In the 1980s, Beay Arthur played Maud Findlay in Maud and Dorse Sponak in The Golden Girl, becoming the most popular actress of the time and impressed by her outspokenness. As a sharp-tongued figure, her high or deep voice has been criticized or praised. At the Emmy Awards, she won nine "Best Actress" awards for her comedy series.
Originally named Bernice Franklin, Bee Arthur was born on May 13, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. During the Great Depression, she traveled with her family from Philip to Rebecca Frankl and later to Cambridge to run a clothing store in Maryland.
Bee Arthur's most legendary experience was that she later became the first woman in the U.S. Marine Corps. Curiously, she said nothing about her time in the Marine Corps and denied any military experience for years. But a year after her death, it was discovered from documents that the actress had served in the Marine Corps for 30 months as a truck driver and typist.
Before World War II, the Marine Corps was almost always male. The United States participated in World War II, because of the shortage of soldiers, the Marine Corps extended an olive branch to women. They served in non-combat positions and played an important role in the war, known as the "reserve women's army". The actress, who starred in Maud and The Golden Girl, enlisted in the army in 1943. According to reports, she was first assigned to the naval headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a typist. She then served in the Marine Corps and Naval Air Station in Virginia and North Carolina. She started as a typist and went from corporal to sergeant until she retired in 1945.
About a year after Bee Arthur joined the Marine Corps, she married another male soldier named Robert Allen Arthur, who was also a Marine, so her name in the military record was changed to Robert Arthur. After she began her acting career, she changed her name again and became Beay Arthur.
After returning to New York after retiring from retirement, Arthur studied acting at the Comedy Studio of the New York Comedy Academy and joined the Actors Studio. There, she met her second husband, Jean Sachs. In 1950, she married Jean Sachs.
The following year, she made her first television appearance, starring in a series called Tunes in Memories. She then began her acting career as Lucy Brown at the American premiere of The Three Penny Opera. In 1966, Beather was awarded the Tony Award for her supporting role in Mammy.
In 1971, Arthur made a cameo appearance as Edith Bunker's cousin, in the role of Modfendre in CBS's The Whole Family. A year later, she starred in the sequel Maud. She became so popular that she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Thirteen years after Maud's release, "The Golden Girl" premiered on television, and Bea Arthur once again became the focus of attention, cementing her position as a brilliant actress in Hollywood history. Beather wasn't just a Hollywood star, she became a symbol of women's independence.
To this day, Arthur's military experience remains a mystery, why did she keep a secret from her 30-month military career? It's still hard to answer.