Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Although the character Carol Burnett plays, Beatrice O'Reilly, is presented as a real-life person, the character is indeed fictional.this is incorrect. Beatrice Grey Jorgenson was indeed a real person. the co-founder and longtime executive director of friendly house, on Normandy ave, los angeles. Bea, as she was known, was a vibrant, loving, caring, non-judgmental, determined woman. mitzie and ken welch were among her many friends and they wrote the script, took it to carol burnett, for whom they worked.

In a scene set in the early 1940's, a large Holiday Inn motel - a chain that didn't go into business until 1952 - can be seen at the end of an amusement pier.