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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
beatles elderly four screaming
It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.
comedy difficult light people touch
It's a very difficult thing to master. I don't think that many people have the light touch that comedy commands.
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It's difficult, since Rue lives in New York now, and Estelle is not well at all. It's very sad. Of course, while you're working, you're like family. You swear you'll never lose each other, and then of course you do.
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.
acting believe charge fancy hired hooked later manager nights nobody obviously realized supper three
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.