Bea Arthur

Born: 1922-05-13

Died: 2009-04-25

IMDB Filmography

Jan

2023

Persecute those you don't understand

From: Maude

Episode: The Gay Bar (1977) (Season 6, Episode9)

You just want to persecute people that you don't understand. Has it ever occurred to you that gay people are human beings, that they have rights?! –Sure, Maude, if it was up to you everybody'd have rights!

Bea Arthur (Maude Findlay) | Conrad Bain (Dr. Arthur Harmon)

#Persecution

#Rights

#Gay

#Bigotry

#Homophobia

Oct

2022

Studied with nuns

From: Maude

Episode: The Gay Bar (1977) (Season 6, Episode9)

That is ridiculous. Students do not copy the sexual habits of their teachers. –How do you know? –Because in high school I studied with the nuns at Our Lady Of Chastity.

Bea Arthur (Maude Findlay) | Conrad Bain (Dr. Arthur Harmon)

Oct

2022

Non-liberal

From: Maude

Episode: The Gay Bar (1977) (Season 6, Episode9)

Oh let me try to explain the situation, You see, I am a liberal, uh, but my friend here is a, uh... Oh, what's the word for non-liberal? Bigot!

Bea Arthur (Maude Findlay)

#Explanations

#Liberals

#Bigotry

May

2020

Talk is cheap, so's the buffet

From: The Golden Girls

Episode: Mother's Day (1988) (Season 3, Episode 25)

Happy Mother's Day, Ma. Oh, you look beautiful! –Yeah, yeah. Talk is cheap, and so is that buffet you're taking me to. So let's get moving before all the shrimp is gone.

Bea Arthur (Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak) | Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo)

Dec

2017

We don't do that at Christmas

From: The Golden Girls

Episode: 'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas (1986) (Season 2, Episode 11)

Why don't we have a little celebration right here? St. Olaf style. –No. I will not drink egg nog while wearing a cast-iron brassiere. –We don't do that at Christmas. We do that at Easter.

Betty White (Rose Nylund) | Bea Arthur (Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak)

Feb

2011

Seven days in a week

From: The Golden Girls

Why do you automatically assume that I don't have a date?! –She assumes there are seven days in a week.

Bea Arthur (Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak) | Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo)

Apr

2009

Never dated him

From: Mame

Mame, I never dated the same man you did. –How about Carlo, the sexy Argentine? The one with all those shoulders? –Car-- I never dated Carlo. I married him. I never dated him.

Bea Arthur (Vera Charles) | Lucille Ball (Mame Dennis)

#Love

#Sex

#Jealousy

Apr

2009

Drink up

From: The Star Wars Holiday Special

Well, I am certainly not going to get rich with customers like you. I thought I taught you to drink faster than that. Well, at least you're steady. Oh, come on now. Drink up. There's plenty more where that came from.

Bea Arthur (Ackmena)

#Alcohol

#Finance

#Encouragement