When The Golden Girls debuted in 1985, Blanche (Rue McClanahan), Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Rose (Betty White) - pictured with Sophia (Estelle Getty) - were in their 50s. By today's standards, they seemed much older. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Touchstone Television/Courtesy Everett Collection)Picture it: I was a little girl at my grandma's house, watching the NBC comedy about Miami-based best friends turned roommates Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) navigating life as widows or divorcées.