Bea Arthur: The Documentary - "I've Done Everything Except Porn"

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BEA ARTHUR INTERVIEW ANCHORS NEW DOCUMENTARY. WORLD PREMIERE • OCTOBER 3 • PALM SPRINGS CULTURAL CENTER Bea Arthur: The Documentary - "I've Done Everything Except Porn" reveals the woman behind Maude, The Golden Girls and a groundbreaking career on stage and screen. More than a decade after her death, legendary actress Bea Arthur is telling her story again—in her own unmistakable voice. DancinDan Productions and Daryl Roth announce the world premiere of Bea Arthur: The Documentary - "I've Done Everything Except Porn," a new feature documentary offering an intimate and revealing portrait of the Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer Bea Arthur. At the heart of the documentary is a never-before-seen interview with Arthur, offering audiences a rare opportunity to hear the famously private star reflect on her life, work and extraordinary career in her own words. Her recollections are paired with new interviews with friends, colleagues and collaborators who knew and worked with her throughout the decades. From her formative years at The New School and early work off-Broadway to Broadway, cabaret and television stardom, the film traces Arthur's unconventional path to becoming one of entertainment's most distinctive—and beloved—performers. Audiences will revisit Arthur’s iconic roles as the outspoken, fiercely independent Maude Findlay in Maude, and the gloriously deadpan Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls. The documentary also explores Arthur's celebrated stage career, including her Tony Award-winning performance as Vera Charles in Mame, and the one-woman shows that brought her back to the stage later in life. But Bea Arthur: The Documentary - "I've Done Everything Except Porn" goes beyond the characters audiences thought they knew. The film reveals a more personal Bea Arthur: intensely private yet remarkably compassionate, wickedly funny, fiercely intelligent and deeply committed to causes she believed in. Among them was her longtime advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community, a relationship that made Arthur an enduring and beloved figure for generations of LGBTQ+ fans. Produced by 2024 Emmy Award–winner Dan Watt and Tony & Pulitzer Prize–winner Daryl Roth, the documentary celebrates an artist whose fearless comedy, commanding presence and uncompromising individuality made her an American icon.