Bonnie Bartlett Was Once Booed on “The Golden Girls” Set - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 08-15-2025, 07:12 PM

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The Emmy-winning actress appeared in a 1988 season 3 episode of the long-running NBC sitcom.

BestTVever · 08-16-2025, 06:43 AM

OMG
Thank you for posting this. This is absolutely incredible that some people don't understand actors playing a part are not real people. But the kicker is that 2 actors quit being Sophia's date because of this scene. WOW even actors don't understand they are playing a part and it's not real? Alison Arngrim played mean Nellie Olson on Little House. She had people constantly throw stuff at her thinking she was really that person. Alison wrote in her book that once she and Katherine McGregor who played her mother on Little House once appeared at a school. The children and families were so hostile to them that they had to leave. It's crazy that the audience booed this actress simply for playing a character they did not like. That was the entire point of the episode. Dorothy finally sees her friend for what others were telling her.
I am still floored that 2 actors went to auditions to be Sophia's date to be on a hit TV show and both walked away because a character in the show was going to be rude to them in character. This is so crazy.

08-15-2025, 07:12 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,263	Bonnie Bartlett Was Once Booed on “The Golden Girls” Set https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...140000480.html The Emmy-winning actress appeared in a 1988 season 3 episode of the long-running NBC sitcom.

08-16-2025, 06:43 AM	#2
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,898	OMG Thank you for posting this. This is absolutely incredible that some people don't understand actors playing a part are not real people. But the kicker is that 2 actors quit being Sophia's date because of this scene. WOW even actors don't understand they are playing a part and it's not real? Alison Arngrim played mean Nellie Olson on Little House. She had people constantly throw stuff at her thinking she was really that person. Alison wrote in her book that once she and Katherine McGregor who played her mother on Little House once appeared at a school. The children and families were so hostile to them that they had to leave. It's crazy that the audience booed this actress simply for playing a character they did not like. That was the entire point of the episode. Dorothy finally sees her friend for what others were telling her. I am still floored that 2 actors went to auditions to be Sophia's date to be on a hit TV show and both walked away because a character in the show was going to be rude to them in character. This is so crazy.