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Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American character actress. She is known for her perky North Central dialect (or Upper Midwest accent), common to persons from Middle America.
McClurg began her career with a role 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's first motion picture, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, in which she plays the Town Council President Chastity Pariah who uses her uptight conservative views to convince the townsfolk to get rid of Elvira. She also had a minor role in Cheech & Chong's Next Movie.
Having been a member of the Groundlings, she worked with fellow Groundling player, Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, on his first play “The Pee Wee Herman Show." In 1981, Edie McClurg starred as "Hermit Hattie" in Paul Reuben's stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show. She has performed in nearly 90 movies and 55 TV episodes, usually typecast as a middle-aged, somewhat stubborn and dimwitted Midwesterner. McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mrs. Burns in A River Runs Through It; Mr. Rooney's secretary Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Lucille Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati; Lynn in She's Having a Baby; perky PTA member (and ally of Stella Johnson), Willamae Jones, in the television remake of Harper Valley PTA; motherly and very friendly 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 and Automobiles, Mrs. Violet Bleakman on Clifford the Big Red Dog; and as Mrs. Beeker on the long-running family drama 7th Heaven. McClurg guest starred as Barri's mother in a January 2007 episode of Campus Ladies.
Actors: M.C. Gainey (actor), Edie McClurg (actress), Vance DeGeneres (actor), Carl Palmer (actor), Kurt Smildsin (actor), Paul Sanchez (actor), John Sanchez (editor), John Sanchez (producer), John Sanchez (director), Peter Holsapple (actor), John Boutte (actor), Mike Mayeux (actor), Shelly Sanchez (actress), George Sanchez (actor), Rob Savoy (actor),
Plot: A mockumentary by filmmaker Johnny Sanchez which chronicles the cross country search by music biographer Rock Savory for the story behind the legendary New Orleans based band, The Not Goods. With cameo appearances by film and television actors: Edie McClurg, MC Gainey, Vance Degeneres; and musicians: John Boutte', Peter Holsapple, Ivan Bodley, Paul Sanchez, and others. The 2 Disc Collector's Edition package includes: DVD - Side A: Revenge of the Not Goods: Side B: The Not Goods Strike Back with a Director's cut and Bonus Features The CD contains: 'The Final Cut' 20 original Not Goods songs plus 'A Radio Interview in Four Parts'.
Genres: Comedy, Short,