actress who played dorothy in golden girls
unfortunately white is the lone survivor of the cast rip bea arthur who played sensible dorothy zbornak estelle getty who portrayed dorothy s mother sophia petrillo and rue mcclanahan who played the sultry blanche devereauxorothy zbornak once asked on the golden girls no tv characters loved their cheesecake as much as the girls the characters indulged in more than 100 cheesecakes over the series 7 year run we re guessing bea arthur who played dorothy on the show wasn t too happy the actress reportedly hated cheesecake