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Aliases: Beatrice Arthur

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress and comedian. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, Arthur began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition for her work on television beginning in the 1970s as Maude Findlay in the popular sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1972) and Maude (1972–1978) and later in the 1980s and 1990s as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls (1985–1992). She won several accolades throughout her career, beginning with the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame. She won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 for Maude and 1988 for The Golden Girls. Arthur has received the third most nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series with nine; only Julia Louis-Dreyfus (11) and Mary Tyler Moore (10) have more. She was inducted into the academy's Television Hall of Fame in 2008. Her film appearances include Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and the film version of Mame (1974). In 2002, she starred in the one-woman show Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. An obituary described Arthur as "the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star." She served in the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bea Arthur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Host
Judge Judy
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6

Judge Judy

(1996) Self - Defendant's Witness
Intimate Portrait
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5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
Bambi Awards
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9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
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3
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
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7

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(2023) Self (archive footage)
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
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6
O.J.: Made in America
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8

O.J.: Made in America

(2016) Self (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2022 Dorothy Zbornak (voice) (archive sound)
Dorothy Zbornak (voice) (archive sound)
Dorothy Zbornak
2021 Dorothy Zbornak
Self
Self (archive footage)
2018 Self (archive Footage)
2016 Self (archive footage)
2010 Self (archive footage)
N/A
2005 Self
2004 Vera Charles (segment "Mame")
2003 Self
N/A
Self / Dorothy Zbornak
Self
Dorothy Zbornak (archive footage)
2000 Paul's Mother
Larry's Mother
Mrs. White
1999 Self
N/A
Femputer (voice)
1998 Self - Guest
1997 Self
1996 Self
Self - Defendant's Witness
1995 Beverly Makeshift
1994 Bea Arthur
Herself
1993 Self
1992 Dorothy Hollingsworth
1991 Self
1990 Self
Dorothy Zbornak
1988 Jean Miller
Self
Dorothy Zbornak
N/A
Self (archive footage)
1987 Self
1986 Self
1985 Dorothy Zbornak
1984 Rosalyn Gordon
N/A
1983 Amanda Cartwright
1982 Self
1981 Dole office clerk (uncredited)
1980 Herself
Self
1978 Ackmena
1975 Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Self - Host
1974 Vera Charles
1972 Maude Findlay
1971 Cousin Maude
1970 Bea Vecchio
1961 Self - Co-Host
1959 WAC (uncredited)
1958 Mrs. Abercrombie
1956 Self - Host
1954 N/A
1952 N/A
1951 Mrs. Abercrombie
1948 N/A
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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