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Together,
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Bea Arthur, left, and Betty White square off in a scene from
"Golden Girls."
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Friday, June 5, 1987
Mon.-Fri. 11:30-10:00 p.m.
Sat. 5:00-11:00 p.m., Sun. 4-8 p.m.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Actress Bea Arthur Plays
`Straight Arrow' in 'Girls'
MICHAEL ELKIN
Special to The Jewish News
I
n the quartet of NBC-
TV's Golden Girls polish-
ing off the competition
Saturday nights at 9 (Chan-
nel 4) Dorothy is the one
most likely to come supplied
with the Pledge and rag. In-
vite her to a wild and swing-
ing party and she'll be the
one to bring the net for the
trapeze.
In an '80s family made up
of four "oldies but goodies,"
Dorothy reminisces about her
old Hi-Fi even as her oc-
togenarian mother is dying
her hair a punk red.
"What I like about Dorothy
is that she is the strength of
the group; she sees to it that
the others consider reason-
ing," says Bea Arthur, who
portrays sound-of-reason
Dorothy in a quartet of
cacophony.
"I'm always asked if
Dorothy and Maude," her
television alter ego from 1972
to 1978, "are similar. I'm
5-91/2 in my stocking feet; I
have a deep, voice and, I sup-
pose, a way with a comedy
line. No matter what I do,
there will be those
similarities."
No matter what she does,
indeed, it seems Arthur al-
ways gets the laugh. Who
could forget her antic
shenanigans as Mame's best
friend, Vera Charles, in the
1966 Broadway musical,
which earned her a Tony
Award?
Or those Maude rantings
and ravings, which earned
her the love of the liberals
and the enmity of Archie
Bunker, whose All in the
Family series spun off the
Maude character?
The former Bernice
Frankel of New York has
spun off into a major player
in Hollywood's' game of suc-
cess. From stage (Fiddler on
the Roof, The Floating Light-
bulb) to screen (Mame, Lovers
and Other Strangers) to tele-
vision, Arthur, 62, has proved
a formidable figure.
She seems that right now,
although in a soft, refined
way. While Dorothy's roots
are Sicilian, there is no deny-
ing Arthur's are Jewish. Ar-
thur is proud to point out
that "I'm getting a B'nai
B'rith award soon."
She awards her audiences
weekly. "I was totally unpre-
pared for the success of this
show," which co-stars Rue
McClanahan, Betty White
and Estelle Getty, the last
two having earned Emmy
Awards for their roles. (Ar-
thur won one 10 years ago for
Maude.)
"It never entered my mind;
I wasn't thinking in terms of
a successful show," adds Ar-
thur. "The scripts are just so
intelligent and good."
Intelligent and good — ac-
colades handed Arthur
throughout her career, which
started with training by
Erwin Piscator at the drama-
tic workshop of the New
School for Social Research in
New York.
Like her on-screen char-
acter, Arthur is divorced
Brighton Beach
(from
Memoirs director Gene Saks).
This Golden Girl has two
sons.
Despite the accolades and
attention, Arthur admits, "I
am still stage-struck and love
the theater." She would love
to do "any and all" parts that
would come her way.