Blanche Devereaux

Blanche Devereaux
The Golden Girls character
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
In-universe information
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) Virginia Warren (sister) Charmaine Hollingsworth (sister) Clayton Hollingsworth (brother) Tad Hollingsworth (brother)
Spouse	George Devereaux (late husband)
Children	Janet (daughter) Rebecca Devereaux (daughter) Biff Devereaux (son) Doug Devereaux (son) Matthew "Skippy" Devereaux (son)
Relatives	David (grandson) (through Janet) Melissa (granddaughter) (through Janet) Sarah (granddaughter) (through Janet) Aurora Devereaux (granddaughter) (through Rebecca) Jamie Devereaux (brother-in-law) Douglas "Doug" (brother-in-law) (through Clayton) Lucas Hollingsworth (paternal uncle) Lucy Warren (niece)
Religion	Baptist

Blanche Devereaux is a character from the sitcom television series The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace. Blanche was portrayed by Rue McClanahan for 8 years and 204 episodes across the two series. The character was inspired by Blanche DuBois (to whom Blanche Devereaux is compared in the pilot script) and Scarlett O'Hara.^[1]

McClanahan had previously co-starred with Beatrice Arthur in Maude and with Betty White in the first two seasons of Mama's Family. In pre-production, producers had planned for White (who was already well known for playing the man-hungry character Sue Ann Nivens) to play Blanche, but neither White nor McClanahan wanted to be typecast, and the two roles were eventually switched by producers.