Eventually, Lear found the role he knew Arthur was born to play, casting her as Edith Bunker’s sharp-tongued, politically liberal cousin Maude Findlay on All in the Family. “Bea Arthur as ...

To defy her as Maude Findlay in Maude, or as Dorothy Zbornak in Golden Girls, was foolish: she'd crush you. No one upstaged Bea Arthur, yet no one, performer or TV viewer, resented her for that.

When it comes to her TV mom Bea Arthur, Adrienne Barbeau says she will always be thankful for having been her friend. The two women starred in the groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcom “Maude ...

A final toast today to an actress who was born Bernice Frankel, became a star as Bea Arthur but may have been best known as Maude. (Soundbite of television program, "Maude") Unidentified Women ...

“Maude” came at the onset of the feminist ... and “Lovers and Other Strangers” (1970). In 2002, “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends,” a one-woman show she developed with ...

He told Lear that Maude, as brought vividly to life by Bea Arthur, deserved a series of her own. Lear completely agreed. The producer — whose autobiography, “Even This I Get to Experience ...

Bill Macy, best remembered for playing Bea Arthur’s fourth husband, Walter Findlay, in the 1972-78 sitcom “Maude,” died Thursday. He was 97. His death was announced by his manager ...

Bill Macy, who played the frustrated husband Walter Findlay opposite Bea Arthur on the hit 1970s sitcom Maude, has died. He was 97. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Bill Macy, who played the ...

“Maude” came at the onset of the feminist ... and “Lovers and Other Strangers” (1970). In 2002, “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends,” a one-woman show she developed with ...

“Maude” came at the onset of the feminist ... particularly film versions of Neil Simon plays. In 2002, “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends,” a one-woman show she developed ...