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Beatrice Arthur

b: New York, New York, May 13, 1926

American. Actor. Starred in TV series "Maude," 1972-78; "The Golden Girls," 1985-92, for which she won Emmy, 1988.

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After being in the business for such a long time, I've done everything but rodeo and porno.

As part of your legacy to the world, I hope you will consider making a bequest or other planned gift to PETA.

At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

I actually talk a lot about how TV has changed.

I can't imagine working without and audience. And we had a great cast in both shows. And the great writers, directors-I was extremely lucky.

I said that in the show-that at age 8 I was already 5'8 1/2 and had a deep voice, but that's not true. I do know I was always taller than anyone, maybe taller than the teacher, I don't remember.

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.

It's a very difficult thing to master. I don't think that many people have the light touch that comedy commands.

Lucy-my God, Lucy was a brilliant, brilliant clown, but she was terribly miscast. But we would have never gotten the money for the production if she hadn't wanted to do it.

My opening night at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis... has a thrust stage. I thought I was walking into the wings, and I walked right into the pit.

My vagina can't give a monologue!

On behalf of my friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals... thank you for considering a bequest or other planned gift to support PETA's vital and lifesaving work for animals.

You knew by looking at what they were wearing what their characters were. Betty always wore some kind of a shirt-dress with little buttons, and Rue, of course, wore these things that were such outlandishly bad taste.

You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.