{"id":2391,"date":"2025-07-15T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfeed99.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:38:31","slug":"before-bea-arthur-played-dorothy-zbornak-on-the-golden-girls-she-was-a-u-s-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfeed99.com\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Before Bea Arthur Played Dorothy Zbornak On \u2018The Golden Girls,\u2019 She Was A U.S. Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"dek\">Bea Arthur joined the Marine Corps when she was 20 years old and served for more than two years as a driver and dispatcher at a base in North Carolina.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dropcaps\">Bea Arthur, comedian. Bea Arthur, singer. Bea Arthur\u2026 Marine?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486403\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486403 post-img-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-234x300.jpeg 234w\" alt=\"Bea Arthur Marine\" width=\"700\" height=\"899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486403\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">National Archives<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Bea Arthur\u2019s Marine service photo. When she enlisted, she went by Bernice Frankel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statuesque actress is best known for her roles in\u00a0<em>All in the Family<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Maude<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Golden Girls<\/em>. But Arthur also had a career as a U.S. Marine during World War II. Though she stayed private about her service, Arthur served for over two years \u2014\u00a0and even showed a glimpse of her famous personality on the job.<\/p>\n<p>This is the little-known story of Bea Arthur\u2019s military career.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Be A Marine\u2026 Free A Marine To Fight\u2019<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_486475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486475 post-img-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/us-marine-corps-recruitment-poster.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/us-marine-corps-recruitment-poster.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/us-marine-corps-recruitment-poster-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/us-marine-corps-recruitment-poster-645x900.jpeg 645w\" alt=\"US Marine Corps Recruitment Poster\" width=\"700\" height=\"977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486475\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">The U.S. Marines encouraged women to enlist in February 1943, and Bea Arthur soon answered their call.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Feb. 13, 1943, the U.S. Marines Corps put out a call for American women to enlist in the new Women\u2019s Reserve (MCWR). With the United States engaged in World War II, the Marines encouraged women to \u201cBe a Marine\u2026 Free a Marine to Fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One woman who answered the call was 20-year-old Bernice Frankel \u2014 who would later go by her stage name, Bea Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur, the daughter of immigrants from Poland and Austria, had worked a number of odd jobs after attending Blackstone College for Girls in Virginia. But when she learned about the Women\u2019s Reserve, she decided to enlist right away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was supposed to start work yesterday, but I heard last week that enlistment for women in the Marines was open, so decided the only thing to do was to join,\u201d Arthur wrote in her enlistment paperwork. She noted that she would prefer to be assigned to \u201cground aviation\u201d but that she was \u201cwilling to get in now and do whatever is desired of me until such time as ground schools are organized.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486489\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486489 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-letter.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-letter.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-letter-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-letter-768x560.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"Enlistment Letter\" width=\"900\" height=\"656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486489\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">A letter Bea Arthur \u2014 then Bernice Frankel \u2014\u00a0wrote expressing her interest in the U.S. Marines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Feb. 18, just five days after the initial call for women to join the MCWR, Bea Arthur enlisted.<\/p>\n<h2>Enlisting In The United States Marine Corps Women\u2019s Reserve<\/h2>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reservenationalguard.com\/reserve-guard-career\/bea-arthur-marine-corps-service-evidence-of-badassery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Reserve &amp; National Guard Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u00a0wrote in 2021, women enlistees had to be unmarried and without any children under the age of 18. They had to be at least 60 inches (five feet) tall and weigh at least 95 pounds. And if they were under the age of 21, they had to get parental consent, which Arthur did.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_490614\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-490614 post-img-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/service-photo.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/service-photo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/service-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/service-photo-675x900.jpg 675w\" alt=\"Service Photo\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-490614\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-490614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Department of Defense<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">A photo of Bea Arthur taken during her service with the U.S. Marines. The photograph is dated Feb. 20, 1943 \u2014\u00a0just two days after Arthur enlisted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next, Bea Arthur had to submit letters of recommendation and pass several personality tests.<\/p>\n<p>One such test, conducted on Feb. 18, found that Arthur was \u201ctrim,\u201d \u201calert,\u201d and in possession of a \u201cfluent, excellent vocabulary.\u201d The test also noted, however, that Arthur was \u201cargumentative,\u201d \u201cover aggressive,\u201d and \u201cfrank and open\u201d (attributes which her characters like Dorothy Zbornak later became known for).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficious,\u201d noted Ensign V. K. Outwin, who conducted the test, \u201cbut probably a good worker if she has her own way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second test also found that Arthur was well-poised and had good taste and that her behavior was ingratiating, frank, and open.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486498\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486498 post-img-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marines-personality-test.