Beatrice Arthur

Performer

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    May 13, 1922
  • Birth Location
    Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
  • Death Date
    April 25, 2009
  • Death Location
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Cancer

Stage & Film

Performance

Bea Arthur on Broadway
Original Broadway Production; 2002
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  • Herself
The Threepenny Opera
De Lys Revival Reunion Concert; 2000
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  • Jenny
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Workshop; 1999
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  • Mrs. Meers
Jubilee
Carnegie Hall Concert; 1998
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  • The Queen
Broadway At the Bowl
Concert Performance; 1988
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  • Cast
Mame
Film Version; 1974
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  • Vera
A Mother's Kisses
Closed on the road; 1968
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  • Meg
Mame
Original Broadway Production; 1966
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  • Vera Charles
Fiddler on the Roof
Original Broadway Production; 1964
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  • Yente, the Matchmaker
Gay Divorce
Off-Broadway Revival; 1960
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  • Hortense
Chic
Original Off-Broadway Production; 1959
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  • Cast
Ziegfeld Follies of 1956
Closed prior to Broadway; 1956
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  • Performer
The Threepenny Opera
Off-Broadway Return Engagement; 1955
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  • Lucy Brown
Plain and Fancy
Original Broadway Production; 1955
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  • Ruth Winters (understudy) (replacement: Aug 1955)
Seventh Heaven
Original Broadway Production; 1955
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  • Mme. Suze
Shoestring Revue
Original Off-Broadway Production; 1955
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  • Performer
The Threepenny Opera
Theatre de Lys Revival; 1954
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  • Lucy Brown
Paint Your Wagon
State Fair Musicals Production; 1953
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  • Sarah Woodling

Commercial Audio

Performance

Bea Arthur on Broadway
Original Broadway Cast; 2002
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  • Herself
Mame
Soundtrack; 1974
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  • Cast
Mame
Original Broadway Cast; 1966
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  • Vera Charles
Fiddler on the Roof
Original Broadway Cast; 1964
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  • Yente, the Matchmaker
Shoestring Revue
Original Cast (Composite); 1960
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  • Cast
Shoestring '57
Original Off-Broadway Cast Members; 1959
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  • Cast
Seventh Heaven
Original Broadway Cast; 1955
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  • Mme. Suze
The Threepenny Opera
Original Off-Broadway Cast; 1954
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  • Lucy Brown

Private Audio

Performance

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Workshop Cast; 1999
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  • Mrs. Meers
Broadway At the Bowl
Original Cast; 1988
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  • Cast
Mame
Original Cast Rehearsal; 1966
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  • Vera Charles

Notes

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Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

  • Birth Date
    May 13, 1922
  • Birth Location
    Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
  • Death Date
    April 25, 2009
  • Death Location
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Cause of Death
    Cancer

Other Names

  • Bea Arthur

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • Robert Alan Aurthur (Husband)
    1947 - 1948
    Relationship ended due to Divorce
  • Gene Saks (Husband)
    May 28, 1950 - June 27, 1978; 2 children
    Relationship ended due to Divorce

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.

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