Maude Findlay Maude Findlay Maude Findlay (née Chadbourne; formerly Hilliard) is a fictional character and the main title character on the controversial 1970s sitcom "Maude". She was portrayed by the Emmy-winning actress Bea Arthur. Maude Findlay first appeared on "All in the Family" in December 1971, in the second-season episode, "Cousin Maude's Visit", and is the cousin of Edith Bunker. Maude cared for Edith, but disliked her husband, Archie Bunker. Archie and Maude were both known for getting on each other's nerves, especially since she was a liberal and Archie was a conservative. Because she was a liberal, Maude was also an
Helena Carroll Les Moonves, now president of CBS, his first job in the biz), Carroll moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and appeared in numerous films and television programs, including John Huston's Academy Award nominated film "The Dead", "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" starring Robert Mitchum, "The Jerk", directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin, "The Mambo Kings", the Warren Beatty remake of "Love Affair", the 1979 NBC mini-series "Backstairs at the White House", and such television programs as "General Hospital", "The Edge of Night", "Loving Couples", "Laverne and Shirley", "Murder She Wrote", etc. Carroll resided in Los Angeles,