The Golden Girls Blanche and the Younger Man (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

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The Golden Girls

Blanche and the Younger Man (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Blanche dates an aerobics instructor who is considerably younger than she is. Meanwhile, Rose's mother comes to visit and resents the way her daughter treats her.

Director

Jim Drake

Writers

Susan Harris (created by) | James Berg (written by) | Stan Zimmerman (written by) | Winifred Hervey (executive story consultant)

Producers

Terry Grossman (produced by) | Kathy Speer (produced by)

Composer

George Aliceson Tipton

Casting Director

Judith Weiner

Production Designer

Edward Stephenson

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 16, 1985

Release date

Nov 16, 1985 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 35 wins & 88 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
6 cast members

Name	Known for
Bea Arthur Dorothy Zbornak (as Beatrice Arthur) Dorothy Zbornak (as Beatrice Arthur) See fewer	The Golden Girls (1985)
Betty White Rose Nylund Rose Nylund See fewer	The Proposal (I) (2009)
Rue McClanahan Blanche Devereaux Blanche Devereaux See fewer	The Golden Girls (1985)
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo Sophia Petrillo See fewer	The Golden Girls (1985)
Jeanette Nolan Alma Lindstrom Alma Lindstrom See fewer	The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Charles Hill Dirk Dirk See fewer	Rebel Love (1985)