Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur at the 1987 Emmy Awards.
Birth name	Bernice Frankel
Born	May 13, 1922 (1922-05-13) (age 85) New York City, New York, U.S.
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series 1977 Maude 1988 The Golden Girls Tony Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 1966 Mame

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She is known for her distinctive deep voice, acid wit and prominent stature, standing almost 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m).^[1]

In an ongoing career spanning six decades (beginning in 1947) and encompassing film, television, and theater, Arthur's trademark roles were as the title character on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and as a part of the ensemble on the long-running sitcom The Golden Girls. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... For the Hong Kong film, see The Golden Girls (1995 film). ...

Biography

Arthur was born in New York City to parents Rebecca (1902-1986) and Philip Frankel. In the 1930s, the family moved to Maryland, where they owned a women's clothing shop. After attending the now-defunct Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia, Arthur became a medical technologist before World War II. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 101 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N  - Longitude 75° 03′ W to 79° 29... Blackstone is a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. ... A medical technologist (MT) is a healthcare professional who performs diagnostic analytic tests on human body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Arthur was married twice - first briefly to Robert Alan Arthur, an author, whose surname she kept. Her second marriage (1950-1978) was to director Gene Saks, with whom she adopted two sons, Matthew (b. 14 July 1961), an actor and Daniel (b. 8 May 1964), a set designer. The Saks' marriage ended in divorce in 1978.^[2] This article does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

She primarily lives in the Greater Los Angeles Area and has sublet her apartment on Central Park West in New York City and her country home in Bedford, New York. The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... Look up sublease, sublet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Career

Theatre roles

Arthur began her career as a member of the off Broadway theater group at The Cherry Lane Theatre in NY in the late 1940s. Actors Anthony Franciosa and Robert Herrell were also members at that time. Cherry Lane Theatre entrance The Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in the borough of Manhattan, is New York Citys oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater. ... Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo, Jr. ...

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" to Angela Lansbury's Mame (she recreated the role in the unsuccessful film version opposite Lucille Ball in 1974). In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Lightbulb. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German and in his later years, a German-American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) was a revolutionary piece of musical theatre written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill in 1928. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress. ... MAME is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. ... Mame is a 1974 American musical film. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ...

Two decades later, she toured the U.S. with a one-woman show in which she made a triumphant return to Broadway. 2002's Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends, a collection of stories and songs (with musician Billy Goldenberg) and based on her life and long career, was nominated for a Tony award for Best Special Theatrical Event, but lost to Elaine Stritch At Liberty. Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This page is about musical songs. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Billy Goldenberg is a composer best known for his early work on Steven Spielbergs, telefilms, in particular, Duel. ... Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212...

Television roles

Arthur is perhaps best known for two long-running roles she portrayed on television; the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s, and a starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s and 1990s. Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ... For the Hong Kong film, see The Golden Girls (1995 film). ...

In Maude, she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken liberal living in the affluent community of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, with her husband, Walter (Bill Macy) and divorced daughter Carol (Adrienne Barbeau). Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 29, 1978. ... Maude title card Maude starred Beatrice Arthur. ... Tuckahoe is a village located in Westchester County, New York. ... Bill Macy (born May 18, 1922 in Revere, Massachusetts) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Walter Findlay, Bea Arthurs long-suffering husband on the television sitcom Maude. ... Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American television, film, and musical theater actress. ...

The show was a spinoff from All in the Family, on which Arthur had appeared a couple of times in the same role, playing Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton)'s cousin, a feminist, and antithesis to the bigoted, conservative Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor, who described Maude as a "New Deal fanatic"). A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... For other uses, see All in the Family (disambiguation). ... Information Gender Female Age 50 (in 1977) Date of birth 1927 Date of death Dead 1980) Occupation housewife Family Michael Stivic (son-in-law) Joey Stivic (grandson) Maude (cousin) Stephanie Mills (niece) Floyd Mills (cousin) Amelia (cousin) Liz (cousin) Rose (Aunt) Clara (Aunt) Relationships Archie Bunker Children Gloria Stivic (daughter... Jean Stapleton Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City) is an American actress of stage, television and film. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Antithesis (Greek for setting opposite, from against + position) means a direct contrast or exact opposition to something. ... John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an Irish American actor, most famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1979) and Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983). ...

