Bea Arthur might be best known to fans these days as the cantankerous and witty Dorothy from the sitcom The Golden Girls, but long before she was making viewers laugh in that series, she was a part of ...

Bea Arthur in a publicity photo for her starring sitcom role, Maude. With All in the Family then the top-rated TV series in all of primetime (for five straight years, in fact), CBS decided it was time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But one episode has long stood out as his most controversial: “Maude’s Dilemma,” a two-part episode airing in the first season, ...

There are several key classic TV moms in the history of pop culture, across all decades. In celebration of Mother’s Day, here ...

For the last few years, ABC has been staging live, all-star re-creations of classic sitcom episodes from Norman Lear, the king of socially conscious TV comedies. It’s called Live in Front of a Studio ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Bea Arthur died of cancer, Saturday, ...

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 ...

Bea Arthur, whose acerbic wit and dry delivery delighted national TV audiences on such long-running shows as "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," has died. By Duane Byrge Bea Arthur, whose acerbic wit and ...