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 ...

McClanahan said Arthur felt constrained by the show during its later years and in 1992 she announced she was leaving “Golden Girls.” “Bea liked to be the star of the show, she didn’t really like to do ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy Award-winning actress Bea Arthur, best known as star of the hit TV comedies "Maude" and "Golden Girls," has died at age 86, entertainment news websites reported on ...