In The Golden Girls, she played Dorothy Zbornak, a divorcée substitute teacher who lived in a Miami, Florida, house owned by Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan). Her other roommates included widow Rose Nylund (Betty White) and Dorothy's Sicilian mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Getty is actually a year younger than Arthur in real life, and was heavily made up to look significantly older. Dorothy had an acidic sense of humor and was prone to making witty and sarcastic wisecracks, often directed at the man-hungry Blanche or dimwitted Rose. For the Hong Kong film, see The Golden Girls (1995 film). ... Information Age 55 Date of birth 1929 Occupation Substitute Teacher Family Sophia Petrillo, mother Salvadore Petrillo, father Gloria, sister Phil, brother Angelo, uncle Angela, aunt Papa Angelo, grandfather Mama, grandmother Spouse(s) Stanley Zbornak (1946-1984) Lucas Hollingsworth (1992-) Children Michael Zbornak Kate Zbornak Relatives Angela Petrillo, aunt Angelo Petrillo... A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable because of illness or other reason. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Information Age 53 Date of birth 1932 Family Elizabeth and Curtis Big Daddy Hollingsworth (parents) Virginia Hollingsworth, Charmaine Hollingsworth (sisters) Tad Hollingsworth, Clayton Hollingsworth (brothers) Spouse(s) George Deveraux Children Rebecca Devereaux Janet Devereaux Doug Devereaux Matthew Devereaux Biff Devereaux Skippy Devereaux Relatives Lucas Hollingsworth (uncle) Jamie Devereaux (brother-in... Rue McClanahan (born Eddi Rue McClanahan on February 21, 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for her roles acting alongside Bea Arthur on the television sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. ... Information Age 55 Date of birth 1930 Occupation Grief Counselor TV associate producer Family Gunter Lindstrom, father Alma Lindstrom, mother Holly Lindstrom, sister Lily Lindstrom, sister Spouse(s) Charlie Nylund (1948-1980) Children Kirsten Nylund Charlie Nylund Jr. ... Betty White (born January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress with a career spanning sixty years, sometimes referred to as The First Lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Sophia Petrillo Sophia Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock is a fictional character from the TV series, The Golden Girls, and its spin-offs The Golden Palace and Empty Nest. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ...

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She appeared in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle as Dewey's unfortunate babysitter. She was nominated for a guest-star Emmy for her performance. She also showed up unexpectedly as Larry (Larry David)'s mother on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Malcolm in the Middle was a seven-time Emmy-winning,[1] one-time Grammy-winning[1] and seven-time Golden Globe-nominated[1] American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. ... Lawrence Gene Larry David (born July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director. ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy series (though not in the traditional sitcom format) starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself. ...

In popular culture

• Arthur was seen throughout the 1980s in Canada as a regular character in Shoppers Drug Mart television commercials for a popular Canadian chain of pharmacies.
• Arthur is referenced in the song California by singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright on his 2001 album, Poses, with the lyric, "I don't know this sea of neon / Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon / And my new grandma Bea Arthur".
• During "on-stage" banter following the theme song on the Family Guy: Live in Vegas CD, Peter states that the sound stage on which Family Guy is shot (an in-joke that the characters on the show are actually real people who portray themselves on the show) is the same as the one used for the Golden Girls, and that one night, when everyone was prepared to begin filming, Bea Arthur was nowhere to be found. The producer of the Golden Girls supposedly ran in and told everyone to cancel the shoot because Bea Arthur was in jail for exposing her penis to traffic after drinking too much. Brian then asks, "How can Bea Arthur have a penis?", to which Peter responds "Uhh ... a special permit?". This is not the first reference to Arthur's having a penis - at the 2005 Friars Club Roast for Pamela Anderson comedian Jeffrey Ross made a similar reference.
• The Marvel anti-hero Deadpool often references Bea Arthur during his banter.
• In 1991 the artist John Currin launched his career on a realist, if imaginary, portrait "Bea Arthur Naked." He portrays Ms Arthur from her Maude days looking regal and sitting up straight forward in a facial 3/4 pose. The painting is a bust portrait including her face and realistic breasts from the imagination of the artist. Articles from the time mentioned Ms Arthur was initially unaware of her depiction, however she was unfettered by the news.

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Television credits

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Theatre performances

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Filmography

• That Kind of Woman (1959)
• Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
• Mame (1974)
• History of the World: Part I (1981) (cameo)
• My First Love (1988)
• For Better or For Worse (1996)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) (cameo)
• Enemies of Laughter (2000)
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (documentary)
• Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (2008) (documentary)

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References

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External links

• Beatrice Arthur at the Internet Movie Database
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