Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur has died
It’s been announced today that legendary US actress Beatrice Arthur, star of The Golden Girls, has died at the age 86.
A family spokesman told the Associated Press that Bea had cancer and had “died peacefully” at her home in Los Angeles.
Bea’s best-known roles were in popular sitcoms such as Maude and, as mentioned, as Dorothy in The Golden Girls. During her long career, Bea achieved five Emmy nominations and one win.
In a 2005 interview with EW.com, Bea recalled how she “flipped” when she first read the script for The Golden Girls…
“After all of the crap I’d been sent, here was something so bright and adult and fabulously funny” she said. And what a great job she did of playing the sarcastic, witty and long-suffering daughter Dorothy…
Bea’s long-time friend, Billy Goldenberg, told EW.com that the actress was “never afraid to say anything that she believed in. The rest of us always took a moment before we said anything, maybe edited it…
“But she never did. And that was rather odd, because she was a very shy, private person.”
Here’s a clip from her in Golden Girls in which her real-life adopted son Daniel guest starred as one of the police officers. He’s the shorter one of the two ‘officers’…
What a loss – she was a wonderful actress.
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i was shocked when i heard she died i am shocked shes in her eightys in that photo she doesnt look it. rip bea. i was going to write to her for a signed photo to late know but that dont matter as long as shes not in pain. iam still going to write to betty white.
Bea will be missed…a wonderful actress, and beautiful person who knew how to laugh!
its such a shame that shes gone she made my mum and me laugh.
When I heard that Bea Arthur had passed away, i couldn’t believe it, she always brought laughter into the world with little to no effort. Bea will be missed.
theres loads of celebs plus other people out there that have died this year natasha richardson, wendy richards, john t son jet, bea aurther, jade goody, jeffs great grandad killed himself and sara roache bill roachs wife who plays ken barlow in corrie and kym marsh son archie.
i am so sorry for the loss i am so up set i love her and so did my mum i watched every golden girl’s epsode i know all of what she going to say i did admire her she is one person i would havelove to have mat her as a actress she was one of the best you never heard anything bad of her and she was funny you will always be in my heart all my love to your family from….sheila