Edie McClurg
Edie McClurg
Short, pleasantly plump, and endowed with an endearingly piercing voice, American actress Edie McClurg has been a favorite supporting performer since her 1976 film debut in Carrie. Much of her TV work has been as a comedy sketch performer, notably on Tony Orlando and Dawn (1976), The David Letterman Show (a 1980 daytimer), The Big Show (1980) and No Soap, Radio (1982). Ms. McClurg has also played many a nosy neighbor/in-law/secretary on such TV sitcoms as Harper Valley PTA (1982), Small Wonder (1985) and The Hogan Family (1988). McClurg received larger roles in the TV series The Kallikaks (1977), in which she was the wife of series star David Huddleston, and in the feature film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), wherein she portrayed the villainess (the ads showed McClurg burning horror-show hostess Elvira at the stake; bully for her). That Edie McClurg is capable of subtler dramatic roles was proven by the TV movie Bill: On His Own, in which she was touchingly convincing as a mentally retarded group-home resident. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Edie McClurg:
- Breaking Dawn with Diane Venora , Joe Morton
- Panstvi with Greta Scacchi , Gabrielle Anwar , Peter O'Toole
- Now You Know with Jeremy Sisto , Kevin Smith
- Eating Raoul with Paul Bartel , Mary Woronov , Ed Jr. Begley , Hamilton Camp , Buck Henry , Billy Curtis
- Cars with Owen Wilson , Paul Newman , Bonnie Hunt , Cheech Marin , Tony Shalhoub , Paul Dooley , George Carlin , Katherine Helmond , John Ratzenberger , Michael Keaton , Andrew Stanton , Tom Hanks , Tim Allen , John Ratzenberger , Billy Crystal , John Goodman , John Ratzenberger , Dave Foley , John Ratzenberger , Laraine Newman
- Carrie with Sissy Spacek , Piper Laurie , Amy Irving , Nancy Allen , John Travolta , Betty Buckley , Sidney Lassick
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