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  Bea Arthur - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Bea Arthur was born as man named Arthur Bea in c1349, around the time of the Christian domination/enslavement of Norway.
Bea subsisted on a diet of bark, eucalyptus and other plant sap in her early years, relying on such things as the nodules of paper-bark trees and the watery innards they provided, instead of a mother's teat as a normal small baby would.
In 1983 Bea Arthur was arrested, along with Todd Bridges from Diff'rent Strokes, in possesion of 13kg of PCP and Charlotte Rae's contraceptive sponge, which they were using as blood offers to Goomba Getty(nee Wotan Petrillo).
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  Beatrice Arthur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an American actress and comedienne with a distinctive deep voice, acid wit, and height, standing almost 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m).
On stage, her roles included "Lucy Brown" in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, "Yente the Matchmaker" in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of "Vera Charles" in Mame.
Arthur was born in New York City, but she grew up in Maryland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bea_Arthur   (388 words)

  
 The Pet Press ~ Bea Arthur
Bea Arthur’s tour of her one-woman show with her friend, composer Billy Goldenberg at the piano, is described as a “warm and funny musical evening as she shares stories and songs from her triumphs and tribulations over the course of her career.”
When I confessed to Bea that I wasn’t quite sure what Foie Gras was, she was so surprised that 20-minutes later she said to me, “Lori, I didn’t know that you didn’t know about Foie Gras.
Bea aligns herself with PETA on issues that strike a chord with her.
www.thepetpress-la.com /articles/beaarthur.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Beatrice Arthur - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an American actress and comedienne with a distinctive deep voice, acid wit, and height (standing at 5'10").
On stage, her roles include Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of Threepenny Opera, Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of Vera Charles in Mame.
Arthur was born in New York City and grew up in the state of Maryland.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bea_Arthur   (355 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bea Arthur's solo show is dry and salty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Arthur may not be the most versatile comedienne — her style leans heavily on the sarcasm and withering glances that are her trademarks — but within her limited range she plays beautifully, revealing razor-sharp timing and a wry expressiveness that adds punch to each wisecrack and double take.
Unfortunately, Arthur's material is not always as good as her delivery, and her delivery falters when she veers too far from the role of saucy raconteur.
Arthur's rapport with her accompanist, Billy Goldenberg — a man whose relatively diminutive stature and timid demeanor make him a perfect foil — is genuine and endearing, and there are several quirky songs that cannily accommodate her humor.
www.usatoday.com /life/theater/2002/2002--02-18-bea-arthur.htm   (480 words)

  
 SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY: REVIEWS: Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Arthur and Stritch are roughly the same age–both are in their late seventies–and have a similarly mordant style.
Arthur sings a few of her favorite songs, accompanied on the piano by the accomplished Billy Goldenberg, and shares racy jokes and anecdotes from her career.
Arthur’s skill as a diseuse compensates for the limited range of her trademark contralto voice, and the best of the numbers, including Kurt Weill’s "It Never Was You" and Goldenberg’s own "Fifty Percent," have a great deal of flavor.
www.showbusinessweekly.com /archive/164/bea-arthur.html   (531 words)

  
 Bea Arthur, The Parade - smh.com.au
Barefoot and elegant, bawdy and sophisticated, Bea Arthur smooths out contradictions to deliver a captivating show - a valentine to Broadway, a toast to television and a salute - sardonic and affectionate - to such influential talents as Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead, Angela Lansbury, Lotte Lenya and Tony Curtis.
Arthur says she was proud to be part of the "sharp" and "literate" TV shows Maude and The Golden Girls, an involvement spanning 20 years of her career.
From an early age, the deep-voiced and tall Arthur knew she was different and, rather than shrink away, has made her individuality and difference her best features.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/10/30/1035683468304.html   (545 words)

  
 bea arthur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For a moment, you are wrapped in a world all-things Arthur, but then she breaks the spell with a handshake that would make John Wayne's seem like a curtsy to the Queen.
When Arthur speaks, it's not her words you hear, it's the culmination of all sounds, of all noise becoming one, entering your ears like a professional jewel thief.
In town to promote her one woman show, "And Then There's Bea," she confesses that she recently turned down a role in the off-Broadway showstopper "The Vagina Monologues." "I thought, 'My vagina can't give a monologue!" Something tells you that if it could though, it would be something the audience would not soon forget.
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 CHICAGO CABARET REVIEW - Bea Arthur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Arthur took the stage, to a standing ovation, shortly after 8:00 pm, and began the evening by sharing her favorite recipe for leg of lamb (we also quickly found out that she does not like sweets, but prefers to serve a nice cheese and fresh fruit for dessert at her dinner parties).
Arthur to share stories from her life that she enjoys telling and to share some of her favorite songs.
Arthur is wrapping up the Chicago-leg of her tour (the show has its last performance on May 31st), it may be coming to a city near you and I urge everyone to go and see it if they can.
www.svhamstra.com /CHIReviews/ChiRev2001Arthur.shtml   (452 words)

