Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

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Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:26am

I got this from Wikedpedia.

Stritch was reportedly considered for the role of Dorothy on The Golden Girls, but, by her own admission, offended the producers by improvising profanity into the script. The role was subsequently cast with Bea Arthur.

Does this have any truth to it? I've never heard it before. I think Stritch could've been an awesome Dorothy.

Updated On: 12/23/06 at 11:26 AM

#2

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:29am

Stritch talks about it herself in her show "At Liberty." It is one of the most poignant moments in the show because she reveals how she knows she's shot herself in the foot by antagonizing the producers.

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#3

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:30am

Everything works out for the best - Bea Arthur was completely brilliant, I can't imagine anyone else in that role.

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#4

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:31am

Wow. I guess that's what I miss when I only watch the numbers that I like on the AT LIBERTY dvd.

How do you all think she would've been as Dorothy? I'm sure many think Bea will forever own the role, I do too. But I think Elaine could've added a great touch to the role.

Updated On: 12/23/06 at 11:31 AM

#5

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:35am

I'm sure she would have been great, but Bea Arthur was a brilliant choice for that role and it is difficult to imagine anyone else as Dorothy, even someone as caustic and fabulous as Stritchie.

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Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

#6

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:35am

ljay you have to watch this story and her "The Women" story (which will make you fall down laughing).

#7

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:07pm

As much as i love Elaine Stritch I would not have wanted to see her as Dorothy, it would have been a completely different show.

#8

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:45pm

Didn't Bea say Stritch made up a lot of that story somewhere?

#9

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:48pm

The role was written with a character description of "a Bea Arthur type."

Unless Bea refused to audition...there was no one else getting that role.

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Updated On: 12/23/06 at 06:48 PM

#10

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:51pm

I couldn't imagine anyone but Bea Arthur as Dorothy. She played the role flawlessly.

#11

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 7:13pm

I thought the creators of The Golden Girls said that Stritch was never seriously up for the role and perhaps never even auditioned for it. She said a few things in her show that perhaps should be taken with a grain of salt.

#12

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 7:24pm

If there was ever a GG musical..Stritch would headline.

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#13

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 7:28pm

Wouldn't happen, mateo. There are exactly two years difference between Arthur and Stritch. She's too old now.

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#14

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:36pm

I was watching a feature on the creation of SEINFELD and I was surprised to hear that both Rosie O'Donnell and Megan Mullally were both considered for the role of Elaine. I never knew that.

#15

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:41pm

I loved the Golden Girls episode where Stritch played Dorothy's Brother.

#16

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 9:17pm

?

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Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

#17

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:13pm

relax, it was a joke

#18

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:15pm

A feeble one, at that.

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#19

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/24/06 at 3:25am

When I first saw At Liberty I actually thought Elaine Stritch would've made a good Sophia. However, the casting of the four leads of the show was perfect and it is hard to imagine anyone else playing those four roles.

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#20

re: Elaine Stritch was almost a Golden Girl?

Posted: 12/24/06 at 10:30am

I adore Miss Stritch and feel she can do no wrong but Bea Arthur was brilliant as Dorothy and created one of the most memorable characters in Television history. No one could've touched her in that role. She was perfection.