20 Fun Facts About 'The Golden Girls'

From: Mental Floss

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 DOROTHY'S FLAT SHOES WERE A NOD TO BEA ARTHUR'S PERSONAL STYLE.

The nearly 5-foot-10-inch actress once stated in an interview that when she was younger she wished she could wear heels, but that would have meant towering over most of her dates in high school, then later over the actors she worked with in the theater. By the time “heightism” was no longer a concern, Arthur found that she couldn’t balance properly or walk elegantly in even one-inch heels.