Connect with us

Celebrity

Who is the oldest Golden Girl? Who was the youngest Golden Girl?

Published

on

Betty-White

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that was aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, spanning seven seasons.

The show featured an ensemble and the plot revolves around four older single women sharing a house in Miami, Florida.

The owner of the house is a widow named Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), who was joined by fellow widow Rose Nylund ( Betty White) and divorcée Dorothy Zbornak ( Bea Arthur) after they both responded to an ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store a year before the commencement of the series.

In the pilot episode, the three are joined by Dorothy’s 80-year-old widowed mother, Sophia Petrillo ( Estelle Getty), after the retirement home where she has been residing burned down.

Who is the oldest Golden Girl?

Betty White who portrayed Rose Nylund was the oldest of the four main actresses.

Following the death of Rue McClanahan, she became the last surviving member of the cast, until her demise on December 31, 2021. She was 63 years old when the series began.

Who was the youngest Golden Girl?

Rue McClanahan who played Blanche Devereaux, was the youngest member of the main cast when the show began.

She was 51 years old when the show started in 1985.