Blanche: There are lots of ways you can trick a man into thinkin' you're younger than you really are. You wear sunglasses, put on a little extra makeup, go to dimly lit restaurants. Rose: We've all done that. Blanche: Fly to Nevada to get a fake birth certificate. Have a phony high school yearbook printed up. Change the dates on your parents' graves. Dorothy: We've all done that.
Screenshot from the opening credits of The Golden Girls. Blanche Devereaux is sitting in the kitchen smiling. The name Rue McClanahan is in white text at the bottom.
Rue McClanahan was born on this date in 1934. To celebrate her life, I'll feature Blanche quotes today. For more, see #BestOfBlanche and #SophiaInsultsBlanche.
Blanche: I've never known any personally, but isn't Danny Thomas one?
Dorothy: Not Lebanese, Blanche. Lesbian.
Blanche: Lesbian. Lesbian. LESBIAN?! But isn't that where one woman and another--
Dorothy: We already know what it means.
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Blanche: It's a curse. My beauty's always been a curse. I'm sorry, Dorothy, but like the fatal blossom of the graceful jimsonweed, I entice with my fragrance but can provide no succor.
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Blanche: You know how fragile men's egos are. One little thing like screaming out the wrong name, and they go all to pieces.
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Blanche: It's a curse. My beauty's always been a curse. I'm sorry, Dorothy, but like the fatal blossom of the graceful jimsonweed, I entice with my fragrance but can provide no succor.
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Blanche [to Dr. Clayton]: Oh, hello there. I don't believe we've been introduced. My name is Blanche Devereaux. That's French for...Blanche Devereaux.
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