Photo SpecialRue McClanahan: Celebrating a Golden Girl
From Blanche to Broadway, the Golden Girls star and Emmy winner is remembered as a fan favorite
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Updated: Thursday Jun 03, 2010 | 02:50 PM EDT By: Cara Lynn Shultz
TRULY GOLDEN
All four Golden Girls stars won Emmys for their work – and McClanahan took home her statue in 1987. Originally, she was considered for the role of Rose, which went to Betty White. "I said, 'Oh no, that would be agony, not to be able to play Blanche,'" she later said.
