Edie McClurg Biography

Short, pleasantly plump, and endowed with an endearingly resonant voice, American actress Edie McClurg is still best remembered as the perky school secretary in Ferris Beuler's Day Off. McClurg has been a favorite supporting performer since her 1976 film debut in Carrie, and 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. In the years to come, McClurg would continue to keep up a prolific career, most memorably staring on the series Life with Louie and 7th Heaven, as well as in movies like Flubber, Van Wilder, and Fired Up!. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Car Rental Agent: How may I help you?
  2. Neal Page: You can start by wiping that fucking dumbass smile off your rosy fucking cheeks. Then you can get me a fucking automobile. A fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick, four fucking wheels and a seat!
  3. Car Rental Agent: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.
  4. Neal Page: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile at my fucking face. I want a fucking car...right...fucking...now.
  From Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Submitted by Cody H (4 months ago)

• 1. Chastity Pariah: Excuse me? Is this face taken?
  From Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Submitted by Eric J (16 months ago)

• 1. Ed Rooney: I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him.
  2. School Secretary: Well, with your bad knee, Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody. It's true.
  3. Ed Rooney: What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas. Last thing I need at this point in my career is 1,500 Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this student body.
  4. School Secretary: He makes you look like an ass, is what he does, Ed.
  5. Ed Rooney: Thank you, Grace, but I think you're wrong.
  6. School Secretary: Oh, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
  7. Ed Rooney: That is why I need to show these kids that the example he sets is a first-class ticket to nowhere!
  8. School Secretary: Oh, Ed, you sounded like Dirty Harry just then.
  9. Ed Rooney: Really? Thanks, Grace.
  From Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Submitted by Breno d (21 months ago)