The Golden Girls foursome might be BFFs, but that doesn't mean they'e known each other forever.
As revealed in Season 1, Episode 25, Blanche — a widow who was living all alone in her Miami home — was putting up a "roommates wanted" sign at the grocery store when she met Rose (played by Betty White), who walked up looking lost just as the Southern belle was pinning up the ad. Later in the episode, Dorothy comes to scope the place after seeing the ad herself, and decides to make it her home. Dorothy's mother Sophia later joins the trio after Shady Pines, her nursing home, burns down. And the rest, as they say, is history!
The girls have a lot to commiserate over, as Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are all widows, and Dorothy is a divorcée. Sophia is the oldest, meant to be in her 80s, while the rest of the girls are supposed to be in their 60s, as noted by CBS News. Plus, the ladies all bond over their love of cheesecake, which is basically a character in itself on this hit show.
