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Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American actress. She is known for her perky Upper Midwestern accent.
urg is known for a number of roles, including Mr. Rooney's incompetent secretary Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Lucille Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati, perky PTA member (and ally of Stella Johnson), Willamae Jones in the television remake of Harper Valley PTA; next-door neighbor Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family, nosy next-door neighbor Bonnie Brindle on Small Wonder, the car-rental agent whom Steve Martin berates in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Mrs.
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Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American actress. She is known for her perky Upper Midwestern accent.
Biography
McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mr. Rooney's incompetent secretary Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Lucille Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati, perky PTA member (and ally of Stella Johnson), Willamae Jones in the television remake of Harper Valley PTA; next-door neighbor Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family, nosy next-door neighbor Bonnie Brindle on Small Wonder, the car-rental agent whom Steve Martin berates in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Mrs. Violet Bleakman on Clifford the Big Red Dog; and as Mrs. Beeker on the long-running family drama 7th Heaven. 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's first motion picture, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark where she played the Town Council President who tried to get rid of Elvira.
McClurg began her career with a role in the 1976 Brian De Palma horror film Carrie and can be seen in nearly 90 movies and 55 TV episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn and dimwitted Midwesterner. She appeared as one of the wicked stepsisters in the Faerie Tale Theatre production of Cinderella. Early in her career, she would voice the additional voices for The Jetsons, Ms. Seabottom in The Snorks and was recently in the animated film Cars, providing the voice for Minny.
She can be heard as the voice of Fran the squirrel on Higglytown Heroes on The Disney Channel and as Mrs. Claus in Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen. You can also hear her as the voice of Grandma Taters in episodes of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron. McClurg guest starred as Barri's mother in a January 2007 episode of Campus Ladies.
She is also known for her appearances on Match Game. One of her best known on-screen moments is her two word reply to Steve Martin's ranting expletive-laden monologue in Planes, Trains & Automobiles. She also provided the voice of Carlotta in The Little Mermaid, and Miss Right (a female crow) in The Secret of NIMH. Edie McClurg was also in an episode of The Golden Girls Playing a Nurse from Shady Pines that Sophia hated to see again. Edie McClurg was recently in an episode of Hannah Montana as Cindy Merriweather. Edie McClurg has also been on special celebrity episodes of Family Feud when Ray Combs was the host. She was on the FunnyWomen Team playing against the FunnyMen. She has also been a celebrity guest on episodes of Password Plus and Super Password.
On April 9, 2007, she made an appearance on the NBC show Thank God You're Here.
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