Edie McClurg Biography

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, Rovi

• 1. Chastity Pariah: Excuse me? Is this face taken?
  From Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Submitted by Eric J (4 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 (9 months ago)