Bea Arthur was an actress, singer, and comedian. She received Emmy Awards for her roles as Maude Findlay on 1970s sitcoms.
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Wiki, Bio, Family, Siblings, Childhood & Education
Rebecca and Philip Frankel gave birth to Bea Arthur in 1922. Her birthplace was Brooklyn, a borough of New York. She was raised in a Jewish home with two sisters, Marian and Gertrude.
Regarding her education, she attended Linden Hall School for Girls, an all-girls boarding school in Lititz, Pennsylvania, before enrolling in Blackstone College for Girls in Blackstone, Virginia, where she was involved in the school’s drama program. She passed away on April 25, 2009.
Bea Arthur’s Age, Height, Weight, and Body Dimensions
Bea Arthur was 87 years old when she died on May 13, 1922. Her height was 1.77 m, and she weighed 60 kg.
Bea Arthur’s Profession & Career
Bea Arthur began her acting career in the mid-1940s as an associate of an off-Broadway theatre group based at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. She also studied at The New School’s Dramatic Workshop with a German-born director named Erwin Piscator beginning in 1947.
Looking at her stage roles, her roles included Lucy Brown made her Off-Broadway debut in the English-language version of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera by Marc Blitzstein in 1954, and as Nadine Fesser in Herman Wouk’s Nature’s Way in 1957.
Her other roles include Yente the Matchmaker in the Broadway premiere of Fiddler on the Roof in 1964, as well as the Tony Award-winning role of Vera Charles to Mame by Angela Lansbury in 1966.
After appearing in the short-lived 1983 sitcom Amanda’s (a remake of the British series Fawlty Towers), she was cast in The Golden Girls in 1985. She, too, appeared in films on occasion, reenacting her stage role as Vera Charles in the 1974 film version of Mame.
Achievements and Awards:
Bea Arthur, a stage actress before and after her television success, won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the cast of Mame.
Furthermore, she has received two Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, the first in 1977 for Maude and the second in 1988 for The Golden Girls. In 2008, the actress was inducted into the Academy’s Television Hall of Fame.
Bea Arthur’s Salary and Net Worth
Her net worth was estimated to be $8 million as of July 2022. She earns the majority of her money as an actress, comedienne, and singer. Initially, she served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, after which she pursued an acting career.
Quick Facts
| Celebrated Name | Bea Arthur |
|---|---|
| Real Name | Beatrice Arthur |
| Gender | Female |
| Age at the time of death | 87 years old |
| Birth Date | 13 May 1922 |
| Date of death | 25 April 2009 |
| Birth Place | New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 1.77 m |
| Weight | 60 kg |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Husband | Gene Saks (m. 1950–1980), Robert Alan Aurthur (m. 1947–1950) |
| Children | Yes (Matthew Saks, Daniel Saks) |
| Dating | N/A |
| Profession | American actress and comedian |
| Net Worth | $8 million |
| Brands | N/A |
| Hobbies | N/A |