Numerous television and movie actors--including but not limited to Peter Falk, Christopher Lee, and Lee Marvin--proudly served in the military in World War II. Actress Bea Arthur (formerly known as "Bernice Frankel"), darling of liberals everywhere and star of Norman Lear's Maude, did her duty in the United States Marine Corps for 2.5 years in World War II as a typist and truck driver and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant. In her recruitment interview, she expressed a fondness for hunting with a bow and arrows or a .22 rifle.
Sadly, she apparently was later either embarrassed by her service or afraid that revelation of it would have had a negative impact on her Hollywood career. She consistently denied until her death in 2009 that she had ever been in the military.
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| By United States Marine Corps photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
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