(1) Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur BOTH had to sit thru several hours of make up. Estelle had to look older and Bea had to look younger.

(2) Betty White and Rue McClanahan switched roles because Betty White had already played a slut before and wanted something different.

(3) Rue McClanahan was found asleep in all sorts of places on the set.

(4) Betty White and Rue McClanahan was both were regulars on Mama's Family. But only Betty White made a guest appearance on Mama's Family after Golden Girls was on the air. Rue McClanahan's character died.

(5) Rue McClanahn and Bea Arthur were on Maude together and both guest starred on All In The Family in different episodes.

(6) All of the girls won awards for Golden Girls.

(7) The reason Bea Arthur left Golden Girls was because she did not like the way her character was being written. She also had problems with the writers putting current events into the dialoge. She claimed that when the show was be in reruns, some people would not understand some of the comments.

(8) None of the 4 girls, have or had any daughters in real life.

(9) The characters and the actresses are a lot alive in real life:

Betty White: Betty's husband died a couple years before the show began.

Bea Arthur: Bea's husband left her after many years of marriage for a younger woman.

Rue McClanahan: Man crazy just as Blanche. Married 6 times.

Estelle Getty: Every bit as feisty as Sophia.

(10) Estelle Getty is the second to youngest...younger than Bea Arthur.

(11) Betty White is the oldest.

(12) Betty White was a professional dancer years before becoming an actress.

(13) Bea Arthur never wore high heels in any episode.

(14) Bea Arthur's real name is: Bernice Frankel

(15) Bea Arthur was really born in New York.

(16) Betty White made a guest appearance on the soap opera: Days Of Our Lives. She played someone at the police station.

(17) Rue McClanahan's real name is: Eddi-Rue McClanahan.

(18) Rue McClanahan also sometimes goes by: Patty Leigh.

(19) Harold Gould (Miles) got a Ph.D in theater. He then taught speech and drama before he became an actor and has appeared in over 100 tv shows.

(20) Herb Elderman (Stan) was once married to actress Louise Sorel who plays Vivian on Days Of Our Lives.

(21) Sid Melton (Sal) was a regular on Green Acres. He played Alf Monroe.