Edie McClurg

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.

Known For

Mallory's Mom

Natural Born Killers

Mrs. Burns

A River Runs Through It

Carlotta (voice)

The Little Mermaid

Stepmonster

Chastity Pariah

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Helen

Carrie

Mary Louise Morrison

Everything You Want

Greta

Fish Without a Bicycle

Nurse Olivia

Breaking Dawn

Martha George

Flubber

Grace, School Secretary

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Aunt Irene

Airborne

Peggy Jones / Sea Salt Sally (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Mother Disguisey

The Master of Disguise

Mrs. Gertrude

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Susan

Eating Raoul

Angela

Bill: On His Own

Martha

Holyman Undercover

The Queen

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Mrs. Claus (voice)

Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers

Nurse Rollins

Changing Hearts

Mary (voice)

Wreck-It Ralph

DMV Clerk

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Check Out Lady

Mr. Mom

Mother (voice)

What's Wrong with Ruth?

Nurse Jane

Eyes Upon Waking

Pat

Now You Know

Maggie Perkins

Country Remedy

Cracking Up

Secretary

Oh, God! Book II

Franklin's Mom (voice)

Carpool

Dot

Meeting Daddy

Marge

Back to School

Dolly

Under the Hula Moon

Dr. Marianne Snow

Inhumanoid

Ora Anderson (Mom) (voice)

Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman

Gerda (voice)

Frozen

The Christmas Fairy (voice)

Christmas Every Day

Patsy Webber

Menu for Murder

Mrs. Butterworth (voice)

Foodfight!

Secretary

Curly Sue

Doris Green

Heal Thyself

Minny (voice)

Cars

Carlotta (voice)

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Minny (voice)

Cars 2

Mrs. Claus (voice)

Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen

Ms. Klingerhoff

Fired Up!

Cloris McDermott

Theresa Is a Mother

Esther

Hanging Up

Beth Crawford

Crash Course

Hermit Hattie

The Pee-wee Herman Show

Old Lady

The Gift

Gram Gram

Air Bud: Spikes Back

Beverly McGuire

Can't Stop Dancing

A Long Way Off

Blue's Mom

Pandemonium

Bertha

Cinderella

Donna

The Longshot

Lynn

She's Having a Baby

Estelle

To Kill a Mockumentary

Lydia/Mum/Lady

Curious George Swings Into Spring

Nurse (voice)

The Rugrats Movie

Dr. Flora (voice)

A Bug's Life

Winnie Pig (voice)

Tiny Toon Spring Break

Winnie Pig (voice)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Miranda Hoggendobber

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Car Rental Agent

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Switchboard Operator

Working

Additional Voices (voice)

Home on the Range

Self

Cooking Up Raoul

Librarian

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Carlotta (voice)

The Little Mermaid Live!

Gloria's Mom (Groundling)

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Laundry Lady #2

Holy Man

Housewife

The History of White People in America

Ruth Strull

Dance 'Til Dawn

Campus Tour Guide

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Esmeralda

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

The Paragon of Comedy

Santa's Workshop Announcer (voice)

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

Bertha

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

Violet

Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand

(voice)

Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas

Self

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories

Violet Stimpleton (voice)

Rocket Power: The Big Day

Various

The Chevy Chase Show

Mrs. French

The Manor