  
 JS Online: Never fear, Bea Arthur is here
Arthur and her stalwart, longtime pianist Billy Goldenberg, have been working on her current show for nearly three years.
Arthur's brashness brands her forever as a New Yorker, but California has been her home for more than two decades.
Arthur is not one to run from her celebrity, even in public places.
www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/arts/aug01/bea27082401.asp   (949 words)

  
 London theatre tickets for the Bea Arthur at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End
Bea Arthur will be accompanied at the piano by her musical director Billy Goldenberg, the multi award winning composer of the musical Ballroom.
Arthur has had a distinguished career in her own right — she was the original Yente the matchmaker in Fiddler On The Roof — but her script is more lightweight.
Arthur is no slouch when it comes to a bit of sauce on the side...
www.albemarle-london.com /beaarthur.html   (520 words)

  
 Bea Arthur to perform at The Egg - iBerkshires.com - Home
Bea Arthur is well known for her roles as Maude Findlay from television's Maude and Dorothy Zbornak from The Golden Girls.
Arthur won a 1966 Tony for Mame and went on to reprise her role in the movie version opposite Lucille Ball.
Arthur's commanding performances and cast her as Edith Bunker's cousin, Maude, in the hit television series All in the Family.
www.iberkshires.com /story.php?story_id=17464   (1007 words)

  
 Bea Arthur Fandom Web Site - Biography
Although less social-minded and less outspoken, Miss Arthur, with her commanding presence, is much like the character she has portrayed so engagingly that soon after Maude premiered on CBS in September 1972 it became one of the top comedy situation shows in the Nielsen ratings and has remained high on the list ever since.
Miss Arthur presents a portrait in acid of a savagely witty, cynical and serpent-tongued woman who is at once a terror, a scourge, the relentless voice of truth, and a pleasure to have around." For her creation of Vera Charles, she won the 1966 Antoinette Perry Award for best supporting actress in a musical comedy.
On Broadway, Arthur originated the role of Yente the matchmaker in the critically acclaimed musical "Fiddler on the Roof," then performed opposite Angela Lansbury in "Mame." Arthur won a 1966 Tony for "Mame" and went on to reprise her role in the movie version opposite Lucille Ball.
www.beatricearthur.com /biography.php   (4454 words)

  
 Playbill Biography: BEA ARTHUR
BEA ARTHUR broke onto the American theatre scene in 1954 when she performed the part of Lucy Brown in the U.S. premiere of Marc Blitztein's production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera.
Norman Lear became aware of Bea's stage work, and felt she would be perfect for the part of Edith Bunker's cousin, Maude, in the hit television series "All in the Family." "Maude" soon developed into its own series, and Bea won the 1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series.
Bea would like to thank Donald Sadler for not letting her quit this project, and her two sons, Matthew and Daniel, for being so supportive and cute.
www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/11264.html   (517 words)

  
 Variety.com - Reviews - Bea Arthur at the El Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Arthur didn't dwell much on the nearly 20 years she spent starring on historic sitcoms "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," but she had glowing memories of Norman Lear, who created a television series for her.
He had seen Arthur years earlier in 1950s Off Broadway musical "The Shoestring Revue," singing a song called "Garbage," and felt she would be perfect on his hit "All in the Family" in the guest role of Edith's ultra-liberal cousin Maude.
www.variety.com /av_result.asp?articleid=VE1117924586&categoryid=33   (675 words)

  
 Aisle Say (ONT): BEA ARTHUR ON BROADWAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bea Arthur is onstage at the Winter Garden Theatre as though she has spent much of her recent life welcoming theatregoers day and night.
Bea Arthur has been privileged to live a rich life that is, and has been, filled with fascinating people.
Judging by her attitude and her indomitable take on life, moments of time with Bea Arthur cannot be gauged by anything as commonplace as a clock or a watch.
www.aislesay.com /ONT-BEA-ARTHUR.html   (528 words)

  
 London Theatre Guide News / Bea Arthur at the Savoy in Sep 03
The show, titled Bea Arthur At the Savoy, follows a US regional tour in 2001 and a Broadway run in 2002, where she was nominated for a Tony.
Bea Arthur is best known as 'Dorothy' in the hit 80s TV series "The Golden Girls" and also as 'Maude Findlay' in the controversial 70's TV series 'Maude".
Bea Arthur will be accompanied at the piano by her musical director Billy Goldenberg.
www.londontheatre.co.uk /londontheatre/news/jun03/26jun03bea.htm   (184 words)

