Rue McClanahan, left, and Dabney Coleman are shown in the 1978 comedy “Apple Pie.” McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” died Thursday. She was 76. See full story(ABC / Associated Press)
During a break from taping “The Golden Girls” in Hollywood, cast members, from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White pose for a photo in December 1985. See full story(Nick Ut / Associated Press)
Rue McClanahan poses at a book signing for her memoir, “My First Five Husbands,” near Book Soup in West Hollywood in 2007. See full story(Mark Mainz / Getty Images)
“Golden Girls” cast members, left to right, Betty White, Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan accept the pop culture award at the TV Land Awards in 2008. See full story(Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)
