Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur, also known as Bea Arthur, was an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her career spanned seven decades...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth13 May 1922
CityNew York City, NY
bad betty characters knew looking wearing wore
You knew by looking at what they were wearing what their characters were. Betty always wore some kind of a shirt-dress with little buttons, and Rue, of course, wore these things that were such outlandishly bad taste.
both cast extremely great imagine
I can't imagine working without and audience. And we had a great cast in both shows. And the great writers, directors-I was extremely lucky.
talk tv
I actually talk a lot about how TV has changed.
guthrie night opening theater thrust walked walking
My opening night at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis... has a thrust stage. I thought I was walking into the wings, and I walked right into the pit.
evening knew nobody
I thought nobody would come just to see me sing. I knew it would have to be an evening of comedy, also.
age deep maybe taller
I said that in the show-that at age 8 I was already 5'8" 1/2 and had a deep voice, but that's not true. I do know I was always taller than anyone, maybe taller than the teacher, I don't remember.
almost judy maybe money raising supports
You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.
cause dawn felt further mature people
It didn't dawn on me that we were older/elderly women. Later, of course, people felt we were doing so much to further the cause of mature women.
few jump written wrong
When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things out there make that jump easily.
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After I realized that I wasn't going to get any acting work, I thought I would try nightclubs. And I got hired immediately at a very fancy supper club. But three nights later I was let go. The manager told me that I was so tall, so imposing, so obviously in charge that nobody was going to believe me... so he said I should try comedy... and I've been hooked ever since.
business rodeo
After being in the business for such a long time, I've done everything but rodeo and porno.
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As part of your legacy to the world, I hope you will consider making a bequest or other planned gift to PETA.
brilliant gotten lucy money production terribly
Lucy-my God, Lucy was a brilliant, brilliant clown, but she was terribly miscast. But we would have never gotten the money for the production if she hadn't wanted to do it.
actress odd people playing sings
At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.