Edie McClurg
Acting • Born 1951-07-23
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
178 credits
Natural Born Killers
Movie • 1994
Mallory's Mom
A River Runs Through It
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Burns
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1989
Carlotta (voice)
Stepmonster
Movie • 1993
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Movie • 1988
Chastity Pariah
Carrie
Movie • 1976
Helen
Everything You Want
Movie • 2005
Mary Louise Morrison
Fish Without a Bicycle
Movie • 2003
Greta
Breaking Dawn
Movie • 2004
Nurse Olivia
Flubber
Movie • 1997
Martha George
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Movie • 1986
Grace, School Secretary
Airborne
Movie • 1993
Aunt Irene
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Movie • 2006
Peggy Jones / Sea Salt Sally (voice)
The Master of Disguise
Movie • 2002
Mother Disguisey
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Gertrude
Eating Raoul
Movie • 1982
Susan
Bill: On His Own
Movie • 1983
Angela
Holyman Undercover
Movie • 2010
Martha
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1984
The Queen
Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Claus (voice)
Changing Hearts
Movie • 2002
Nurse Rollins
Wreck-It Ralph
Movie • 2012
Mary (voice)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie • 1993
DMV Clerk
Mr. Mom
Movie • 1983
Check Out Lady
What's Wrong with Ruth?
Movie • 2007
Mother (voice)
Eyes Upon Waking
Movie • 2022
Nurse Jane
Now You Know
Movie • 2002
Pat
Country Remedy
Movie • 2007
Maggie Perkins
Cracking Up
Movie • 1977
Oh, God! Book II
Movie • 1980
Secretary
Carpool
Movie • 1996
Franklin's Mom (voice)
Meeting Daddy
Movie • 2000
Dot
Back to School
Movie • 1986
Marge
Under the Hula Moon
Movie • 1995
Dolly
Inhumanoid
Movie • 1996
Dr. Marianne Snow
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
Movie • 1994
Ora Anderson (Mom) (voice)
Frozen
Movie • 2013
Gerda (voice)
Christmas Every Day
Movie • 1986
The Christmas Fairy (voice)
Menu for Murder
Movie • 1990
Patsy Webber
Foodfight!
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Butterworth (voice)
Curly Sue
Movie • 1991
Secretary
Heal Thyself
Movie • 2012
Doris Green
Cars
Movie • 2006
Minny (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Movie • 2000
Carlotta (voice)
Cars 2
Movie • 2011
Minny (voice)
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Claus (voice)
Fired Up!
Movie • 2009
Ms. Klingerhoff
Theresa Is a Mother
Movie • 2015
Cloris McDermott
Hanging Up
Movie • 2000
Esther
Crash Course
Movie • 1988
Beth Crawford
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Movie • 1981
Hermit Hattie
The Gift
Movie • 2014
Old Lady
Air Bud: Spikes Back
Movie • 2003
Gram Gram
Can't Stop Dancing
Movie • 1999
Beverly McGuire
A Long Way Off
Movie • 2014
Pandemonium
Movie • 1982
Blue's Mom
Cinderella
Movie • 1985
Bertha
The Longshot
Movie • 1986
Donna
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Lynn
To Kill a Mockumentary
Movie • 2004
Estelle
Curious George Swings into Spring
Movie • 2013
Lydia/Mum/Lady
The Rugrats Movie
Movie • 1998
Nurse (voice)
A Bug's Life
Movie • 1998
Dr. Flora (voice)
Tiny Toon Spring Break
Movie • 1994
Winnie Pig (voice)
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Movie • 1992
Winnie Pig (voice)
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Movie • 1998
Miranda Hoggendobber
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Movie • 1987
Car Rental Agent
Working
Movie • 1982
Switchboard Operator
Home on the Range
Movie • 2004
Additional Voices (voice)
Cooking Up Raoul
Movie • 2012
Self
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Movie • 1997
Librarian
The Little Mermaid Live!
