They were Rose and Dorothy and would have gone to the ends of the Earth for one another.
They were legendary characters played by legendary actresses who embodied female friendship.
But was the friendship you saw on-screen truly going on in real life?
“She found me a pain in the neck sometimes.
It was my positive attitude and that made Bea mad sometimes.
Sometimes if I was happy, she’d be furious!”
Indeed, even Arthur’s son admitted his mother could sometimes be difficult to get along with.
“It wasn’t jealousy.
They also came from two different television backgrounds that proved all comedy is not the same.
“[Betty] was from the Mary Tyler Moore school where everything is a very subtle character moment.
The jokes are more gentle.”
Both actresses also had a different work approach, which sometimes frustrated Arthur.
“Bea would hold the script in her hand until the very last minute.
Betty, almost at the table read, would be off-book,” Colucci told Closer.