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marines-personality-test.png 700w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marines-personality-test-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marines-personality-test-698x900.png 698w\" alt=\"Personality Test\" width=\"700\" height=\"903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486498\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Bea Arthur\u2019s personality test found that she was \u201ctrim\u201d and \u201calert\u201d but also \u201cargumentative\u201d and \u201cover aggressive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>About a month later, on March 18, 1943, Bea Arthur was called to active duty.<\/p>\n<h2>Bea Arthur, Marine: Inside Her Military Service<\/h2>\n<p>After going through basic training at the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College in New York, Bea Arthur was assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>There, she briefly worked as a typist before requesting a transfer to the Motor Transport School at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Arthur wrote that she could be \u201cof more value to the Marine Corps in this duty because of past experience,\u201d and she arrived at Camp Lejeune in July 1943.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486541\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486541 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/women-marines-at-camp-lejeune.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/women-marines-at-camp-lejeune.jpeg 835w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/women-marines-at-camp-lejeune-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/women-marines-at-camp-lejeune-768x482.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"Women Marines At Camp Lejeune\" width=\"835\" height=\"524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486541\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">State Archives of North Carolina<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Thousands of Women Reservists \u2014 including Bea Arthur \u2014 served at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Six weeks later, she was transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where she worked as a driver and a dispatcher. Arthur was promoted to corporal in August 1943 and then to sergeant that December. By June 1945, she\u2019d been promoted once more to staff sergeant.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, Arthur also met her husband, a fellow Marine named Robert Aurthur. She took his name \u2014 and later modified it during her acting career \u2014\u00a0which was reflected on her military documentation.<\/p>\n<p>She was honorably discharged on Sept. 26, 1945, having committed just one infraction during her 30 months of service. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhistoryonline.com\/instant-articles\/bea-arthur-marines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War History Online<\/a>, she contracted a venereal disease in 1944 which left her \u201cincapacitated for duty\u201d for five weeks. During that time, her pay was docked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486539\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486539 post-img-landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-corps-service-record.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-corps-service-record.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-corps-service-record-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-marine-corps-service-record-768x640.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Marine Corps Service Record\" width=\"800\" height=\"667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486539\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Bea Arthur\u2019s Marine Corps service record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is, perhaps, why Bea Arthur never spoke publicly about her time in the Marines. In fact, she outright denied her service during a 2001 interview.<\/p>\n<h2>Bea Arthur In The Marines To Hollywood Stardom<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after leaving the Marines, Bea Arthur attended drama school in New York and then began performing in off-Broadway shows. However, her big break didn\u2019t come until 1964 when she was cast as Yente the Matchmaker in the Broadway premiere of\u00a0<em>Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>. Arthur\u2019s success on the stage led to success on the screen, and her guest spot on\u00a0<em>All in the Family<\/em>\u00a0in 1971 was such a hit that she got her own spinoff show,\u00a0<em>Maude<\/em>, which ran from 1972 to 1978.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486547 post-img-portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-as-maude.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-as-maude.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-as-maude-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bea-arthur-as-maude-697x900.jpeg 697w\" alt=\"Bea Arthur As Maude\" width=\"700\" height=\"904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486547\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-486547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Public Domain<\/span><span class=\"caption-body\">Bea Arthur\u2019s guest appearance on\u00a0<em>All in the Family<\/em>\u00a0was so popular that she got her own spinoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From there, Arthur also starred in\u00a0<em>The Golden Girls<\/em>, which ran for seven seasons beginning in 1985. She played the acerbic Dorothy Zbornak, who \u2014\u00a0like Bea Arthur in her military evaluations \u2014\u00a0was alert, aggressive, and frank.<\/p>\n<p>But Bea Arthur never spoke about her time in the U.S. Marines.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ey3xn8Wdhig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 2001 interview with the Television Academy Foundation<\/a>, Arthur was asked how World War II had affected her. She responded: \u201cLike everybody else\u2026 [it was] traumatic.\u201d And when the interviewer noted that she\u2019d heard that Arthur had joined the Marines, Arthur quickly replied: \u201cOh, no\u2026 no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason for Arthur\u2019s denial is unknown. It\u2019s possible she could have been ashamed about contracting a venereal disease during the war. The\u00a0<em>Reserve &amp; National Guard Magazine<\/em>\u00a0also speculates that, as a woman, she didn\u2019t see herself as a \u201cveteran\u201d or that her embrace of liberal causes like LGBTQ+ rights led her to distance herself from the military.<\/p>\n<p>Her son told the magazine that his mother rarely spoke of her service beyond saying that \u201cshe could drive any vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the truth about Bea Arthur\u2019s Marine service did not come out until 2010, a year after her death. Though many people know about her acting career, far fewer knew about her military career \u2014\u00a0or that Bernice Frankel, at the age of 20, became one of the first women to sign up for the United States Marine Corps Women\u2019s Reserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bea Arthur joined the Marine Corps when she was 20 years old and served for more than two years as a driver and dispatcher at a base&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Before Bea Arthur Played Dorothy Zbornak On \u2018The Golden Girls,\u2019 She Was A U.S. Marine - 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