Don't forget the hyper-feminist show "Maude".
She brought laughter to the American people and continues to do so in syndication. And in these times, we need laughter.
RIP
I always belived her to actually be a man and didn’t really care for her, but RIP anyway
Don't forget the hyper-feminist show "Maude".
In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken "limousine" liberal living in Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York; the show was a spinoff from All in the Family, on which Arthur had appeared in the same role, playing Edith Bunker's cousin, whom Archie couldn't stand. In the latter she played the character Dorothy Zbornak, a middle-aged woman who lived in a Florida house with two room mates (Betty White and Rue McClanahan) and Dorothy's short-tempered yet hip old mother, played by Estelle Getty. One of the most ironic things about casting Getty in this role was that she is actually two months younger than Arthur, so Getty was heavily made-up to seem significantly older. On stage, her roles included "Lucy Brown" in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, "Yente the Matchmaker" in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of "Vera Charles" in Mame. In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Lightbulb; two decades later she toured the U.S. in a one-woman show which opened in Broadway in 2002 as Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. In real life, Arthur was good friends with legendary actress and former co-star Angela Lansbury, and in real life Arthur did not get along with Betty White for most of the time that they worked together on Golden Girls, but they have since become close, especially in light of their mutual friend, Estelle Getty's health woes. Arthur was born in New York City, but she grew up in Maryland. She became a medical technologist before World War II, when she volunteered for the U.S. Marine Corps, becoming one of its first female recruits. She was married for many years to her second husband, director Gene Saks, with whom she adopted two sons http://www.corpsstories.com/ArthurBea.htm
As the Maude character, she would love to drive Archie Bunker crazy.
RIP Bea.
I hope she’s “resting in peace.”
She was wonderful in the 1954 Broadway production of 3 Penny Opera. (I only say that because I have a recording, I don’t think I would have appreciated 3PO when I was a toddler.) RIP Bea.
RIP, Bea.
I also loved her sparring with Archie. May she rest in peace.
Ah no! I thoroughly enjoyed Dorothy in the “Golden Girls”.
Thank you for making me laugh
So sad. I loved her in the Golden Girls. My grandma loved her in Maude.
Rest in Peace Bea!
And condolences to the her family and friends.
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Her Spirit will live on.......
In her life, from what I saw, she was a tool used to attack truth and righteousness with scenes scripted just so, in order to preach a non-gospel of mocking sin.
I really liked her on the Golden Girls - her character was my favorite. Say "hi" to Ma, Dorothy!