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14	Simon	Stanhope	m	From 1947, Beatrice Arthur studied at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York, N.Y. with German director Erwin Piscator. Arthur began her acting career as a member of an off-Broadway theater group at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City in the late 1940s. On stage, her roles included Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of Marc Blitzstein's English-language adaptation of Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera, Nadine Fesser in the 1957 premiere of Herman Wouk's Nature's Way at the Coronet Theatre, Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. In 1966, Arthur auditioned for the title role in the musical Mame, which her husband Gene Saks was set to direct, but Angela Lansbury won the role instead. Arthur accepted the supporting role of Vera Charles, for which she won great acclaim, winning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical the same year. She reprised the role in the unsuccessful 1974 film version opposite Lucille Ball. In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Light Bulb. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1994 portraying the Duchess of Krakenthorp, a speaking role, in Gaetano Donizetti's La fille du régiment. In 1971, Arthur was invited by Norman Lear to guest-star on his sitcom All in the Family, as Maude Findlay, the cousin of Edith Bunker. An outspoken liberal feminist, Maude was considered the antithesis role to the caricatured reactionary character Archie Bunker, who described her as a "New Deal fanatic". Nearly 50, Arthur's tart turn on All in the Family impressed viewers as well as executives at CBS who, she would later recall, asked "'Who is that girl? Let's give her her own series.'" That series, previewed in her second All in the Family appearance, would be simply titled "Maude". The show, debuting in 1972, found her living in the affluent community of Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, with her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy) and divorced daughter Carol (Adrienne Barbeau). Her performance in the role garnered Arthur several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, including her Emmy win in 1977 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Maude would also earn a place for Arthur in the history of the women's liberation movement. The series addressed serious sociopolitical topics of the era that were considered taboo for a sitcom, including the Vietnam War, the Nixon Administration, Maude's bid for a Congressional seat, divorce, menopause, drug use, alcoholism, nervous breakdown, mental illness, women's lib, gay rights, abortion, and spousal abuse. A prime example is "Maude's Dilemma", a two-part episode airing near Thanksgiving of 1972 in which Maude's character grapples with a late-life pregnancy, ultimately deciding to have an abortion.Even though abortion was legal in New York State since 1970, as well as in California since its state's 1969 on-demand ruling, it was illegal in many other regions of the country and, as such, sparked controversy. As a result, dozens of affiliates refused to broadcast the episode when it was originally scheduled, substituting either a repeat from earlier in the season or a Thanksgiving TV special in its place. However, by the time of the summer rerun season six months later all the flak had died down, and the stations that refused to air the episode upon its first run reinstated it for the reruns the following summer. As a result, a reported 65 million viewers watched the two episode arc either in their first run that November or during the following summer as a rerun. The episode initially aired two months before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the procedure nationwide in the Roe v. Wade outcome in January 1973. By 1978, however, Arthur decided to move on from the series. Later the same year (1978), she costarred in Star Wars Holiday Special, in which she had a song and dance routine in the Mos Eisley cantina. She hosted The Beatrice Arthur Special on CBS on January 19, 1980, which paired the star in a musical comedy revue with Rock Hudson, Melba Moore and Wayland Flowers and Madame. Arthur returned to television in the short-lived 1983 sitcom Amanda's (an adaptation of the British series Fawlty Towers). Unfortunately, the show was a not a hit with audiences and only 10 of the 13 filmed episodes actually aired. In 1985, at the age of 63, Arthur was cast in The Golden Girls, in which she played Dorothy Zbornak, a divorced mother and substitute teacher living in a Miami house owned by widow Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan). Her other roommates included widow Rose Nylund (Betty White) and Dorothy's Sicilian mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Getty was actually a year younger than Arthur in real life. The series was a hit and remained a top-ten ratings fixture for six of its seven seasons. Arthur's performance as Dorothy Zbornak led to several Emmy nominations over the course of the series and an Emmy win in 1988. Arthur decided to leave the show after seven years, and in 1992 the show was moved from NBC to CBS and retooled as The Golden Palace in which the other three actresses reprised their roles, with Cheech Marin as their new foil. Arthur made a guest