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My First Five Husbands... and the Ones Who Got Away

by Rue McClanahan
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Rue McClanahan, best known for her portrayal of Blanche Devereaux on the Emmy-award winning series The Golden Girls reveals her life in and out of the spotlight in a laugh-out-loud funny memoir about love, marriage, men, and getting older that is every bit as colorful as the characters she played.

Raised in small-town Oklahoma in a house “thirteen telephone poles past the standpipe north of town,” Rue developed her two great passions—theater and men—at an early age. She arrived in New York City in 1957 with two-weeks worth of money in her pocket, hustled her way into a class with the legendary Uta Hagen, and began working her way up in the acting world against the vibrant, free-spirited backdrop of the sixties. That’s when she met and married Husband #1—a handsome rogue of an aspiring actor who quickly left her with a young son. Still, she was determined to make it on the stage and screen—and in the years that followed, rose to the top of the entertainment world with a host of adventures (and husbands) along the way.
From her roles on Broadway opposite Dustin Hoffman and Brad Davis, to her first television appearances on Maude and All in the Family, to the Golden Girls era and beyond, My First Five Husbands is the irresistible story of one woman’s quest to find herself. Rue is proof that many things can and do get better with age—and that, if she keeps her wits about her, even a small-town girl can make it big.
People always ask me if I'm like Blanche. And I say, 'Well, Blanche was an oversexed, self-involved, man-crazy, vain Southern Belle from Atlanta—and I'm not from Atlanta!’” —Rue McClanahan

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    April 10, 2007

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      • ISBN: 9780767927796

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 26, 2007
      The youngest Golden Girls
      star offers a chatty, thoughtful and effervescent tour of her surprisingly turbulent professional and private life. Like her TV alter ego Blanche Devereaux, McClanahan charts her experiences through the men in her life (and isn't shy about assigning ratings to the life in her men—she gives enthusiastic "A"s to Benson
      's Robert Guillaume and Brad Davis, who at the time was nine years older than her son). Days after giving birth, she was abandoned by her first husband and pushed into a second marriage (before her divorce was final). She remembers a photo taken of the event: "We looked happy. Much like smiling travelers waving from the deck of the departing Titanic." Both men continued to play large roles in her life as she navigated through numerous affairs and six marriages. After much stage work, she found success in her late 30s on TV's Maude
      . Later, "languishing in Love Boat
      limbo," she was rescued by The Golden Girls
      , which brought her an Emmy and financial security. Fans will relish her sweet and tart memories of friendships and tensions filming that show. A breast cancer survivor, she ends the book happily celebrating an active career and a decade with husband number six. Photos.

    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2007
      Is it this reviewer, or are celebrities airing more dirty laundry than usual? Between Ellen Burstyn's tale of incest and abuse (Lessons in Becoming Myself) and Rupert Everett's gossipy, self-deprecating take on life (Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins), celebrity autobiographies have gone from puff pieces to confessionals. Now Golden Girl McClanahan (who played Southern flirt Blanche Devereaux) adds her sexual escapades to the mix. However, unlike the seriousness of Burstyn's book and the overthe-top tone of Everett's, this memoir is an easygoing, entertaining chronicle of a working actress who is just grateful for the opportunities she has had. Hers is a familiar story: small-town girl tries to make it in New York and, after many stops and starts, finally gets a break. It was a hard slogBroadway shows here and there, soap operas, and TV guest appearancesbut being cast in TV's Maude was the break that led to Golden Girls and an Emmy. McClanahan's folksy, humorous tone is like a night out with the Golden Girls. Fans of the show and women of a certain age will lap it up. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 2/15/07.]Rosellen Brewer, Sno-Isle Libs., Marysville, WA

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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