Blanche Deveraux
| Blanche Elizabeth Marie Devereaux | |
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| First appearance | "The Engagement" (The Golden Girls) September 14, 1985 |
| Last appearance | "The Chicken and the Egg" (The Golden Palace) May 14, 1993 |
| Portrayed by | Rue McClanahan |
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| Occupation | Owner of The Golden Palace Hotel Former Assistant at an art museum in Miami, Florida |
| Family | Curtis "Big Daddy" Hollingsworth (father; deceased) Elizabeth-Ann "Big Momma" Margaret Bennett Hollingsworth / Samantha Roquet Hollingsworth (mother; deceased) Margaret Spencer (stepmother) Charmaine Gertrude Hollingsworth LaPale (sister) Theodore "Tad" Hunter Hollingsworth (brother) Clayton "Clay" Louis Hollingsworth (brother) Virginia Lena Hollingsworth Warren (sister) |
| Spouse(s) | George Devereaux (widowed) |
| Children | Janet Devereaux Blackmore (daughter) Rebecca-Sue/Susan Jean Devereaux (daughter) Biff Devereaux (son) Douglas "Doug" Devereaux (son) Matthew "Skippy" Devereaux (son) David Patton Devereaux (stepson) |
| Relatives | Father Devereaux (father-in-law) Mother Devereaux (mother-in-law; deceased) David Blackmore (grandson) (through Janet) Sarah Blackmore (granddaughter) (through Janet) Aurora Devereaux (granddaughter) (through Rebecca) Melissa Blackmore (granddaughter) (through Janet) Jamie Devereaux (brother-in-law) Douglas "Doug" Hollingsworth (brother-in-law) Thomas "Tom" Warren (brother-in-law) Peter LaPale (ex brother-in-law) Lucas Hollingsworth (paternal uncle) Lucy Warren (niece) Dorothy (Zbornak) Hollingsworth (paternal aunt by marriage) Edna Hollingsworth (paternal aunt; deceased) Augusta (aunt) Lynette Roquet (maternal great-aunt) Granddaddy Bennett (maternal grandfather) Grandmama Roquet Bennett (maternal grandmother; deceased) William Grandpappy Hollingsworth (paternal grandfather) Marie "Grammy" Daboval Hollingsworth (paternal grandmother) Marcelle Daboval (paternal great-grandmother) Rosalyn Feldman Roquet (maternal great-grandmother; deceased) Walker "Great Granddaddy" Roquet (maternal great-grandfather; deceased) Kate Zbornak Griffiths (cousin by marriage) Michael Zbornak (cousin by marriage) |
| Religion | Baptist |
Blanche Devereaux (née Hollingsworth) is one of the four main fictional characters on the 1985–1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, and its CBS spin-off The Golden Palace. In the pilot episode, her last name was given as Hollingsworth, but this was somewhat "corrected" in later episodes by making this her maiden name. Blanche was portrayed by Rue McClanahan for 8 years and 206 episodes.
McClanahan had previously been a co-star with Beatrice Arthur in Maude and with Betty White in the first two seasons of Mama's Family. In pre-production, producers had originally planned for White (who was known for playing promiscuous characters such as Sue Ann Nivens) to play Blanche, but neither White nor McClanahan wanted to be typecast, and the two were given permission to switch roles.
Blanche Elizabeth Marie Hollingsworth Devereaux, born in November 1932, grew up near Atlanta, Georgia, at her family's mansion, Twin Oaks. Her parents were the late Elizabeth-Ann Margaret Bennett (later seasons named her "Samantha Roquet") (Helen Kleeb) and Curtis "Big Daddy" Hollingsworth (first Murray Hamilton, and after Hamilton died, David Wayne), the latter a revered man in his neck of the woods. Much to Blanche's dismay, he married a young widow named Margaret Spencer (Sondra Currie) years after Blanche's mother died, but she grudgingly accepted the marriage. Her father later died, and the news of his affair caused a shift in their father-daughter relationship. She attended the fictional Miss McIver's Finishing School. Blanche is a member of "the Alpha Gams" (Alpha Gamma Delta), but which university she attended is not known. On occasions, Blanche states that she was Baptist. She is proud of her status as a Southern debutante, but when tracing her family history, is shocked to learn that she has a Jewish great-grandmother named Rosalyn Feldman from Buffalo, New York, which prevents her from joining the Daughters of the Old South, a conservative Southern women's organization.
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