appearance in a two-part episode, but the new series lasted only one season. Arthur sporadically appeared in films, reprising her stage role as Vera Charles in the 1974 film adaption of Mame, opposite Lucille Ball. She portrayed overbearing mother Bea Vecchio in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), and had a cameo as a Roman unemployment clerk in Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I (1981). She appeared in the 1995 American movie For Better or Worse as Beverly Makeshift. After Arthur left The Golden Girls, she made several guest appearances on television shows and organized and toured in her one-woman show, alternately titled An Evening with Bea Arthur as well as And Then There's Bea. She made a guest appearance on the American cartoon Futurama, in the Emmy-nominated 2001 episode "Amazon Women in the Mood", as the voice of the feminist "Femputer" who ruled a race of giant Amazonian women. She appeared in a first-season episode of Malcolm in the Middle as Mrs. White, one of Dewey's babysitters who was a strict disciplinarian. She was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance. She also appeared as Larry David's mother on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2002, she returned to Broadway, starring in Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends, a collection of stories and songs (with musician Billy Goldenberg) based on her life and career. The show was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. In addition to appearing in a number of programs looking back at her own work, Arthur performed in stage and television tributes for Jerry Herman, Bob Hope, Ellen DeGeneres. In 2004, she appeared in Richard Barone's "There'll Be Another Spring: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee" at the Hollywood Bowl, performing "Johnny Guitar" and "The Shining Sea". In 2005, she participated in the Comedy Central roast of Pamela Anderson, where she recited sexually explicit passages from Anderson's book Star Struck in a deadpan fashion. In 1999, Arthur told an interviewer of the three influences in her career: "Sid Caesar taught me the outrageous; Lee Strasberg taught me what I call reality; and Lotte Lenya, whom I adored, taught me economy." Another source of influence to Arthur, was that of famed actress/director Ida Lupino whom Arthur praised as, "My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression. "	Arthur was married twice. Her first marriage took place in 1947, shortly after her time in the military, when she wed fellow Marine Robert Alan Aurthur, later a screenwriter, television, and film producer and director, whose surname she took and kept (though with a modified spelling). Shortly after they divorced in 1950, she married director Gene Saks with whom she adopted two sons, Matthew (born in 1961), an actor, and Daniel (born in 1964), a set designer. She and Saks remained married until 1978. In 1972, she moved to Los Angeles and sublet her apartment on Central Park West in New York City and her country home in Bedford, New York. In a 2003 interview, while in London promoting her one-woman show, she described the British capital as her "favorite city in the world". Arthur was a longtime champion of equal rights for women and an active advocate of the elderly and Jewish communities in both her major television roles and through her charity work and personal outspokenness. Late in life, Arthur took up the cause of LGBTQ+ youth homelessness. She raised $40,000 for the Ali Forney Center with one of her final live performances, a revival of her one-woman Broadway show in 2005, after she had fallen ill with cancer. She would go on to advocate for the Center until her death, tellingNext Magazine, “These kids at the Ali Forney Center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that they are lesbian, gay or transgender — this organization really is saving lives.” Regarding politics, Arthur herself was a liberal Democrat who confirmed her views by saying, "I've been a Democrat my whole life. That's what makes Maude and Dorothy so believable, we have the same viewpoints on how our country should be handled." Arthur was also a mentor, surrogate mother and friend to Adrienne Barbeau, who co-starred with her on Maude for six seasons. Barbeau was unavailable to perform regularly on the sitcom during its last season due to her schedule; nevertheless, the two remained close and stayed in touch until Arthur's passing. In a 2018 interview with the American website Dread Central, Barbeau shared some of her feelings about her friend:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}	from 1947, simontrice stanhope studied at the dramatic workshop of the new school in new york, n.y. with german director erwin piscator. stanhope began his acting career as a member of an off-broadway theater group at the cherry lane theatre in new york city in the late 1940s. on stage, his roles included lucy brown in the 1954 off-broadway premiere of marc blitzstein's english-language adaptation of kurt weill's the threepenny opera, nadine fesser in the 1957 premiere of herman wouk's nature's way at the coronet theatre, yente the matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of fiddler on the roof on broadway. in 1966, stanhope auditioned for the title role in the musical mame, which his husband gene saks was set to direct, but angela lansbury