Edie McClurg

Edie McClurg
McClurg at the 34th Annie Awards, 2007
Born	(1945-07-23) July 23, 1945 (age 79) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Missouri–Kansas City (B.A.) Syracuse University (M.S.)
Occupations	Actress comedian
Years active	1976–2022
Relatives	Angelique Cabral (first cousin once removed)

Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1945)^[1] is an American retired actress and comedian. She has played supporting roles in the films Carrie (1976), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), and bit parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Mr. Mom (1983) Back to School (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), A River Runs Through It (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Flubber (1997), and Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003).

On television, McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show, before playing Bonnie Brindle in Small Wonder (1985–1987) and Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family (1986–1991). As a one-off character, she appeared in Alice, Mr. Belvedere, Roseanne, Full House, Seinfeld, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Malcolm in the Middle, Hannah Montana, Crashbox, and Portlandia. She has also appeared in numerous commercials.

As a voice actress, she played in The Secret of NIMH (1982), The Little Mermaid (1989), A Bug's Life (1998), the first two films of the Cars franchise (2006-2011), and Wreck-It Ralph (2012), as well as in Snorks (1984–1988), Life with Louie (1995–1998), and Violet Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003).