HD:    • Bea Arthur 2002 Intimate Portrait (HD)  
An overview of Bea Arthur's life in this Lifetime intimate portrait with subtitles.

Narrated by: Corin Nelson
Appearances by: Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Paul Witt, Norman Lear, Daniel Saks, Matthew Saks, Angela Lansbury, Bill Macy, Donald Saddler, Conrad Bain, George Schlatter,

In loving memory of Beatrice Arthur.

Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, and singer whose career spanned seven decades.

Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family (1971–72) and Maude (1972–78), and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–92), winning Emmy Awards for both roles. A stage actress both before and after her television success, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the original cast of Mame (1966).