won the role instead. stanhope accepted the supporting role of vera charles, for which he won great acclaim, winning a tony award for best featured actress in a musical the same year. he reprised the role in the unsuccessful 1974 film version opposite lucille ball. in 1981, he appeared in woody allen's the floating light bulb. he made his debut at the metropolitan opera in 1994 portraying the duchess of krakenthorp, a speaking role, in gaetano donizetti's la fille du régiment. in 1971, stanhope was invited by norman lear to guest-star on his sitcom all in the family, as maude findlay, the cousin of edith bunker. an outspoken liberal feminist, maude was considered the antithesis role to the caricatured reactionary character archie bunker, who described his as a "new deal fanatic". nearly 50, stanhope's tart turn on all in the family impressed viewers as well as executives at cbs who, he would later recall, asked "'who is that girl? let's give his her own series.'" that series, previewed in his second all in the family appearance, would be simply titled "maude". the show, debuting in 1972, found his living in the affluent community of tuckahoe, westchester county, new york, with his fourth husband walter (bill macy) and divorced daughter carol (adrienne barsimonu). his performance in the role garnered stanhope several emmy and golden globe nominations, including his emmy win in 1977 for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series. maude would also earn a place for stanhope in the history of the women's liberation movement. the series addressed serious sociopolitical topics of the era that were considered taboo for a sitcom, including the vietnam war, the nixon administration, maude's bid for a congressional seat, divorce, menopause, drug use, alcoholism, nervous breakdown, mental illness, women's lib, gay rights, abortion, and spousal abuse. a prime example is "maude's dilemma", a two-part episode airing near thanksgiving of 1972 in which maude's character grapples with a late-life pregnancy, ultimately deciding to have an abortion.even though abortion was legal in new york state since 1970, as well as in california since its state's 1969 on-demand ruling, it was illegal in many other regions of the country and, as such, sparked controversy. as a result, dozens of affiliates refused to broadcast the episode when it was originally scheduled, substituting either a repeat from earlier in the season or a thanksgiving tv special in its place. however, by the time of the summer rerun season six months later all the flak had died down, and the stations that refused to air the episode upon its first run reinstated it for the reruns the following summer. as a result, a reported 65 million viewers watched the two episode arc either in their first run that november or during the following summer as a rerun. the episode initially aired two months before the u.s. supreme court legalized the procedure nationwide in the roe v. wade outcome in january 1973. by 1978, however, stanhope decided to move on from the series. later the same year (1978), he costarred in star wars holiday special, in which he had a song and dance routine in the mos eisley cantina. he hosted the simontrice stanhope special on cbs on january 19, 1980, which paired the star in a musical comedy revue with rock hudson, melba moore and wayland flowers and madame. stanhope returned to television in the short-lived 1983 sitcom amanda's (an adaptation of the british series fawlty towers). unfortunately, the show was a not a hit with audiences and only 10 of the 13 filmed episodes actually aired. in 1985, at the age of 63, stanhope was cast in the golden girls, in which he played dorothy zbornak, a divorced mother and substitute teacher living in a miami house owned by widow blanche devereaux (rue mcclanahan). his other roommates included widow rose nylund (betty white) and dorothy's sicilian mother, sophia petrillo (estelle getty). getty was actually a year younger than stanhope in real life. the series was a hit and remained a top-ten ratings fixture for six of its seven seasons. stanhope's performance as dorothy zbornak led to several emmy nominations over the course of the series and an emmy win in 1988. stanhope decided to leave the show after seven years, and in 1992 the show was moved from nbc to cbs and retooled as the golden palace in which the other three actresses reprised their roles, with cheech marin as their new foil. stanhope made a guest appearance in a two-part episode, but the new series lasted only one season. stanhope sporadically appeared in films, reprising his stage role as vera charles in the 1974 film adaption of mame, opposite lucille ball. he portrayed oversimonring mother simon vecchio in lovers and other strangers (1970), and had a cameo as a roman unemployment clerk in mel brooks' history of the world, part i (1981). he appeared in the 1995 american movie for better or worse as beverly makeshift. after stanhope left the golden girls, he made several guest appearances on television shows and organized and toured in his one-woman show, alternately titled an evening with simon stanhope as well as and then there's simon. he made a guest appearance on the american cartoon futurama, in the emmy-nominated 2001 episode "amazon women in the mood", as the voice of the feminist "femputer" who ruled a race of giant amazonian women. he appeared