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Bea Arthur: Summary

Recent Role:
Self on Back to the Grind
Birthday:
5-13-1923
Birthplace:
New York, New York
Birth Name:
Bernice Frankel

Beatrice Arthur, is an American actress and comedienne with a distinctive deep voice, acid wit, and height, standing almost 5 ft 10 in. Her notable television roles include the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s and a starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s. In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken "limousine" liberal living in Tuckahoe, Westchester...

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  • Bea is probably best known by the public for his starring roles as the title character on Maude and as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls.(edit)
  • The role of Dorothy on The Golden Girls was specifically written as a "Bea Arthur type," long before Bea even came and got the part.(edit)
  • Bea was the only regular cast member from the show The Golden Girls who didn't go on to star in the spinoff series The Golden Palace.(edit)
  • Bea is close friends with actress Angela Lansbury. (edit)
  • One of Bea's acting classmates at Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research was Marlon Brando. (edit)
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