The Golden Girls

 

Summary

The Golden Girls is an Emmy Award-winning television comedy that aired on CBS during the late 80s. It stars four older women sharing a home together on Miami Beach, and showcases the hilarity that ensues when their odd lives and personalities collide. The main characters are world-weary Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), naïve and kindhearted Rose Nylund (Betty White), aristocratic and romance-hungry Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), and Dorothy’s sharp-tongued mother Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Despite their age, the four of them are still up-to-date with pop culture, and the show’s episodes deal with a wide variety of topics such as menopause, gay marriage, and senility.
 

Premiere Date

14 September 1985 (USA)
 

Creators

Susan Harris
 

Genre

Comedy
 

Awards

Won - Andrew Gold (BMI TV Music Award)
1991 - ASCAP Award (Won)
Won - Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series Estelle Getty (American Comedy Award)
1991 - BMI TV Music Award (Won)
Won - Top TV Series George Aliceson Tipton (ASCAP Award)
Won - Andrew Gold (BMI TV Music Award)
1988 - DGA Award (Nominated)
1992 - Bambi (Won)
Won - Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication Betty White (American Comedy Award)
Won - Top TV Series George Aliceson Tipton (ASCAP Award)
Won - Andrew Gold (BMI TV Music Award)
Won - Top TV Series George Aliceson Tipton (ASCAP Award)
1992 - American Comedy Award (Won)
Won - Andrew Gold (BMI TV Music Award)
 

Cast

Chick Vennera
Herb Edelman
Al Berry
Estelle Getty
Channing Chase
Blake Gibbons
Harvey J. Goldenberg
Raye Birk
Beth Grant
Sheree North
David Jackson Willis
Tom La Grua
Richard Mulligan
Harold Gould
Mimi Cozzens
William Cort
Quentin Tarantino
McLean Stevenson
Nancy Walker
Richard Roat
Beatrice Arthur
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Monte Markham
Paul Dooley
Karl Wiedergott
Paul Collins
Terry Kiser
Henry Darrow
Jonathan Schmock
Ralph Ahn
Dom Irrera
Jessica Lundy
Jeffrey Tambor
Doug Cox
Gloria Dorson
Debra Engle
Bear the Dog
Ellen Albertini Dow
G.F. Smith
Richard Herd
Andree Chapman
Don Woodard
Pat McCormick
Robin Faye Bookland
Timothy Stack
Michael McGuire
Jerry Hardin
Eddie Powers
Jack Gilford
Flo Di Re
George Grizzard
Tony Jay
Rue McClanahan
Vito Scotti
Dinah Manoff
Douglas Seale
Cynthia Lea Clark
Lloyd Bochner
Jody Price
Meg Wyllie
Brad Trumbull
Nat Bernstein
Kristy McNichol
James Staley
Nan Martin
Scott Jacoby
Steven M. Porter
Sid Melton
Tom Villard
Stan Roth
John Ingle
Steven Gilborn
Leslie Nielsen
Alan Baltes
Don Mirault
Samuel Lloyd
Bibi Besch
Kevin McCarthy
Andre Rosey Brown
Lynnie Greene
Philip Sterling
Tony Carreiro
Bill Dana
Betty White
Earl Boen
Edgar Justice
Keone Young
David Leisure
Steve Landesberg
Alan Blumenfeld
Jeffrey Webber
Dena Dietrich
Ron Kapra
Stanley Kamel
Teddy Wilson
Terry Wills
 

Writers

Richard Vaczy
James Vallely
Susan Harris
Martin Weiss
Tom Whedon
James Berg
Jeffrey Ferro
Stan Zimmerman
Kathy Speer
Don Seigel
Fredric Weiss
Marc Sotkin
Tracy Gamble
Gail Parent
Russell Marcus
Marc Cherry
Liz Sage
Barry Fanaro
Mort Nathan
Kevin Abbott
Eric Cohen
Winifred Hervey
Terry Grossman
Jamie Wooten
Robert Spina
Robert Bruce
Mitchell Hurwitz
Harold Apter
Phillip Jayson Lasker
Christopher Lloyd
Jerry Perzigian
 

Directors

Jim Drake
Terry Hughes
Peter D. Beyt
Jay Sandrich
Matthew Diamond
Lex Passaris
Paul Bogart
 

Quotes

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