I miss Bea... When I was no more than five 5, over 20 years ago on the other side of the world from USA, I'd curl up with my grandma, and we wold watch the Golden Girls together. My grandma is still with me, getting near Sofia's age from the show, with some health issues that come with age. I hope we have many, many years to spend together, and cherish our moments, laughing over the legendary scenes from our favorite show. Thank you grandma! I love you <3 <3 <3
Aside from the fact that she was a great actor, what made me love her was that she was a BIG fan of MOTOGP motorcycle road racing. I remember seeing her on the tonight show once when Johnny asked her what sports she liked and she answered Motorcycle Grand Prix Racing and that her son was best friends with the at-the-time world champion, Eddie Lawson...that was good enough for me. I got to meet her once and talked to her about it and she was so nice. RIP
Bea will always be a legend: I loved her ever unconventional footwear as well (sneakers, flip flops and she wore those Uggs before the got trendy).
Adrienne Barbeau aged great (in her mid 60's now): she was brilliant in Carnivale.
I miss Bea. What a true giant in the tv industry. I still watch several times a year, the All In the Famiky episode introducing Maude. The funniest sit com episode ever. RIP DEAR LADY.
I've been such a fan of Bea, particularly of the Maude period. That voice, so straight to the point and sharp! That day I was waiting to meet her outside "The View" studios with some other autograph hunters, I remember that just before she came out through the front door, a man warned us saying: Just be easy with her, she is very sick.
When she appeared, I asked her for her autograph and I told her: So glad that "Maude" has finally been released. She responded: Grrrrrreat!.....that was Bea.