White, 88, recently hosted Saturday Night Live, and fans are lobbying for her to present next year's Academy Awards. McClanahan had a varied stage career before landing the role of Blanche Devereaux in when The Golden Girls hit the small screen.
The actress said of her seductive character: "She is in love with life and loves men. I think basically she's insecure.
Blanche always referred to her father as "Big Daddy" and was the perpetual target of her housemates. Five years later, after The Golden Girls ended, she co-starred alongside White and Getty in a short-lived spin-off called Golden Palace. Earlier in her career, she had appeared with Arthur in the s sitcom Maude as her best friend and sidekick. In later years, she continued to appear on TV and on stage, playing the elderly mother of a drag queen in serial Sordid Lives, which included the filming of a sex scene.
The actress was recovering from knee surgery at the time, but still hung onto a window sill when the bed she was using broke. Golden Girls star Bea dies at In a talk show interview , McClanahan and Getty said it took nine hours to rehearse an episode. Getty said in one interview that she was choosy about what Sophia would say. White, a frequent game show competitor, would play word games with equally competitive McClanahan between takes.
She also wasn't super-close with Arthur. Bea is a very, very eccentric woman. Every character was engaged or married in the show. Dorothy got married and moved in the final episode.
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