Bea Arthur
Actor, Film actor
1922 – 2009
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Who was Bea Arthur?
Beatrice "Bea" Arthur was an American actress, comedienne, and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, winning Emmy Awards for both roles. A stage actress both before and after her television success, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the original cast of Mame.
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- Born
- May 13, 1922
New York City - Also known as
- Bernice Frankel
- Bea Arthur
- Beatrice "Bea" Arthur
- Bea
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gene Saks
(1950/05/28 - 1980) - Robert Alan Aurthur
(1947 - )
- Gene Saks
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Blackstone College for Girls
- The New School
- Dramatic Workshop
- Employment
- Typist, US Marines
- Lived in
- New York City
- Cambridge
- Los Angeles
- Died
- Apr 25, 2009
Los Angeles - Resting place
- Cremation
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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