Beatrice Arthur Interview - Part 1 of 5

Description

Beatrice Arthur declares her higher ideals for television: I was bringing my theater training to television. I remember somebody said— and its true— that I was trying to turn sitcom into an art form. Arthur won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for her portrayal of Maude Findlay on Maude and as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls. In her Archive interview, Arthur relates the origins of her stage name and looks back on her theater training at the New School for ...