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According to his IMDb page, Kent Zbornak continues to work in the business, with credits for series like The Office, The Conners, and Dear White People. So while Golden Girls is over, and sadly, Arthur passed away in 2009, the name Zbornak lives on. Bea Arthur’s Ears Weren’t Actually Pierced.
Kent Zbornak. Producer. Production Manager. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Kent Zbornak is known for The Office (2005), Dear White People (2017) and NewsRadio (1995). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 5 nominations total. Known for. The Office. 9.0. TV Series
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Mini Bio. Kent Zbornak is known for The Office (2005), Dear White People (2017) and NewsRadio (1995). Trivia. Lent his unique last name to Golden Girls' character Dorothy. Outstanding Disneyland Cast Member in the 1980s. Father of young actor Alec Gray II AKA: Alec Zbornak.
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- LEE GRANT WAS SERIES CREATOR SUSAN HARRIS'S FIRST CHOICE FOR DOROTHY. Grant had starred in Harris's short-lived 1978 sitcom, Fay. Grant, however, was unenthusiastic about playing a grandmother, so the part was eventually offered to Bea Arthur.
- NBC WAS AGAINST CASTING BEA ARTHUR. Harris actually wrote the role of Dorothy with Arthur in mind, having worked with the actress on several episodes of Maude.
- RUE MCCLANAHAN PUSHED BEA ARTHUR TO PURSUE THE PART. Rue McClanahan gave her reluctant Maude co-star the final push to convince her to give The Golden Girls a try.
- BETTY WHITE AND RUE MCCLANAHAN PASSED THE TIME WITH WORD GAMES. Betty White had always been a fierce competitor when she appeared on Password back in the day, and she found a kindred spirit in Rue McClanahan when it came to word games.
- There Was A Major Role Swap. Can you imagine Betty White as a sultry Southern belle? The producers originally had White picked to play Blanche Devereaux, but thought the character would be too similar to her role as the “neighborhood nymphomaniac,” Sue Anne Nivens, on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
- The Queen Loved The Show. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was a fan of the Golden Girls and invited them to perform at the 1988 Royal Variety Performance in London.
- The Girls Didn’t Hang Out Much Off Set. One exception: Estelle Getty had a birthday party every June and they’d get together, according to information mined by Glamour from an interview Rue McClanahan did with the Archive of American Television.
- Estelle Getty Had Serious Stage Fright. So much so that she’d often freeze during the tapings, cast members recalled. She was the least-experienced actor in the main cast.
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Dorothy Zbornak's last name was taken from Kent Zbornak, a friend and colleague of show co-creator and scriptwriter Susan Harris. Kent Zbornak wound up becoming the stage manager on The Golden Girls. From the start, Harris envisioned Dorothy as a sarcastic, authoritarian teacher who would constantly clash with her quick-witted mother.
Guest star Kent Zbornak allowed producers of "The Golden Girls" to use his last name for the character Bea Arthur plays Dorothy Zbornak.
