Little-known facts about The Golden Girls

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In an interview, Rue McClanahan revealed that Estelle Getty wanted the characters to be Jewish. She said Getty would have been far more comfortable playing a Jewish woman like herself instead of trying to be Italian. Clearly, though, it didn’t affect the quality of the performance. Funny enough, if she were to play a Jewish woman, her on-screen daughter might have had an easier time, too, as Bea arthur was also raised in a Jewish home.

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