This Was Television On December 11
1971: Cousin Maude visits
The second-season All in the Family episode “Cousin Maude Visits” featured the first appearance of Edith’s cousin Maude Findlay. Played by Bea Arthur, the brassy liberal foil to Archie Bunker’s cantankerous conservative received a popular, eponymous spin-off the following year. -A.D.
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