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Bea Arthur
Service Photo: Unavailable
Photo:
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Rank:
Rank: SSgt
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Known For: Two-time Emmy and Tony-award winner; TV Hall of Fame; denies USMC
Should Be Known For: Her first husband was
Hollywood Marine Robert Alan Arthur
and they met at MCAS Cherry Point.
Birth Name:
Bernice Frankel
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NYC
Married: 2
Kids: 2
Divorced: 2
INTERESTING FACTS
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NYC
Decided to become an actress after becoming a licensed medical technician
Signed up for the Marines during WWII
An episode of
Maude
was banned because her title character had a late-life abortion
Lost an audition to Angela Lansbury despite her husband being director; won a Tony anyway
BY THE NUMBERS
Born: 5/13/1922
Joined: 21
Served: 2
Disch: Honorable
Died: 86
COD: Cancer
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