Cast
Edie McClurg
Acting
Cast
Edie McClurg
Known for
Acting
Born
1951-07-23
From
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also known as Edith Marie McClurg, Edith M. 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.
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Frozen
as Gerda (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2012
Wreck-It Ralph
as Mary (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Cars 2
as Minny (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Cars
as Minny (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1989
The Little Mermaid
as Carlotta (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1998
A Bug's Life
as Dr. Flora (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
as Grace, School Secretary
★5.7
MOVIE1997
Flubber
as Martha George
★6.1
MOVIE2009
Fired Up!
as Ms. Klingerhoff
★7.3
MOVIE1976
Carrie
as Helen
★7.1
MOVIE1994
Natural Born Killers
as Mallory's Mom
★6.1
MOVIE2004
Home on the Range
as Additional Voices (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Car Rental Agent
★1.9
MOVIE2012
Foodfight!
as Mrs. Butterworth (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1992
A River Runs Through It
as Mrs. Burns
★6.7
MOVIE1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Chastity Pariah
★6.0
MOVIE2002
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Campus Tour Guide
★4.7
MOVIE2000
Meeting Daddy
as Dot
★6.0
MOVIE1988
She's Having a Baby
as Lynn
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Tiny Toon Spring Break
as Winnie Pig (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1983
Mr. Mom
as Check Out Lady
★6.3
MOVIE1998
The Rugrats Movie
as Nurse (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2004
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
as Santa's Workshop Announcer (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2019
The Little Mermaid Live!
as Carlotta (archive footage) (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2006
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Peggy Jones / Sea Salt Sally (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1986
Back to School
as Marge
★10.0
MOVIE2005
Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains
as Grandma Taters (voice)
★4.0
MOVIE2002
The Master of Disguise
as Mother Disguisey
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Curly Sue
as Secretary
★6.8
MOVIE2019
Lucky
as Miss Doris (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Dance 'Til Dawn
as Ruth Strull
★6.0
MOVIE1993
Airborne
as Aunt Irene
★4.4
MOVIE1988
Crash Course
as Beth Crawford
★6.7
MOVIE1985
Cinderella
as Bertha
★6.4
MOVIE2000
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
as Carlotta (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE1998
Holy Man
as Laundry Lady #2
★4.5
MOVIE1993
Stepmonster
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Hanging Up
as Esther
★4.7
MOVIE1982
Pandemonium
as Blue's Mom
★7.3
MOVIE2013
Curious George Swings into Spring
as Lydia / Mum / Lady (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Librarian
★2.0
MOVIE2012
Heal Thyself
as Doris Green
MOVIE2003
Stinky Pierre
as Adrean (voice)
MOVIE1977
The Chevy Chase Show
as Various
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Changing Hearts
as Nurse Rollins
★5.3
MOVIE2004
To Kill a Mockumentary
as Estelle
★3.0
MOVIE2010
Holyman Undercover
as Martha
★6.0
MOVIE1980
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
as Gloria's Mom (Groundling)
MOVIE2004
Rocket Power: The Big Day
as Violet Stimpleton (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1998
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
as Miranda Hoggendobber
★7.4
MOVIE2002
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand
as Violet
★3.8
MOVIE2003
Fish Without a Bicycle
as Greta
★5.3
MOVIE2003
Air Bud: Spikes Back
as Gram Gram
★5.9
MOVIE2007
Country Remedy
as Maggie Perkins
★4.0
MOVIE1977
Cracking Up
★5.1
MOVIE2003
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
as Mrs. Gertrude
MOVIE1986
Christmas Every Day
as The Christmas Fairy (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1982
Eating Raoul
as Susan
MOVIE2016
More Acting 'Carrie'
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2005
Everything You Want
as Mary Louise Morrison
★3.0
MOVIE1999
Can't Stop Dancing
as Beverly McGuire
★5.9
MOVIE2014
A Long Way Off
★5.9
MOVIE1996
Inhumanoid
as Dr. Marianne Snow
★5.3
MOVIE1986
The Longshot
as Donna
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
as Winnie Pig (voice)
★4.8
MOVIE1982
Working
as Switchboard Operator
★5.3
MOVIE1996
Carpool
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
★4.3
MOVIE1995
Under the Hula Moon
as Dolly
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Tom and Jerry Santa's Little Helpers
as Mrs. Claus (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE1980
Oh, God! Book II
as Secretary
★4.9
MOVIE1984
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
as The Queen
★9.0
MOVIE1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Esmeralda
★7.4
MOVIE1981
The Pee-wee Herman Show
as Hermit Hattie
★5.1
MOVIE2002
Now You Know
as Pat
★10.0
MOVIE2015
Theresa Is a Mother
as Cloris McDermott
★6.4
MOVIE1985
The History of White People in America
as Housewife
★5.0
MOVIE1990
Menu for Murder
as Patsy Webber
★7.0
MOVIE1983
The Paragon of Comedy
MOVIE2012
Cooking Up Raoul
as Self
MOVIE2006
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Gift
as Old Lady
★5.9
MOVIE1994
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
as Ora Anderson (Mom) (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1983
Bill: On His Own
as Angela
★6.5
MOVIE1999
The Manor
as Mrs. French
★5.0
MOVIE1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as DMV Clerk
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Breaking Dawn
as Nurse Olivia
★6.0
MOVIE1990
Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes
as Mathilda (voice)
MOVIE2007
What's Wrong with Ruth?
as Mother (voice)
MOVIE2022
Eyes Upon Waking
as Nurse Jane
★5.0
MOVIE2006
Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
as (voice)