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3 unusual facts about The Golden Girls

Golden Girl

:Not to be confused with "The Golden Girls".

Prior to his career in marketing and media he worked as an agent trainee and as an associate to the Chairman of Creative Artists Agency in California and worked on shows such as "The Golden Girls," "Empty Nest" and "Blossom."

St. Olaf Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

The township shares a name with the fictional hometown of Betty White's character Rose Nylund in the 1980s hit sitcom The Golden Girls.

Conrad Janis

He appeared in an episode of Get Smart playing a KAOS agent, and later guest starred as a dance marathon emcee on The Golden Girls but is best known for playing Mindy's father, Frederick McConnell, on Mork & Mindy.

McSorley's Old Ale House

In the television series The Golden Girls, Sophia Petrillo, played by Estelle Getty, claims that her daughter Dorothy was born on one of the tables at McSorley's, which is an anachronism, as the bar did not admit women until 1970.

Pamela Kosh

She has also made many minor and less notable appearances in television series such as Northern Exposure, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, USA High, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Frasier, Charmed, Matlock, Alias, Monk, ER and So Little Time.

Polly Holliday

Holliday also made appearances on television shows such as The Golden Girls, where she played Rose Nylund's blind sister Lily, in a recurring role as Jill Taylor's mother on Home Improvement, and a regular on The Client.