  
 Bea's Work In Animal Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Every year, 75,000 horses are used to obtain the drug Premarin, Bea Arthur went to Phoenix to make sure menopausal women around the world know it.
Bea took to a hotel podium to shine a spotlight on the animal cruelty she alleged is involved in the production of Premarin.
Bea Arthur: Launched PETA's Animal Times magazine in London and promoted PETA projects in London, Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, and on national TV; sent letter to all members of Congress, which helped pass legislation ending annual funding of fur fashion shows overseas (9/95)
beaarthurfan.tripod.com /dynomitebeaarthur/id27.html   (628 words)

  
 Bea Arthur Fandom Web Site
Bea Arthur felt it was time to move on in her life, just like she did when she quit Maude.
Bea was talking about working with the Golden Girls for a few minutes.
In addition, I would like to mention that Bea was describing a scene from the Golden Girls, and it is possible that Betty was not in the scene.
www.beatricearthur.com /fibsfacts.php   (1005 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music: Bea Arthur on Broadway [Cast Recording]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bea is most known for her role on the sitcoms Golden Girls and Maude, but she's done so much theater work as well.
Bea stoled the scene every night when she performed as yente the Matcmaker on "Fiddler On The Roof" and she also got a hole lot of response as Vera Charles on "Mame", starring Angela Lansbury.
Bea is absolutely one of our time finest performers, with her witty sence of knowledge and her indefiable voice she has establised herself as a broadway legend, alongside Judy Garland, Elaine Stritch, Mary Martin.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YTRL   (1254 words)

  
 theatreguide-london-bea arthur- 2003
Bea Arthur appeared in one of the first-ever Off-Broadway hits, The Threepenny Opera, in 1954, and subsequently played key supporting roles on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof and in Mame.
Arthur has been doing her current show for a couple of years now, a solo performance of song and anecdote co-created with her pianist, Billy Goldenberg, who affects a comically dour persona onstage.
In her heyday Arthur was a belter in the Broadway tradition, but time has seriously ravaged her voice.
www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk /reviews/beaarthur03.htm   (346 words)

  
 Lifetimetv.com: Golden Girls - Bios
On Broadway, Arthur originated the role of Yente the matchmaker in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," then performed opposite Angela Lansbury in "Mame." Arthur won a 1966 Tony for "Mame" and went on to reprise her role in the movie version opposite Lucille Ball.
Famed producer Norman Lear took note of Arthur's commanding performances and cast her as Edith Bunker's cousin, Maude, in the hit television series "All in the Family." Her character was so intriguing that she got her own series, "Maude," and in 1977 Arthur won an Emmy Award.
After years of outstanding work on television, Arthur returned to Broadway in Woody Allen's "The Floating Lightbulb." Arthur won the Comedy Ace Award for her performance in the popular series "Malcolm in the Middle." Arthur's recent stage show "...And Then There's Bea," was the realization of a longtime dream.
www.lifetimetv.com /shows/golden/bios/gg_bio_bea.html   (264 words)

  
 London Theatre Guide Review Golden Girls Bea Arthur at the Savoy 2003
Bea is an all round entertainer and an evening in her company is sheer bliss, and now she has arrived in London I get to see her show for a third time.
Bea played the original Yente the Matchmaker in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, and she won a Tony award for the role of Vera Charles in ‘Mame’, a role she also played in the movie version in which she starred along side Lucille Ball.
He has been a friend of Bea Arthur for two decades and it is delightful to watch their playful camaraderie on stage as Bea gently teases him, and he her.
www.londontheatre.co.uk /londontheatre/reviews/beaarthur03.htm   (637 words)

  
 cheesedip.com: bea arthur, dino wrassler
Speaking of Bea Arthur, my current wallpaper is an oil painting of Bea Arthur wrestling with dinosaurs.
Bea Arthur and Billy Goldenberg appear in the much-acclaimed Tony-nominated show Bea Arthur on Broadway (at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood).
Bea Arthur and Billy Goldenberg, long time friends, have toured the United States and the world since 2001 with this mesmerizing hit show playing the Booth Theatre on Broadway, the Savoy in London, and the Parade Theater in Sydney as well as Johannesburg and Cape town, South Africa and throughout the United States.
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 Bea Arthur Tickets- Bea Arthur
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 Beatrice Arthur
Bea is a little over 2 months older then her TV mother on the golden girls Estella Getty.
Both Women were born in 1923; Bea was born in May, while Estella was born that July.
Bea's most successful series, "Maude" and "The Golden Girls", were both cancelled because Bea decided to leave.
www.tv.com /beatrice-arthur/person/4634/summary.html   (196 words)

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