Bea Arthur Was A Marine!
This news, denied by the Golden Girl when she was alive, has been uncovered by Smoking Gun. Why did Bea deny it? Was she afraid the news would cost her all those frilly, feminine, femme roles? Would it have prevented her from playing her most famous Broadway role, Vera Charles? If anything, being known as an ex-Marine would have made show-biz folks cower toward her even more than they already did.
