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| Bea Arthur dies aged 86 | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 25 2009, 08:17 PM (340 Views) | |
| Riverwide | Apr 25 2009, 08:17 PM Post #1 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8018858.stm Actress Bea Arthur, who starred in the US television sitcom The Golden Girls, has died in Los Angeles, aged 88. Arthur, who played Dorothy Zbornak to the late Estelle Getty's Sophia Petrillo, died at home of cancer, a family spokesman said. She was also famous for her role in the sitcom Maude, first creating the character in the comedy series All In The Family. Arthur also won an Emmy Award for the musical Mame.
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| Jimmy Mack | Apr 25 2009, 08:27 PM Post #2 |
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I didn't even know she was ill. I LOVED her, absolutely loved her. I hope someday to BE Dorothy. |
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| johnnox | Apr 25 2009, 09:24 PM Post #3 |
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oh no! what a terrible shame. A fine, funny actress.
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| Fembot 1 | Apr 25 2009, 10:59 PM Post #4 |
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Oh no. What a wonderful, funny and ballsy woman she was. |
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| Riverwide | Apr 25 2009, 11:05 PM Post #5 |
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She was incredibly passionate about animal rights too.
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| Fembot 1 | Apr 25 2009, 11:09 PM Post #6 |
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Long before the Golden Girls, I was a HUGE fan of 'Maude'. She was absolutely brilliant in that. All the good people are dead. |
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| Riverwide | Apr 25 2009, 11:14 PM Post #7 |
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I wonder can Maude be got on DVD. I'd love to try it out. |
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| Riverwide | Apr 25 2009, 11:15 PM Post #8 |
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Ooh, it can! I am so ordering this right now! http://www.amazon.com/Maude-Complete-Season-Beatrice-Arthur/dp/B000MGTQ6G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1240701291&sr=1-1 |
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| Glamorama | Apr 26 2009, 12:46 AM Post #9 |
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I just hope that That slut Blanche lives forever. |
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| TickTock | Apr 26 2009, 11:22 PM Post #10 |
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I Fckt Riverwide N Da Azz Real Hard Again
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And then there's Maude! Her cock will like on! |
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| Riverwide | Apr 26 2009, 11:26 PM Post #11 |
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Rue McClanahan remembers Bea Arthur Apr 26, 2009, 02:26 PM | by Michael Slezak Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan rank among TV's all-time great comic matchups, first on the groundbreaking '70s sitcom Maude, and later, during seven seasons of the Emmy-winning ensemble comedy The Golden Girls. (Check out a couple of embedded YouTube clips at the end of this Q&A.) EW.com phoned McClanahan at her Manhattan home this morning to get her memories about her long-time friend and co-star, who died yesterday in Los Angeles at age 86. McClanahan described Arthur as a gentle, almost timid person who changed America's perception of what it meant to be an older woman, who finally achieved her greatest career goal at age 79, and who could tell a dirty joke with the best of 'em. What did you learn about acting from Bea Arthur? What I got attached to, as an actress, was her impeccable timing. And I loved playing scenes with her. She taught me, by watching her, even back during Maude, to be outrageously courageous as a comedienne, to go out on a limb, to go farther than I've ever dreamed of going. [On The Golden Girls], Blanche had to say and do things that Rue found difficult. And it would always be Bea who said [deepens voice to perfectly imitate Arthur] "Oh say it! It's funny!" What was she like off-camera? As a friend she was giving and loving to me. She was a very close, quiet, rather timid person, very gentle. I saw someone say something once that they didn't mean to be a cutting remark, but it hit her wrong, and she immediately burst into tears. That was not seen very often, but those emotions were right under the surface. It's interesting to hear that, because I think a lot of fans just assumed she was as tough as Maude, as gruff as Dorothy. Not just the public! When I first worked with her on Maude and came back to New York, actors descended upon me and said "Oooh! What was it like? Was it scary working with Bea Arthur?" I said "Good heavens! Anything but!" That height -- she was 5'10'' flat-footed -- and that deep voice, and that manner she was able to summon up, made people think she would be difficult. But she wasn't. Any interesting quirks? [On Golden Girls], Bea always sat in the