eating Raoul (1982), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), HBO's The Pee-Wee Herman Show (1981), and Martin Mull's The History of White People in America (1985).

In more mainstream films, she received a National Media Award for her portrayal of a mentally disabled woman in Bill: On His Own (1983) (which starred Mickey Rooney). She worked with Robert Redford (in A River Runs Through It (1992)), for Oliver Stone (in Natural Born Killers (1994)), for Diane Keaton (in Hanging Up (2000)), and was named Best Actress of the Chicago Alternative Film Festival for her portrayal of the mother of Ted Kaczynski ("The Unabomber").

More recent roles include the nosy lady on Fat Actress (2005), David Spade's nasty neighbor in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Dana Carvey's mother in Sony Pictures' The Master of Disguise (2002), Jane Kaczmarek's friend on Malcolm in the Middle (2000), and guest-starring on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Providence (1999), 7th Heaven (1996), and Caroline in the City (1995). She had voice roles in such television series and feature films as The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rugrats Movie (1998), A Bug's Life (1998), and Cars (2006).
BornJuly 23, 1945
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  • Awards
    • 8 wins & 3 nominations

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Joan Leizman and Edie McClurg in The Paragon of Comedy (1983)
Edie McClurg and John Paragon in The Paragon of Comedy (1983)
Edie McClurg in The Paragon of Comedy (1983)
Edie McClurg in Teachers Only (1982)
Lea Thompson and Edie McClurg in Caroline in the City (1995)
Edie McClurg in Under the Hula Moon (1995)
Edie McClurg and Pruitt Taylor Vince in Under the Hula Moon (1995)
Rodney Dangerfield, Edie McClurg, and Sean Stone in Natural Born Killers (1994)
Kate Brown and Edie McClurg in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Edie McClurg, Richard Poe, C. Fraser Press, Schuyler Press, and Amaya Press in Theresa Is a Mother (2012)
Edie McClurg, Richard Poe, and Amaya Press in Theresa Is a Mother (2012)
Edie McClurg and Rachel Winfree in 7th Heaven (1996)

Known for

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
7.6
  • Car Rental Agent
  • 1987
Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
7.8
  • Grace
  • 1986
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Wreck-It Ralph
7.7
  • Mary(voice)
  • 2012
Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)
Carrie
7.4
  • Helen
  • 1976

Credits

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Actress

  • Joe Estevez, Edie McClurg, Becky Thyre, April Enslen, Rosa Isela Frausto, Steven Priovolos, Jeffrey Grover, Julio Garcia, Eddie Huchro, Jennifer Scott, Judy Carmen Gonzalez, Philip Sedgwick, Ryo Rex, Emma Blyth, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Bradley Fowler, Derek Solorsano, Monica Engesser, Henrik Åström, Zoey Diaz, Blaize Naasz, Michael P. Russell, Juan Francisco Villa, Stephen Huffman, Paul Loh, and Emelia Elliott in Eyes Upon Waking (2022)
    Eyes Upon Waking
    • Nurse Jane
    • 2022
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • Edie McClurg (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Edie McClurg, Eric Bauza, Mick Wingert, Casey Leonard, Piotr Michael, Matthew Moy, Ron Funches, and Gunnar Sizemore in Lucky (2019)
    Lucky
    • Miss Doris (voice)
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014)
    Transformers: Robots in Disguise
    • Realtor (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Bad Shorts (2014)
    Bad Shorts
    • Grace
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell in Mike & Molly (2010)
    Mike & Molly
    • Paula Martin
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Sketchy (2012)
    Sketchy
    • Stella
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
    NCIS
    • Mrs. Ruth Potts
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • William Salyers and J.G. Quintel in Regular Show (2010)
    Regular Show
    • Muscle Man's Mom (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Ben 10: Omniverse (2012)
    Ben 10: Omniverse
    • Vera Tennyson (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers (2014)
    Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers
    • Mrs. Clause (voice)
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Uma Thurman in The Gift (2014)
    The Gift
    • Old lady
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Eyes Upon Waking (2014)
    Eyes Upon Waking
    • Nurse Jane
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Wander Over Yonder (2013)
    Wander Over Yonder
    • Trudi Traveler (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • A Long Way Off (2014)
    A Long Way Off
    • Mrs. Grey
    • 2014

Writer

  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (2011)
    The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
    • adapted from "The Pee-wee Herman Show" written by
    • TV Movie
    • 2011
  • The Paragon of Comedy (1983)
    The Paragon of Comedy
    • additional material
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • The Pee-Wee Herman Show (1981)
    The Pee-Wee Herman Show
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1981
  • Peter Austin Noto in The David Letterman Show (1980)
    The David Letterman Show
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1980

Music Department

  • 11:14 (2003)
    11:14
    • musician: percussion
    • 2003

Videos27

Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
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Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
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Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
Frozen: Sing-A-Long
Clip 1:09
Frozen: Sing-A-Long
Frozen
Clip 1:09
Frozen
Frozen
Clip 1:04
Frozen
Frozen
Clip 1:08
Frozen
Frozen
Clip 0:59
Frozen
Frozen
Clip 3:39
Frozen
Frozen
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Frozen
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition

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  • Born
    • July 23, 1945
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Parents
      Mac McClurg
  • Relatives
      Bob McClurg(Sibling)
  • Other works
    (1970s) TV commercial: Charmin paper towels.

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    She has a Bachelor's degree in Speech Education and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University and taught radio at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for eight years. She was Operations Manager, News Anchor, Documentary and Fine Arts Producer for NPR affiliate KCUR-FM and National Public Radio 1966-1974.
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      Often plays characters with a cheery accent.

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