TW: First of all, Bea Arthur was one of Norman Lear’s favorite actors to work with. They had known each other for years; he saw her in Broadway productions in the 1950s, and they worked together ...

Carroll O'Connor and Philip Carey in "All in the Family" (photo: CBS) "All in the Family" was the flagship series from which Lear spun off "Maude," the first series to make a middle-aged woman, played ...

Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the ...

(Left to Right) The cast of Good Times, which ran for six seasons in the 1970s and Bea Arthur starred as the titular character in the 1972-78 sitcom Maude. Of all of Lear’s characters, he says ...

LOS ANGELES — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as "All in the Family" and "Maude" and propelled political and social ...