From there, Arthur also starred in The Golden Girls, which ran for seven seasons beginning in 1985. She played the acerbic Dorothy Zbornak, who — like Bea Arthur in her military evaluations ...

Bea Arthur as Dorothy in ‘The Golden Girls’ | Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images It’s hard to imagine any other actress starring ...

The role of Dorothy was written with Arthur in mind but the president ... in a room full of CBS hotshots and the writer [of The Golden Girls],” Stritch recalled. “She [the writer] didn ...

Bea Arthur was ready to walk away from “The Golden Girls” on more than one occasion ... upset by what the show’s writers came to call “Dorothy bashing.” “Bea was offended,” he ...

More conniving than the innocent airhead from St. Olaf.” Bea Arthur starred as Dorothy Zbornak in “The Golden Girls.” Getty Images Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty also starred alongside ...

To the world, Bea Arthur was a towering figure with ... She then transformed into no-nonsense, sharp-tongued Dorothy Zbornak in “The Golden Girls” from 1985 until 1992. But to Saks, Arthur ...

By THR Staff Golden Girls Bea Arthur Still - H 2015 If there ... Donning a long black wig, Arthur (as Dorothy) goes so far as to mimic Cher‘s frequent hair-flipping tendencies.

A fan of The Golden Girls and Arthur in particular ... a car inspired one of Dorothy with her wastrel ex-husband, Stan; another features her morphed into Justin “Bea-ber.” ...

Below you’ll find 10 of the very best Dorothy episodes of The Golden Girls. Get out the cheesecake and throw on your flowiest caftan, because you’ve got some streaming to do. Bea Arthur just ...

Rue McClanahan, left, as Blanche Devereaux, Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, in season 1 of “The Golden Girls.” circa 1986. Nan Martin, left, as Frida ...

She returned to television in triumph in 1985 as Dorothy on “The Golden Girls,” the NBC hit that ... and Other Strangers” (1970). In 2002, “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends ...