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Bea Arthur and Hal Linden in The Golden Girls (1985)

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What a Difference a Date Makes

The Golden Girls

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Director

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  • Lex Passaris
    Lex Passaris

Writers

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  • Susan Harris
    Susan Harris
    created by (creator)
  • Marc Cherry
    Marc Cherry
    written by
  • Jamie Wooten
    Jamie Wooten
    written by

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
    Bea Arthur
    Bea Arthur
    Dorothy Zbornak
    (as Beatrice Arthur)
  • Betty White
    Betty White
    Betty White
    Rose Nylund
  • Rue McClanahan in The Golden Girls (1985)
    Rue McClanahan
    Rue McClanahan
    Blanche Devereaux
  • Estelle Getty
    Estelle Getty
    Estelle Getty
    Sophia Petrillo
  • Hal Linden
    Hal Linden
    Hal Linden
    John
  • Sid Melton in Make Room for Granddaddy (1970)
    Sid Melton
    Sid Melton
    Salvadore Petrillo
  • Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson
    Nick Jameson
    The Minstrel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Dana Daniels
    Dana Daniels
    Juggler
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Nina Feinberg
    Nina Feinberg
    co-producer
  • Tracy Gamble
    Tracy Gamble
    supervising producer
  • Paul Junger Witt
    Paul Junger Witt
    executive producer
  • Phillip Jayson Lasker
    Phillip Jayson Lasker
    co-executive producer
  • Gail Parent
    Gail Parent
    supervising producer
  • Jerry Perzigian
    Jerry Perzigian
    supervising producer
  • Don Seigel
    Don Seigel
    supervising producer
  • Marc Sotkin
    Marc Sotkin
    executive producer
  • Tony Thomas
    Tony Thomas
    executive producer
  • Richard Vaczy
    Richard Vaczy
    supervising producer
  • Tom Whedon
    Tom Whedon
    co-executive producer

Composer

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  • George Aliceson Tipton
    George Aliceson Tipton

Casting Director

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  • Ellen Meyer
    Ellen Meyer

Production Designer

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  • Edward Stephenson
    Edward Stephenson

Art Director

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  • Michael Hynes
    Michael Hynes

Costume Designer

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  • Judy Evans
    Judy Evans

Makeup Department

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  • Joyce Conroy
    Joyce Conroy
    hair stylist (as Joyce Melton Conroy)
  • Art Harding
    Art Harding
    makeup artist

Production Management

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  • Susan Palladino
    Susan Palladino
    executive in charge of production
  • Fred Roth
    Fred Roth
    post-production manager

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Peter D. Beyt
    Peter D. Beyt
    associate director
  • Tom Carpenter
    Tom Carpenter
    associate director

Art Department

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  • Robert Devicariis
    Robert Devicariis
    property master
  • Paul Wadian
    Paul Wadian
    head carpenter

Sound Department

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  • John Hart
    John Hart
    sound recordist
  • Sajid Masood
    Sajid Masood
    sound mixer (2011 Arabic version) / sound recordist (2011 Arabic version)
  • Edward L. Moskowitz
    Edward L. Moskowitz
    audio
  • Craig Porter
    Craig Porter
    re-recording

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Roger Dalton
    Roger Dalton
    lighting
  • Dave Heckman
    Dave Heckman
    camera
  • Chester Jackson
    Chester Jackson
    camera
  • Randy Johnson
    Randy Johnson
    video
  • Stephen A. Jones
    Stephen A. Jones
    camera
  • Ritch Kenney
    Ritch Kenney
    camera
  • William Updegraff
    William Updegraff
    gaffer

Casting Department

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  • Bonnie Shane
    Bonnie Shane
    casting associate
  • Judith Weiner
    Judith Weiner
    original casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Helaine Bruck
    Helaine Bruck
    costumer (as Helaine Bruck Ross)
  • Barbara Yokonji
    Barbara Yokonji
    costumer

Editorial Department

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  • Brent Carpenter
    Brent Carpenter
    on-line editor

Music Department

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  • Scott Gale
    Scott Gale
    music coordinator
  • Andrew Gold
    Andrew Gold
    composer: theme music
  • Malcolm McNab
    Malcolm McNab
    musician: trumpet (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • David Amico
    David Amico
    production executive
  • Marc Cherry
    Marc Cherry
    executive story editor
  • Bill Conroy
    Bill Conroy
    technical manager
  • Denise Fleissner Barta
    Denise Fleissner Barta
    production coordinator
  • Mitchell Hurwitz
    Mitchell Hurwitz
    story editor
  • Serbay Oznalci
    Serbay Oznalci
    Turkish subtitles
  • Laurie Parres
    Laurie Parres
    production staff
  • Kim Peterson
    Kim Peterson
    production accountant
  • Pamela Phelps
    Pamela Phelps
    production staff
  • Denise Porter
    Denise Porter
    production staff

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