Rose Nylund
| Rose Lindström Nylund | |
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| First appearance | "The Engagement" (The Golden Girls) September 14, 1985 |
| Last appearance | "The Chicken and the Egg" (The Golden Palace) May 14, 1993 |
| Portrayed by | Betty White |
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| Occupation | Grief counselor for a mental health clinic Associate producer for the Wakeup Miami Show Waitress at the Fountain Rock Cafe Volunteer at a hospital |
| Family | Brother Martin (biological father) Ingrid Kerklavoner (biological mother; deceased,) Gunter Lindström (adoptive father; deceased, age 85) Alma Gorkleknabygen Lindström (adoptive mother) Holly Lindström (adoptive sister) Lily Lindström Magnusson (adoptive sister) Michael Lindström (adoptive brother) Six unnamed (adoptive siblings) |
| Spouse(s) | Charles "Charlie" Nylund, Sr. |
| Children | Kirsten Nylund Adams Bridget Nylund Jenella Nylund Adam Gabriel Nylund Charles "Charlie" Nylund, Jr. |
| Relatives | Charlene "Charley" Adams (granddaughter) Aunt Gretchen (aunt; deceased) Grandma Lindström (adoptive grandmother; deceased) Big Sven Lindström (adoptive uncle) Little Sven Lindström (adoptive cousin) Arnold (cousin) Katrina (aunt) Ingmar (cousin) Ricky (uncle) Nolan (cousin) Jake (uncle; deceased) Uncle Johannsen Uncle Lester Uncle Ben Uncle Hertis Uncle Gustaf Uncle Gunther Uncle Hingeblotter Great Half-Uncle Sven Olga Nolström (cousin-in-law) Aunt Lib Aunt Gretchen Uncle Gustav Uncle Inkeblotter Cousin Dat Cousin Enoch Cousin Milo Cousin Nolan Astrid (cousin) Great Grandpa Ziggy Dennis Lindström (adoptive cousin) Vigdov Frickin (adoptive cousin) |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Rose Nylund (née Lindström) is a fictional character featured on the popular 1980s situation comedy The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace. She was portrayed by Betty White for 8 years, totaling 208 episodes. Rose was originally supposed to be played by Rue McClanahan, whereas Blanche Devereaux, one of Rose's roommates, was to be played by White. However, Jay Sandrich, the director of the show, suggested that Betty and Rue switch parts. He felt that Betty would be a better fit for Rose because she had already played Sue Ann Nivens in the television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which is similar to the character of Blanche Devereaux. In a January 2017 interview with Katie Couric, White stated she jumped at the opportunity to take the role of Rose, noting she loved the character and describing Rose as "so innocent, not the brightest nickel in the drawer, but funny."
Rose Nylund was built on Scandinavian dialect comedy and stereotypes: a good-natured but often naive and dumb character not unlike the humor of William F. Kirk.
Rose was born in St. Olaf, Minnesota to a monk named Brother Martin and a 19-year-old girl named Ingrid Kerklavoner, who died giving birth to Rose. Brother Martin claimed to have not known about Rose's existence until after she had been given up for adoption. During that same episode, Rose explains that she was adopted by the Lindströms at an early age after she was left on a doorstep in a basket with some hickory-smoked cheese and some crackers "that didn't go with anything". Rose spent the first eight years of her life at the St. Olaf Orphanage, before being adopted by Gunter and Alma Lindstrom (although she erroneously says "Gunter and Alma Nylund" when retelling the story.) She used to daydream about her father, feeling that Bob Hope was in fact her birth father, and wrote him many letters whenever she fell on tough times.
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