Golden Girls INSIDER Reveals the TRUTH About Bea Arthur

Never saw “Golden Girls” but I did see Bea Arthur in “Maude”. Ms. Arthur was very effective in that role and her character was quite the opposite of an introvert, very loquacious and ready at the drop of a hat to offer her opinions on any subject matter. What I remember the most was the comment made by actress Sada Thompson in an interview for “TV Guide” that when she was approached to play the role of Maude she rejected it immediately because she was not of the “loud mouth” type.

I loved Bea and Lox and Bagles YUM!😂😂😂

Introverted notwithstanding, I had read somewhere that during World War II, Bea Arthur who served (Women’s Army Corp?), was one HECK of a truck driver. Her Master Sergeant said of her of all the people he ever knew, NO ONE could drive a truck in any situation like she could.

I was real impressed by that as that was something I never knew. 😎

The one episode I still remember to this day is the one where they were on a game show and they won a lifetime supply of soup. I still die laughing thinking about that episode. 😄

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“And then there’s Maude!”
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Betty had mentioned that while she and Rue were close but that Bea and Estelle were both shy and did little interaction. It also reminds me that Curly Howard was also shy except in front of the camera.

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Let's not forget her first sitcom "Maude". Her feminist character was first introduced to audiences in an "All in the Family" episode as Edith's cousin who comes to take care of the sick Bunker household. RIP Bea Arthur.

Really? Always heard it was Bea who stayed in her dressing room and refused to interact with the audience. It's one of the things she hated about Betty White, how she interacted with the audience. Bea thought that made the actor look unprofessional. Heard and read that for years. I liked the character of Maude, but I always thought Bea was rather more like her Maude character. The way she started a lot of her shows, coming down the stairway singing some old Broadway tune in her 70s gowns, kinda looked like she was saying she's a star. Maybe a tv star, not movie. Seen her in interviews and she was just filthy mouthed. Disappointing.

Rue liked bagels with lox and cream cheese?

I remember the episode where Blanche thought she was Jewish….

One funny show!

I'm sorry you have to put that advertisement on the screen in front of the closed caption so now I cannot read the closed caption.

Thanks Dave for posting ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊

Was Bea shy or was she just doing what a growing number of us do -- avoiding other people?

I love Bea and "The Golden Girls." I have only met a couple of show biz folks in real life, and one of them who was like Bea and seemed to be quite the introvert (like me) was entertainer "Weird Al" Yankovic. I only was able to chat with him for a few minutes, but they were a memorable few minutes! He was super nice.

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She was a great actress, remember she played Maude on that TV series AND was Mame on Broadway and on the film too!

Extremely funny show. Just the way she would look at Rose when she said something outrageous

I am a tenth-degree introvert but I became a high-school science teacher because of my passion for the subject. When I'm talking physics and chemistry, I can become a different person. I am passionate about science the way that others might be crazy for a sports team or a famous rock star.

One of my favorite Episodes was when the girls decided to do home renovations and Sophia came home and found a New Toilet 🚽 sitting in the front room Lol 🤣

Pepsi commercial Still Funny 😂

😂I loved the Bea Arthur way back to the Maude days. I think you are adorable Dave!🙋🗽🍎

Thank you Dave, you would be surprised how many actors, both men and women are introverts or extremely shy. My parents met Martha Raye at a night club, (she was known as the mouth, because her characters were so loud,) but when my Mom politely asked for an autograph, her voice was so quiet and shy my Mom could hardly hear her. When you act you put your whole self into your character, it is part of the job. It is not the real person, it is the character you see, you bring what the writer wrote to life. Even on stage when she played Vera in Mame, she was playing a part. Many very famous loud mouths were actually shy. Don Rickles, was a very shy person, he was an introvert too. It is a great way to push through, to be the complete opposite of who you are.

🙏She is still very much missed as well as Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue MacClanahan. 🧓👵🧓👵

They don't make good shows anymore.

Bea Arthur was hysterical, as they all were, on The Golden Girls. Now that I'm older, I love Maude. ❤️🕊️🙏
Thank you Dave. Appreciate you!!😊

Dave, can you do a video about the late Sherman Hemsley? As you know he was never married nor did he have any children. Did you know he released an album titled Dance back in 1992?😢🙏🪦🌹

🏍That's actress Gayle O'Grady with Michael J. Fox in that classic 1987 Diet Pepsi Top Gun/Dangerzone inspired song commercial. This is the edited version the part with the motercyle bikers and the dog barking🐕‍🦺is missing! 📺📼😎📻

Love the Monty Python transition card.

Bea was shy which was unlike Maude or Dorothy. Bea also NEVER watched an episode of Golden Girls on TV. The reason is really interesting. She said it was her fear she would be too critical of herself i.e. "I could have delivered that line better" Very unique actress. She was wonderful

Thanks again Dave .
I miss good tv shows. Even the commercials were fun .

“Golden Girls” was funny, but “Maude” arguably was better, at least to me, because it rarely got formulaic, and the characters could show more range. Over time, “Girls” was overly predictable: Dorothy’s biting comments, Blanche’s sexpot antics, Rose’s dimwittedness, and Sophia’s tiny-but-tough octogenarian thing. They rarely evolved. To be fair, “Maude” dealt with a couple in mid-life, with assorted life-changing crises to delve into, vs. set-in-their ways retirees on “Girls.” However, the humor overall in “Maude” was more jaded and deliciously nasty, whereas in “Girls,” regardless of how abrasive the tone became, you still felt like it was a bunch of nice old ladies in a retirement community. When Bea would sling zingers on “Maude,” it felt like she was sculpting the character over time with every quip, whereas on “Girls,” it felt more monotonous, e.g., “time to spew my weekly Dorothy jokes.”