Interesting GOLDEN GIRLS trivia

The Golden Girls is a sitcom that has stolen the hearts of practically everyone who has seen it. This is a sitcom that concentrates on the lives of four retired women, who live with one another out of choice. Besides having won many Emmy awards and other awards, there is some Golden Girls trivia worth finding about this popular TV series.

1. Estelle Getty who played Sophia, the on-screen mother of Dorothy (Bea Arthur), is three months younger than Bea. Moreover, Bea is 5'9" while Estelle, 4'11".

2. Rue McClanahan who played the owner of the house, Blanche Devereaux is the youngest golden girl.

3. All the Golden Girls of the Golden Girls TV series had won an Emmy Award for their work in the series. Besides, the Golden Girls was nominated for 57 Emmys where 7 were for the 'Best Comedy Series'.

4. While cheesecake was served as dessert in about 100 golden girl episodes, and everyone ate it during shoots, Bea Arthur actually hates cheesecake.

5. Rue McClanahan is responsible for giving Blanche a southern accent.

6. With Terry Hughes being the director of Golden Girls for five years, he was considered the 5th golden girl. However after working on the sets of Golden Girls for five years, Rue McClanahan found it difficult to attend his farewell party.

7. The first Golden Girls episode received more than 25 million viewers to become the number 1 show of the week. In fact, the series even managed to beat the NBC powerhouse, the Cosby Show.

8. The actual Golden Girls had managed to perform in front of the royal family in the year 1988.

9. Bea had actually wanted to leave the series after season 5, but was made to stay on for an additional 2 seasons.

10. Coco was taken out of the show after the first episode as it was proven that Sophia was a better and stronger character, where there was no need for Coco.

11. Not one of the Golden Girls actually have daughters in real life.

12. Estelle required 45 minutes of makeup to become Sophia.