He was balancing five dishes on one hand. Arthur, who died of cancer in at age 86, occupies a singular space amid the pantheon of gay icons: Neither preening show diva nor pill-popping wreck, she was instead a pillar of liberal-minded fortitude, always at the ready to do battle with the Archie Bunkers of the world.
She even looked a bit like the Statue of Liberty. All of this held considerable sway over the emerging gay-rights movement. The zingers, the sweaters, the oversexed best friend: Bea was just good medicine.
In turn, a new bed shelter on the Lower East Side, scheduled to open in February, will be named in her honor. She deserves it. Arthur first learned of the center in , when her friend Ray Klausen, who designed most of the Academy Awards sets in the s, told her the organization was in dire financial straits. Arthur agreed to fly from her L. It was mid-December and Arthur hated the cold. Arthur had found her a pain in the neck sometimes and White would set her off.
Just a few days after her death, the Broadway community paid tribute to Arthur by dimming the marquees of New York City's Broadway theater district in her memory for one minute at p. Acting mentor and friend of Adrienne Barbeau. Was the only regular cast member of The Golden Girls who didn't go on to star in the spin-off series The Golden Palace She guest starred for one episode.
Began her show Maude at age Would frequently visit her ex- Maude co-star's, Adrienne Barbeau 's twin sons at their house. Had escaped the alienation she felt in the Eastern shoretown, by going to the movies on Saturdays. Arthur convinced her parents to send her to summer school in New York. Met second husband Gene Saks , while in acting school, in Before she was a successful actress and a comedienne, she once worked at a nightclub in New York City. Bea Arthur passed away on April 25, When she was a young girl, she used to do Mae West imitations.
In , five years after Arthur's death, her sister, Kay, who lived in Montreal, Quebec, died at age When Arthur was 11, her family moved to Cambridge, Maryland, in Enjoyed spending time with her family, singing, collecting antique furniture, traveling, gardening, taking care of pets and dancing.
She played Dorothy Zbornak from to , but only made one guest appearance on the spinoff, The Golden Palace Arthur and her ex- Maude co-star, Conrad Bain , were the only 2 not to guest-star on Murder, She Wrote , which featured her best friend, Angela Lansbury.
On Maude , her character was liberal, in real-life, Arthur was a liberal Democrat. As of , she has not yet received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
When she was starring in Maude , she was doing an episode about abortion. Even though abortion was legal in New York State, it was illegal in many other regions of the country, and as such sparked controversy. As a result, dozens of affiliates refused to broadcast the episode when it was originally scheduled, substituting either a repeat from earlier in the season or a Thanksgiving TV special in its place. However, by the time of the summer rerun season six months later all the flak had died down, and the stations that refused to air the episode upon its first run reinstated it for the reruns the following summer.
As a result, a reported 65 million viewers watched the two episode arc either in their first run that November or during the following summer as a rerun.
Has resided in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, California, for 37 years, from After her last guest-starring role on Curb Your Enthusiasm , she retired from acting at age Remained a big fan of The Golden Girls long after the show ended and watched old reruns of the show proudly. The writing was brilliant". Was the only cast member to appear in all episodes of Maude Between and , she was the celebrity spokeswoman for Shopper's Drug Mart. Mentioned in Married All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful and 5 feet 2 inches tall.
I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don't want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful.
I'm old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do. At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit. After being in the business for such a long time, I've done everything but rodeo and porno. The only reason they changed the name was because Jerry [lyricist Jerry Herman ] couldn't think of a rhyme for it.
Stephen Sondheim could have. Look -- I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting. If a woman my age is still fighting for roles, it can only mean there's something missing from her personal life.
In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me. I don't go along with this liberation thing. Liberation from what? I don't think they realized how completely vulnerable I am.
Matter of fact, I may start crying right now; if you let me. I think, definitely, I made the right decision, cause we had highs that we couldn't top. It's been glorious, I've loved every minute of it. But it has been six years and I think it's time to leave. That voice certainly was a signature. She was a commanding presence. She was a force. Shewas deeply supportive of me at the start of my career. And it was this same inner sweetness that made her comedy so real andtouching, and made her such an inspiration.
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