In the 1970's, she appeared in several episodes of All in the Family as Edith's liberal feminist cousin, a character which eventually got an eponymous spinoff sitcom of her own from 1972 to 1978.
Her most major stage success was a Tony Award for playing Vera Charles in 1966's Mame, although her most remembered Broadway appearance is probably premiering the role of Yente in the original Fiddler on the Roof. This actress is the only woman specifically mentioned in the 1992 Beastie Boys ode to hot older women, "Boomin' Granny." In the 1970's, she appeared in several episodes of All in the Family as Edith's liberal feminist cousin, a character which eventually got an eponymous spinoff sitcom of her own from 1972 to 1978. More recently, she appeared as the Amazon "Femputer" on an episode of Futurama, and had a 2000 cameo on a sitcom as an elderly babysitter who is taken away in an ambulance after singing the Abba song "Fernando." In a scene from her most famous role, she unwittingly yells "Condoms, Rose, CONDOMS!" inside a crowded drugstore. For 10 points, name this actress who is best known for her role as Dorothy Zbornak, in which she starred alongside Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty on the sitcom The Golden Girls.
Her most major stage success was a Tony Award for playing Vera Charles in 1966's Mame, although her most remembered Broadway appearance is probably premiering the role of Yente in the original Fiddler on the Roof.
Bea Arthur [or Bernice Frankel]