Bea Arthur Articles

Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White, The Golden Girls Rue McClanahan, who won an Emmy for her hilarious Blanche Devereaux in the television sitcom The Golden Girls, died today following a massive stroke. McClanahan's son reportedly took her off life support. She was 76. The Golden Girls, which co-starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, and Estelle Getty, ran from 1985 to 1992. McClanahan won [...]

According to People Online, Farrah Fawcett's family, friends, and fans have received "an apology" from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences executive director Bruce Davis, who reportedly was responsible for the inclusions and omissions in the "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. As previously mentioned in this blog and elsewhere, Fawcett was left out of the tribute. Among those criticizing the omission [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3VbSfQ3nAM[/youtube] Beatrice Arthur, the witty television star in the hit shows Maude and The Golden Girls, and a Tony winner, died today at her Los Angeles home. Arthur, who was suffering from cancer, was 86. Born Bernice Frankel on May 16, 1922, (1923 according to some sources) in New York City, Arthur — generally known as Bea Arthur — first caught critics' attention with her [...]

Estelle Getty, best known for her role as the acid-tongued octogenarian Sophia on the 1980s television series The Golden Girls, died today at her Hollywood Boulevard home in Los Angeles. She was 84. Getty had been suffering from advanced dementia for several years. The Golden Girls, quite possibly (by far) the wittiest US TV show of the '80s, featured four female retirees sharing a spacious [...]