A plump, red-haired character player of features and TV who frequently brings warmth and humor to the many supporting roles she has played, Edie McClurg has also kept busy doing voiceovers for animated children's series and features.

The Missouri native with the prominent chin ended up in show business quite by accident. After earning an M.A. at Syracuse University, she joined the Kansas City affiliate of National Public Radio as a newswriter and documentary producer. Visiting her actor brother in San Francisco, she was asked to participate in an impromptu stage performance by the Pitschel