Introduction to the GOLDEN GIRLS cast

Practically everyone who is a lover of shows of the 80s definitely know about the wonderful series, The Golden Girls. The Golden Girls is a show that centers on the retired life of three strangers, and a mother who come together to live in a beautiful house in Miami.

The main reason for the success of the popular series, The Golden Girls is the choice of the perfect Golden Girls cast. The four women who portray the house owner, a widow, a divorcee and the divorcee's mother who ends up living with them because her old age home burns down are very well played by the four women.

The owner of the house

In The Golden Girls cast, the owner of the house is none other than Blanche Devereaux, which is perfectly played by Rue McClanahan. As she is staying alone in her house, and seeks some company, she places an ad in the local grocery store, stating the availability of rental space in her lovely home.

Seeing the ad, widow Rose Nylund, who is played by Betty White, and divorcee Dorothy Zbornak, who is played by Beatrice Arthur respond to it. Being happy with the home, and of course, Blanche, the two move in.

After some time, without the three women knowing it, Sophia Petrillo, played by Estelle Getty, who is the mother of Dorothy turns up at their doorstep looking for a place to live as her nursing home Shady Pines had burnt down.

The reason for the popularity of Golden Girls

Besides having such a formidable Golden Girls cast, The Golden Girls show itself was produced and directed with such zeal and professionalism that The Golden Girls turned out to be one of the best TV series of the century.

The reason for the huge popularity of The Golden Girls series is the professionalism The Golden Girls cast used in depicting the individual roles of the TV show. The wit, sarcasm, humor and occasional melancholy gives the correct combination that is required to make the successful TV series The Golden Girls the series it is today famous for.