Related photos and videos, and reviews of Bea Arthur performances. Bea Arthur was an Emmy Award-winning American actress known for her distinctive deep voice and tall stature. Her roles were on television, playing the lead character on...
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Related photos and videos, and reviews of Bea Arthur performances. Bea Arthur was an Emmy Award-winning American actress known for her distinctive deep voice and tall stature. Her roles were on television, playing the lead character on the popular sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls.
Actress Bea Arthur speaks during the 2008 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel on December 9, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bea Arthur (Getty Images) more pics » Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died... Read Full Story
Growing up, one of my all time favorite television sitcoms was GOLDEN GIRLS . I know what you're thinking, "why were people so surprised when I finally came out of the closet at age 21?". News flash, no one was surprised! Anyway, Stephenson Billings from the blog Christ Wire has published an insightful(?) post theorizing how the '80's hit turned a generation of American boys into flaming homosexuals. Being one of those American boys, I found Stephenson's post absolutely laugh-out-loud funny... Read Full Story
I knew there was a reason to love Dorothy Zbornak besides her colorful choice of outfits and husky-voiced joie de vivre. The Golden Girls matriarch, who passed away earlier this year, was also a friend of gay teenagers:
Bea Arthur, the former Golden Girls star who died earlier this year, has left $300,000 to a shelter for gay homeless teenagers.
For years, she had been a generous benefactor to the Ali Forney Centre, which is a New York-based homeless LGBT charity.
Four years ago, the... Read Full Story
It’s a sad day, Bea from the Golden Girls passed away today. I won’t admit to watching this show, but from time to time my clicker stuck on the channel for some reason in spurts of 15 seconds or more. No idea, trippy. Anyway, our condolences go out to her family. Beatrice Arthur will live forever in my memories, and also in one of my t-shirts… which can be seen here.
LoiterInk.com Bea T-Shirt <—–
From: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20274866,00.html
Beatrice Arthur, the... Read Full Story
Though best known for her roles in “ Golden Girls ” and “ Maude ” (a spin-off from from All in the Family ), Beatrice Arthur was also a talented and prolific stage actor, winning a Tony Award for best-supporting actress in the 1966 musical “ Mame ”, alongside Angela Lansbury .
From her obit:
Arthur was born Bernice Frankel in New York City in 1922. When she was 11, her family moved to Cambridge, Md., where her father opened a clothing store. At 12 she had grown to full height, and she... Read Full Story
Bea Arthur passed away, today. She was 86 years old. Rest In Peace, lovely lady. You will be missed! From: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWJzbpz6W3uiITeCx7dd5OlB33DAD97PMHD80 `Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86 By LYNN ELBER – 1 hour ago LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died... Read Full Story
Bea Arthur passed away today at the age of 86 from cancer.
The Jewish Women’s Archive has an incisive write up on Bea’s life, written by Kirsten Fermaglich, although I must admit, I’m not sure why she keeps putting strong woman in quotes. The piece wrestles with the tension, assumptions and stereotypes that Jewish women, particularly Ashkenazi women, face(d) on film and TV, highlighting that “if Maude [had] been labeled “a Jewish mother,” her courage and fiery independence probably would... Read Full Story
Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86. Arthur first appeared in the landmark comedy series "All in the Family" as Edith Bunker's outspoken, liberal cousin, Maude Finley. She proved a perfect foil for blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor), and their blistering exchanges were so... Read Full Story
Beatrice Arthur , the tall, deep-voiced actress who considered herself lucky to be discovered by television executives after a long stage career that included a Tony award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday at age 86 - according to the AP .
The star of the TV shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, he said, but declined to give details.
“She was a brilliant and witty... Read Full Story
The great stage/television/film actress, Bea Arthur died of cancer today and will be sorely missed. A renowned theater actress for years before landing a starring title role in the successful and sometimes controversial, seventies All in the Family spinoff, "Maude", Bea Arthur went on to even greater success as one fourth of the quartet of Miami senior citizens ladies in the eighties sitcom smash, "The Golden Girls". She also won a Tony for her role in the Broadway musical, "Mame". What... Read Full Story
