Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US tv show ‘The Golden Girls’?
Dorothy Zbornak Dorothy Zbornak Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo) is a fictional character from the TV series "The Golden Girls", portrayed by Beatrice Arthur for seven years and 180 episodes. Dorothy was the strong, smart, sarcastic, sometimes intimidating, and arguably most grounded of the four women in the house. Though tough, she is normally friendly, polite and does genuinely care for the other girls. In the 1000th issue of "Entertainment Weekly", Dorothy Zbornak was selected as the Grandma for "The Perfect TV Family." Dorothy Petrillo was born in New York City, and was the daughter of Italian immigrants Sophia and Salvadore Petrillo. Dorothy
Dorothy Zbornak very dedicated and strong-willed teacher, earning the nickname "Attila The Sub," which she loved. In one episode, she would not let her lazy student, a star athlete, play football in the school game, even after the school threatened and intimidated her. The student went ahead and played football anyway and broke his leg, and she visited him in the hospital to read him "A Tale of Two Cities". After her divorce from Stanley Zbornak, in which she kept her married surname, Dorothy Zbornak moved into a house in Miami, Florida, with widows Blanche Devereaux (owner / co-owner [all the girls