Movie • 2019
Carlotta (archive footage) (voice)
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Movie • 1980
Gloria's Mom (Groundling)
Holy Man
Movie • 1998
Laundry Lady #2
The History of White People in America
Movie • 1985
Housewife
Dance 'Til Dawn
Movie • 1988
Ruth Strull
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Movie • 2002
Campus Tour Guide
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Movie • 1977
Esmeralda
The Paragon of Comedy
Movie • 1983
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Movie • 2004
Santa's Workshop Announcer (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Movie • 1985
Bertha
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand
Movie • 2002
Violet
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie • 2006
(voice)
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
Movie • 2006
Self
Rocket Power: The Big Day
Movie • 2004
Violet Stimpleton (voice)
The Chevy Chase Show
Movie • 1977
Various
The Manor
Movie • 1999
Mrs. French
Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order - All Dogs Don't Go to Heaven
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Newman (voice)
Stinky Pierre
Movie • 2003
Adrean (voice)
Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains
Movie • 2005
Grandma Taters (voice)
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie • 1990
Mathilda (voice)
Lucky
Movie • 2019
Miss Doris (voice)
More Acting 'Carrie'
Movie • 2016
Self
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Nurse Debbie
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Cille Vonzel
Alice
TV • 1976
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Rosie
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Ms. Martel (voice)
Higglytown Heroes
TV • 2004
Fran (voice)
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
The Farmer's Wife
American Dragon: Jake Long
TV • 2005
Harper Valley
TV • 1981
Willamae Jones
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Lucille Tarlek
Mr. Belvedere
TV • 1985
Providence
TV • 1999
Meryl Ridley
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV • 1990
Winnie Pig (voice)
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Nurse DeFarge
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
TV • 2002
Grandma Taters (voice)
The Jeffersons
TV • 1975
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Beauty Salon Customer
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Julie
The Batman
TV • 2004
Mrs. Brown (voice)
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Fat Actress
TV • 2005
Nosy Lady
TaleSpin
TV • 1990
Mrs. Vandersnoot (voice)
Empty Nest
TV • 1988
The Richard Pryor Show
TV • 1977
Cow and Chicken
TV • 1997
Snorks
TV • 1984
Ms. Seabottom/ Mrs. Seaworthy
Life with Louie
TV • 1994
Mom (voice)
Full House
TV • 1987
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Hilda Morris
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Mrs. Beeker
The Hogan Family
TV • 1986
Crashbox
TV • 1999
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Drexell's Class
TV • 1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1991
The Kids from Room 402
TV • 2000
The Big Show
TV • 1980
Self
The Addams Family
TV • 1992
Normina Normanmeyer (voice)
Monty
TV • 1994
Pair of Kings
TV • 2010
June
No Soap, Radio
TV • 1982
The Kallikaks
TV • 1977
Maggie Winters
TV • 1998
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
TV • 1995
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Madge
Columbo
TV • 1971
Mrs. Lerby
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Mrs. Oliver
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Helen
The Hogan Family
TV • 1986
Mrs. Patty Poole
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Maw Maw
Small Wonder
TV • 1985
Bonnie Brindle
Miss Guided
TV • 2008
Mrs. Pool
Bobby's World
TV • 1990
Bobby's World
TV • 1990
Mrs. Orso (voice)
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Mrs. Goldfishberg (voice)
Vicki!
TV • 1992
Self
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
TV • 2003
(voice)
Problem Child
TV • 1993
Additional Voices (voice)
Bone Chillers
TV • 1996
Miss Webb
Clifford the Big Red Dog
TV • 2000
Mrs. Bleakman (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Bertha
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Titan Maximum
TV • 2009
Gammy (voice)
Dinosaurs
TV • 1991
Shopper (voice)
The Life & Times of Tim
TV • 2008
Helen (voice)
Wander Over Yonder
TV • 2013
Trudi (voice)
Picket Fences
TV • 1992
Mother Dinkel
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Monique Sorrenstein (voice)
Teachers Only
TV • 1982
Hannah Montana
TV • 2006
Cindy Merriwether
Madame's Place
TV • 1982
Solaria
Rules of Engagement
TV • 2007
Silvia
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Edie McClurg (voice)
Ring of the Musketeers
TV • 1992
Betty
Hello, Larry
TV • 1979
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Loafer
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Margaret Duffy
Thank God You're Here
TV • 2007
Self
Adventures in Wonderland
TV • 1992
Eye Doctor
Gravedale High
TV • 1990
(voice)
NCIS
TV • 2003
Mrs. Ruth Potts
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Crissy
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Bridget
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Mrs. Tot
Rocket Power
TV • 1999
Violet Stimpleton (voice)