same chair at rehearsals. Always. And she always had to have me on her right, and Betty [White] and Estelle [Getty] across the table from her. And we could not change seats from year to year, or even from week to week. How did Bea feel about her status as a feminist icon? Of course she was aware of it, but I tell you what meant something to Bea: Acting, performing, playing comedy and doing it well. What did Bea mean to women of her generation? Maude and The Golden Girls both tackled a lot of issues older women face, and did so with a candor that we don't always see in Hollywood. I think, in both of those shows, we really did change the perception of a woman's role. I don't think anybody thought that it was okay to be a feminist back when she was doing Maude. And I'm sure that [show] released a lot of inhibitions. I know The Golden Girls certainly did because I've got fan mail saying "Thank you for allowing me to act and dress like I feel." Because in those days, when you were over 50, you were supposed to be wearing certain types of clothes and behaving a certain way. And women were writing saying "Thank you, thank you, thank you for the freedom, for the release, for the permission." And I'm sure Bea got that same kind of fan mail, too. Later in life, Bea didn't shy away from racier fare. She did an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, she participated in the Pamela Anderson roast... She did quite a few roasts. She came from the theater, remember. And the theater tends to be more bawdy, more gritty than television. She understood that kind of humor. She had a one-woman show on Broadway -- I'm so glad she got to do that. And she told some pretty raunchy jokes, live on stage. In fact, a couple that were just a bit too much for me! [Laughs.] But boy she could tell a dirty joke. Oh my God, she was funny! It couldn't have been easy pulling off a one-woman Broadway show at that stage of her life. That woman was [about to turn] 80. She looked like a million bucks. What a beautiful costume she had on. And that's all she wanted to do, she told me way back when we were doing Maude: "All I want to do is sing in front of an orchestra." She did Broadway musicals before she ever got picked up to do that All in the Family episode that was the beginning of her television career. And she was always pissed off that she was so old when it happened. When I went out to do Maude, I was about 38 and she was about 50, I guess, and she said "it just makes me so mad that it came so late in life!" [Laughs.] She'd been trying all of her young acting career to get some fame and attention. What was Bea's lasting contribution to TV history? What's any great star's lasting contribution? What's Lucille Ball's? I don’t know how to put answers like that into words. I suppose perhaps the thing she did the best and the most of was make people laugh. |
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| Jimmy Mack | Apr 26 2009, 11:30 PM Post #12 |
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You know, this is genuinely the first celebrity in years that I actually feel quite choked up that she's gone. Probably because I didn't expect it and also because I had nothing but admiration for her. If I'm this upset about her, fuck knows what I'll be like when Pauline Quirke goes! |
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| Riverwide | Apr 26 2009, 11:35 PM Post #13 |
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I wasn't aware you had a Pauline Quirke fascination! |
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| Jimmy Mack | Apr 26 2009, 11:38 PM Post #14 |
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I can't believe the whole world doesn't!
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| Riverwide | Apr 26 2009, 11:41 PM Post #15 |
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Eh...yeah. It's one of the great mysteries.
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| Jimmy Mack | Apr 26 2009, 11:48 PM Post #16 |
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"'Ere Trace, what's that fell through me pants and socks?" "Yer what?" "Me letterbox, ya daft caaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" |
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| Deleted User | Apr 27 2009, 07:33 AM Post #17 |
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oh such a pity... I love her so much! Thanks God we have the Golden Girls episodes forever and they filmed so many seasons. Imagine there's a heaven and we go there in the future (far future, please) and we sit down in that kitchen for a coffee?? hehehe. |
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| Riverwide | Apr 27 2009, 09:05 AM Post #18 |
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And cheesecake!! |
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| scrowfan | Apr 28 2009, 12:18 PM Post #19 |
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I was lucky enough to see that one woman show on Broadway and it was fantastic. She was funny and a bit foul mouthed, too. They cut a little of that out for the CD release, but the CD is still very funny. Brilliant comedienne and I was sad to hear she'd died. |
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