Bea Arthur, the actress best known for her roles as television's "Maude" and the sardonic Dorothy on "The Golden Girls," has died of cancer, a family spokesman said Saturday. She was 86. Spokesman Dan ...

The Kansas native and Tony nominee also appeared in two Jonathan Demme films and turned down the opportunity to play Bea ...

A definite reflection on Norman Lear’s real life, the show was conceived as a sitcom but the scripts also incorporated dark humor, drama and controversy. Topical issues were brought into the Findlay ...

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Before becoming a “Golden Girl,” Bea Arthur was all brass as “Maude.” Sure, Marlo Thomas and Mary Tyler Moore broke silly TV gender-role barriers playing variations of spunky career gals. But Arthur’s ...

Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical ...

LOS ANGELES — Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for ...

Sally Struthers is taking us down the road and back again with a sentimental memory from the late Bea Arthur. While making an appearance on the “Let’s Talk About That” podcast with Larry Saperstein ...