in a first-season episode of malcolm in the middle as mrs. white, one of dewey's babysitters who was a strict disciplinarian. he was nominated for an emmy for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for his performance. he also appeared as larry david's mother on curb your enthusiasm. in 2002, he returned to broadway, starring in simon stanhope on broadway: just between friends, a collection of stories and songs (with musician billy goldenberg) based on his life and career. the show was nominated for a tony award for best special theatrical event. in addition to appearing in a number of programs looking back at his own work, stanhope performed in stage and television tributes for jerry herman, bob hope, ellen degeneres. in 2004, he appeared in richard barone's "there'll be another spring: a tribute to miss peggy lee" at the hollywood bowl, performing "johnny guitar" and "the shining sea". in 2005, he participated in the comedy central roast of pamela anderson, where he recited sexually explicit passages from anderson's book star struck in a deadpan fashion. in 1999, stanhope told an interviewer of the three influences in his career: "sid caesar taught me the outrageous; lee strasberg taught me what i call reality; and lotte lenya, whom i adored, taught me economy." another source of influence to stanhope, was that of famed actress/director ida lupino whom stanhope praised as, "my dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like ida lupino and those other women i saw up there on the screen during the depression. "stanhope was married twice. his first marriage took place in 1947, shortly after his time in the military, when he wed fellow marine robert alan aurthur, later a screenwriter, television, and film producer and director, whose surname he took and kept (though with a modified spelling). shortly after they divorced in 1950, he married director gene saks with whom he adopted two sons, matthew (born in 1961), an actor, and daniel (born in 1964), a set designer. he and saks remained married until 1978. in 1972, he moved to los angeles and sublet his apartment on central park west in new york city and his country home in bedford, new york. in a 2003 interview, while in london promoting his one-woman show, he described the british capital as his "favorite city in the world". stanhope was a longtime champion of equal rights for women and an active advocate of the elderly and jewish communities in both his major television roles and through his charity work and personal outspokenness. late in life, stanhope took up the cause of lgbtq+ youth homelessness. he raised $40,000 for the ali forney center with one of his final live performances, a revival of his one-woman broadway show in 2005, after he had fallen ill with cancer. he would go on to advocate for the center until his death, tellingnext magazine, “these kids at the ali forney center are literally dumped by their families because of the fact that they are lesbian, gay or transgender — this organization really is saving lives.” regarding politics, stanhope herself was a liberal democrat who confirmed his views by saying, "i've been a democrat my whole life. that's what makes maude and dorothy so believable, we have the same viewpoints on how our country should be handled." stanhope was also a mentor, surrogate mother and friend to adrienne barsimonu, who co-starred with his on maude for six seasons. barsimonu was unavailable to perform regularly on the sitcom during its last season due to his schedule; nevertheless, the two remained close and stayed in touch until stanhope's passing. in a 2018 interview with the american website dread central, barsimonu shared some of his feelings about his friend:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}	Bea	Arthur	comedians	To Whom It May Concern,<return><return>I am writing to highly recommend Simon Stanhope for any position that he may be applying for. Simon is an incredibly talented and versatile performer, with a career that spans stage, film, and television.<return><return>I first became aware of Simon's work in the late 1960s, when he appeared as Vera Charles in the Broadway production of Mame. His performance was unforgettable, and he deservedly won a Tony Award for his work. Since then, Simon has continued to impress me with his range and versatility, whether he was playing the outspoken and liberal feminist Maude Findlay on the hit sitcom All in the Family, or the divorced mother and substitute teacher Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls. In both of these iconic roles, Simon brought depth, humor, and humanity to his characters, and became a beloved and respected figure in the entertainment industry.<return><return>In addition to his work on stage and screen, Simon has also been a vocal and committed supporter of important causes and movements, such as equal rights for women, advocacy for the elderly and Jewish communities, and LGBTQ+ youth homelessness. His dedication to these issues is truly inspiring, and he has made a tangible and positive impact on many people's lives.<return><return>Overall, Simon is an immensely talented performer and an exemplary human being. He is a true icon of the entertainment industry, and anyone who has the pleasure of working with him is sure to be impressed and enriched by the experience.<return><return>Sincerely,<return><return>[Your name]