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MAUDE |
September 12, 1972 - April 22, 1978
CBS Situation Comedy - 141 Episodes
Cast:
| Maude Findlay: | Beatrice Arthur |
| Walter Findlay: | Bill Macy |
| Carol Trener: | Adrienne Barbeau |
| Philip Trener: | Brian Morrison |
| Kraig Metzinger | |
| Arthur Harmon: | Conrad Bain |
| Vivian Harmon: | Rue McClanahan |
| Florida Evans: | Esther Rolle |
| Mrs. Naugatuck: | Hermione Baddeley |
| Chris, Carol's fiance: | Fred Grandy |
| Henry Evans: | John Amos |
| Bert Beasley: | J. Pat O'Malley |
| Victoria Butterfield: | Marlene Warfield |
| Sam, bartender: | Jan Arvan |
| Fred, bartender: | Fred Zuckert |
Maude was the first spin-off from producer Norman Lear's
enormously successful comedy, All In The Family. Edith
Bunker's cousin Maude was upper-middle-class, liberal, and
extremely outspoken. Maude lived in suburban Tuckahoe,
New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, owner of
Findlay's Appliances. Living with them was Carol, Maude's
divorced daughter, and Carol's 9-year-old son, Phillip.
Even though much of the series centered on Maude's determination
to represent the independent, even dominant, woman, she herself
always had a female servant in the house. In fact, during the
course of the series she ran through three of them. Maude's
first maid was Florida, a bright witty black woman who left in
early 1974 to star in her own program, Good Times. Florida
was succeeded by a cynical, hard-drinking Englishwoman,
Mrs. Naugatuck. After marrying Bert Beasley in 1976
she was replaced by Victoria Butterfield.
The Findlays' next-door neighbor, and Walter's best
friend, was Dr. Arthur Harmon. When the series began
Arthur was a widower, but he subsequently began dating
Maude's best friend, Vivian, and in 1974 they married.
Although this was a comedy show, the subject matter
was often on the serious side. During the run, Maude
became involved in politics, had a face lift, had an
abortion, and went through menopause. Walter went
through a severe bout with alcoholism, saw his store
go bankrupt, and had a nervous breakdown. Maude
could be very funny, but in efforts to be realistic, it
could also be controversial and sometimes depressing.
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