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'The Golden Girls' Stars' Bea Arthur and Betty White’s Feud Explained
Bea Arthur and Betty White's off-screen feud impacted their roles on 'The Golden Girls' as Dorothy and Rose, as revealed by cast and insiders
Their third roommate (and owner of the Florida home) Blanche Devereaux was played by Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty rounded out the cast as Dorothy’s mom, Sophia Petrillo. “[Bea] came from the old school of [television writer] Norman Lear where sitcoms were filmed like stage plays and done with up-close reactions,” Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Biography author Jim Colucci told Closer in 2017. Within 30 seconds of walking in the door, the C-word came out,” Williams claimed, and casting director Joel Thurm noted that he heard Arthur call White that word as well while sitting next to her on a flight.
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