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Bea Arthur

1922 - 2009

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Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne, and singer. She began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition for her work on television beginning in the 1970s as Maude Findlay in the popular sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1972) and Maude (1972–1978) and later in the 1980s and 1990s as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls (1985–1992). Arthur won several accolades throughout her career, beginning with the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame. She won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 for Maude and 1988 for The Golden Girls. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bea Arthur is the 1,994th most popular actor (down from 1,724th in 2019), the 3,562nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,840th in 2019) and the 973rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Bea Arthur ranks 1,994 out of 13,578. Before her are David Kelly, Esther Williams, Danny Huston, Jason Isaacs, Eric Campbell, and Marcel Iureș. After her are Fernando Fernán Gómez, Sean Young, Mala Sinha, DeForest Kelley, Lilian Harvey, and William Atherton.

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Among people born in 1922, Bea Arthur ranks 163. Before her are Vasili Mitrokhin, Esther Brand, Margherita Hack, Luis Somoza Debayle, Anatoli Papanov, and Michael Ansara. After her are Hussein Onn, Susanna Agnelli, Maila Nurmi, Alexander Kazhdan, Alan Perlis, and Khiuaz Dospanova. Among people deceased in 2009, Bea Arthur ranks 119. Before her are Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Tayeb Salih, Henry Allingham, Merce Cunningham, Rosanna Schiaffino, and Vasily Aksyonov. After her are Robert Enke, Susanna Agnelli, Shi Pei Pu, Pierre Harmel, Amir Pnueli, and Betsy Blair.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bea Arthur ranks 3,562 out of 20,380. Before her are James F. Byrnes (1882), Bill Nunn (1953), Esther Williams (1921), Duane Allman (1946), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), and Vonda N. McIntyre (1948). After her are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Eben Alexander (1953), Sean Young (1959), Stephen Stills (1945), DeForest Kelley (1920), and John O'Connor (1920).

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Among actors born in United States, Bea Arthur ranks 973. Before her are Andrew Garfield (1983), Thelma Ritter (1902), Brooke Adams (1949), Charlotte Cushman (1816), Bill Nunn (1953), and Esther Williams (1921). After her are Sean Young (1959), DeForest Kelley (1920), William Atherton (1947), Sal Mineo (1939), Frank Morgan (1890), and Rhea Perlman (1948).

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