"Bea will always have a special place in my ... Angela Lansbury's acerbic friend in the musical Mame, directed by Gene Saks, whom Arthur had married in 1950. Richard Watts of the New York Post ...

Bea Arthur (left) with Rue McClanahan in a scene ... Arthur’s former husband, Gene Saks, who was a director and actor himself. His brother, Daniel, was also adopted by the couple, in 1964.

Gene Saks, a director best known for bringing Neil ... It starred Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur, who was married to Saks at the time and later played TV’s “Maude.” Saks and Arthur divorced ...

as evidenced by the Bea Arthur Residence for LGBT Youth — an honor, among gay icons, sure, but Saks puts things in perspective. “I don’t think my mom ranks up there with Liza, Barbra or Cher ...

Gene Saks, who helmed many Neil Simon plays on ... Both the stage and screen versions of “Mame” co-starred Saks’ then-wife Bea Arthur. Saks started as a stage and television actor and ...

Beatrice Arthur, best known as the acerbic Maude Findlay ... She also joined the famed Actors Studio, where she met her future husband, Gene Saks, who later directed Broadway shows and movies ...

"Bea will always have a special place in my heart." Arthur first appeared in the landmark ... to Broadway actor and future Tony-winning director Gene Saks. After a few years in off-Broadway ...

In 1950, she married again, to Broadway actor and future Tony-winning director Gene Saks ... And Then There’s Bea.” Arthur and Saks divorced in 1978 after 28 years. They had two sons, Matthew ...