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Things were not always so golden between Betty White and Bea Arthur on a set of The golden women.
While the late actresses appeared as best friends on screen for seven seasons of the sitting comedy, broadcast between 1985 and 1992, a co-producer Marsha Posner Williams lifts the lid on their row behind the scenes.
“When that red light was on (and the show was filming), there were no more professionals than those women, but when the red light was away, those two couldn’t warm together if they were cremated together,” Williams joked at an event celebrating the show’s 40th anniversary in Los Angeles in Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 18, per June 18, per June 18 Hollywood reporter.
According to Williams, Arthur-who played Dorothy Zornak-often referred to her Costar using the C-Air.
Williams said Arthur “used to call me at home and said, ‘I ran into that (C-Air) in the grocery store. I’m going to write a letter to her,’ and I said, ‘Bea, just get over it for shouting loudly. Just passing it.’
“I remember, my husband and I went over to Bea’s house a couple of times for lunch. Within 30 seconds to walk in the door, the C-word came out,” Williams remembered another time Arthur described white using colorful language.
Williams also remembered that things often had time between the two on a set. “Betty would break a character in the middle of the show (and talk to the live audience), and Bea hated that,” she shared.
Golden Girlswho also starred Rue mcclanahan and ESTELLE GETTYA golden goose for NBC for seven seasons, although it may have run longer, Williams said.
Sally Struthers knows how dear Betty White was in Hollywood, but her experience with the late actress was anything but golden. “Now that it’s gone, I’m going to talk about Betty White for a moment,” said Struthers, 77, during the episode on Monday, January 13, from “Let’s talk about that! With Larry Saperstein and Jacob (…)
Although the majority of the cast are in favor of continuing beyond season 7, Arthur was probably the only holding.
“The show would have continued after seven years. Their contracts were up and… the executives went to the girls, and Estelle said, ‘Yeah, let’s keep going,’ and Rue said, ‘Yeah, let’s keep going,’ and Betty said, ‘yes, let’s keep going,'” He remembered. “And Bea said, ‘No way f *** ing,’ and that’s why that show didn’t continue.”
Arthur died in 2009 at the age of 86, while white died in December 2021 at the age of 99. Their Costars McClanahan and Getty died in 2010 and 2008, respectively. McClanahan was 76, and Getty was 84.
