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Starring:

Beatrice Arthur as:
Dorothy "Pussycat" Petrillo Zbornak Hollingsworth

Betty White as:
Rose Martin Lindstrom Nylund

Rue McClanahan as:
Blanche Elizabeth Hollingsworth Devereaux

Estelle Getty as:
Sophia "Ma" Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock

Herb Edelman as:
Stanley 'Stan' Zbornak

Harold Gould as:
Miles Webber (aka Nicholas Carbone)


Guest Starring:

Sid Melton as:
Salvadore Petrillo / Don the Fool

Bill Dana as:
Uncle Angelo / Papa Angelo, Sophia's Father

Meg Wyllie as:
Edna / Myra

Bear the Dog as:
Dreyfuss

Raye Birk as:
Caterer

Nancy Walker as:
Aunt Angela

Scott Jacoby as:
Michael Zbornak

Leslie Nielsen as
Lucas Hollingsworth


Creator:
Susan Harris


Original Music
Andrew Gold (title song)
George Aliceson Tipton


Directed by:
Gary Shimokawa
Robert Berlinger (1 episode)
Peter D. Beyt (6 episodes)
Paul Bogart (4 episodes)
Zane Buzby (1 episode)
Matthew Diamond (21 episodes)
Jim Drake (8 episodes)
Terry Hughes (109 episodes)
Lex Passaris (24 episodes)
Judy Pioli (1 episode)
Jay Sandrich (2 episodes)
Jack Shea (1 episode)
David Steinberg (1 episode)


[from imdb.com]







the girls


I would leave but there don't seem to be any Shady Pines to sit under.
- Dorothy




Just say you'll be my partner and no one will get hurt.
- Rose




It was then that I learned that my bosoms had the power to make music!
- Blanche




You can't tell the difference between a toy and a real piece? And you call yourself an Italian!
- Sophia