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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
(1956) Self - HostJudge Judy
(1996) Self - Defendant's WitnessIntimate Portrait
(1993) SelfBambi Awards
(1948) SelfThe Star Wars Holiday Special
(1978) AckmenaRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
(2023) Self (archive footage)A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
(2023) Self (archive footage)O.J.: Made in America
(2016) Self (archive footage)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |