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- Arthur grew up on Broadway in New York City, and had a full life of stage and TV credits. She’s a Tony Award winner and a two-time Emmy winner. She won the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her work on Golden Girls and Maude.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Early Career. Actress and comedienne Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922, in New York City. Known for her sharp wit, Arthur first attracted notice for her performance in the...
In 1985, Arthur was cast in The Golden Girls, in which she played Dorothy Zbornak, a divorced mother and substitute teacher living in a Miami, Florida, house owned by widow Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan, who had previously co-starred with Arthur in Maude).
Mar 30, 2022 · Golden Girls and Maude star Bea Arthur died from lung cancerpeacefully and surrounded by family at her Los Angeles homeat 86 years old in 2009. The Broadway actress was famously introverted, and her son Matthew Saks, 59, gave some insight in recent years on his late mother’s private demeanor.
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Birth name. Bernice Phyllis Frankel. Nickname. Bea. Height. 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m) Mini Bio. Actress-comedienne Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922 in New York City to a Jewish family. She grew up in Maryland, where her parents ran a dress shop. At 12 years old, she was the tallest girl in her school at 5'9".
- May 13, 1922
- April 25, 2009
Beatrice Arthur, best known as the acerbic Maude Findlay on Norman Lear’s sitcom “Maude” and as the strong-willed Dorothy Zbornak on the long-running “The Golden Girls,” died Saturday.
Apr 25, 2009 · Award-winning actress Bea Arthur, widely recognized for her title role in perennial series Maude and her later role on hit Golden Girls, died today. Arthur, 86, had been battling cancer. Perhaps best known for her performances in the television series Maude and Golden Girls, Arthur earned 11 Primetime Emmy nominations and won twice — in 1977 ...
Trivia. Bea Arthur. Edit. In May 2013 a nude painting of her sold for $1.9 million in New York City. Remained a big fan of The Golden Girls (1985) long after the show ended, proudly watching old reruns. She said, "Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night AND think of a line and start to laugh. The writing was brilliant".
