Actually, it took a while for people to realize that I was here - that I really wasn't still in LA. I mean, I've been in New York since '97!
Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without.
I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised.
I didn't know anything about breast cancer when I got it.
I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.
I've been allowed to develop my own character, which I'm still working on.
The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue.
The matinee audiences are different because they're mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to.
There are other things that stop osteoporosis - like plenty of exercise and weight lifting and having a healthy diet.
They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs.
We have one cat. I had eight cats and six dogs in Los Angeles.
We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore.
Rue was named after her mother, Rhuea Nell who owned a beauty shop when Rue was a child.
Rue was given the nickname "Ruesy" by the cast and crew of The Golden Girls.
Rue was a member of her high school's Drama Club.
Rue's favorite actor was Marlon Brando.
Rue's favorite movie is Gone With the Wind.
In 2003, Rue co-starred in the movie The Fighting Tempations with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles.
In 1972 after seeing her performance in Tonight In Living Color, producer Norman Lear asked her to make a guest appearance on his show All in the Family.
While in high school, Rue was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by her peers.
Rue graduated from Ardmore High School in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
She performs on the Broadway show Wicked, as the head of Shiz University.
Has been married 6 times.
Nominated for a Golden Globe in 1986, 1987, and 1988 for "The Golden Girls"
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