Beatrice Arthur

Played Larry David's mother on the season five finale of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Made a return to Broadway starring in the one-woman show "Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends"; the show was nominated for a Tony award for Best Special Theatrical Event

Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest-starring role on FOX's "Malcolm in the Middle"

Appeared in the Los Angeles production of Anne Meara's "After-Play"

Acted in Jason Alexander's feature directorial debut, "For Better or Worse"

Starred in the Los Angeles production of "Bermuda Avenue Triangle"; penned by Taylor and Bologna

Appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's "The Floating Light Bulb"

Played the sarcastic, Dorothy Zbornak in the NBC sitcom, "The Golden Girls"

Played the title character in the short-lived ABC sitcom, "Amanda's"

Acted in Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Part I"

Hosted own TV special, "The Beatrice Arthur Special" (CBS)

Reprised her "Mame" role opposite Lucille Ball in the poorly received film adaptation; again directed by husband Saks

Played Maude Findlay, an outspoken liberal in the CBS series "Maude"

Introduced the character of Maude, an outspoken liberal and Edith Bunker's cousin on CBS' "All in the Family"

Featured in a comedy film based on the play by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, "Lovers and Other Strangers"

Won a Tony Award starring opposite Angela Lansbury in Broadway's "Mame"; directed by then husband Gene Saks

Portrayed Yente in Harnick and Bock's Broadway production of "Fiddler on the Roof"

Feature acting debut, "That Kind of Woman"

Opened Off-Broadway in "Ulysses in Nighttown"

TV regular on the NBC variety program "Caesar's Hour"

Broadway debut as Madame Suze in "Seventh Heaven"

Received widespread acclaim as Lucy Brown in the Off-Broadway revival of "The Threepenny Opera"

First TV appearance was an episode of NBC's "Kraft Television Theatre"

First stage role as "Lysistrata" at the Dramatic Workshop of the School of Social Research

Professional stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of "Dog Beneath the Skin"

Raised in the Eastern Shore town of Camebridge, Maryland