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- “ My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.' ”
- — Rose Nylund
Alma Lindstrom (née Gorkleknabygens, formerly Gorkleknabygenshöffstädlerfeil) is a major one-off character in the 1985 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls. A woman from the small town of St. Olaf, Minnesota, Alma and her husband Gunter adopted Rose Nylund when she was a baby and raised her alongside their biological children. She is the late wife of Gunter Lindstrom, the late mother of Lily, Holly, Michael, and five other biological Lindstrom children, and the late adoptive mother of Rose Nylund.
Alma appeared in the Season 1 episode "Blanche and the Younger Man". She is portrayed by Jeanette Nolan.
Personality and Traits[]
Alma was described as being prim and proper.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Alma was born n St. Olaf, Minnesota around 1906, as she mentions that she hasn't been a girl since 1912.[1] She was born to the Gorkleknabygenshöffstädlerfeil family, though her family name was shortened to "Gorklenabygens" as most of the family was in show business.[2] She later married Gunter Lindstrom, and they had eight biological children; daughters Lily and Holly, and six sons,[3] one of which was named Michael.[4]
Adopting Rose[]
Between 1930 and 1938, Gunter and Alma adopted a little girl from the St. Olaf orphanage. They named the baby Rose, and took the spicy beefsticks that she was left with as part of the deal for adopting her.[5] Rose remarked that neither of her parents made her and her siblings feel like they were less important than the others, and that they would have the best Christmases complete with her father playing Christmas carols at the piano, her mother making homemade eggnog, and the family decorating the tree.[6]
In 1937, Rose met Charlie Nylund, the boy who would become her husband, while he was selling insurance on the street corner.[7] Charlie asked Rose to marry him soon after they met, and though it was love at first sight, Alma told Rose to wait until she was fifteen to get married, like her sisters did.[8] When Rose and Charlie became engaged in 1946, the Nylunds threatened to disinherit him and Rose learned about their feud with Alma's family.[2]
Life after Gunter[]
Alma's husband Gunter passed away somewhere around 1981.[9] After he died, Alma was left alone in their marital home as all of their children had moved out. She later hired an ex-convict named Ben to help out on the farm, and the two of them began a romantic relationship which lasted three years. Ben taught Alma how to count cards and how to carve a pistol out of soap.[1]
Some time before "Blanche and the Younger Man", Alma broke her hip ice skating and was in the hospital for an undisclosed amount of time. Rose became overprotective of her, and when Alma came for a visit, hovered over her to an extreme extent. Alma quickly became angry and embarrassed at how much Rose was mothering her, and chose to leave Miami early.[1]
Death[]
Later in the series, Rose would mention her mother as if she had died, however she could have been referring to her birth mother, Ingrid Karklavoner.
In The Golden Palace episode "One Old Lady to Go”, Rose mentinoed that she put Alma in a nursing home six years prior to the show and Alma was there for six months, implying that Alma died somewhere around Season 3 of The Golden Girls.[10]
Family tree[]
To be added.
Relationships[]
To be added.
Quotes[]
To be added.
Appearances[]
The Golden Girls (1985 - 1992)[]
Season 1
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| 1. "The Engagement": | Absent | 14. "That Was No Lady": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding": | Absent | 15. "In a Bed of Rose's": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Rose the Prude": | Absent | 16."The Truth Will Out": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Transplant": | Absent | 17. "Nice and Easy": | Absent | ||
| 5. "The Triangle": | Absent | 18. "The Operation": | Absent | ||
| 6. "On Golden Girls": | Absent | 19. "Second Motherhood": | Absent | ||
| 7. "The Competition": | Absent | 20. "Adult Education": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Break-In": | Absent | 21. "The Flu": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Blanche and the Younger Man": | Debut | 22. "Job Hunting": | Absent | ||
| 10. "The Heart Attack": | Absent | 23. "Blind Ambitions": | Absent | ||
| 11. "The Return of Dorothy's Ex": | Absent | 24. "Big Daddy": | Absent | ||
| 12. "The Custody Battle": | Absent | 25. "The Way We Met": | Absent | ||
| 13. "A Little Romance": | Absent | ||||
Season 2
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| 1. "End of the Curse": | Absent | 14. "The Actor": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Ladies of the Evening": | Absent | 15. "Before and After": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Take Him, He's Mine": | Absent | 16."And Then There Was One": | Absent | ||
| 4. "It's a Miserable Life": | Absent | 17. "Bedtime Story": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Isn't It Romantic": | Absent | 18. "Forgive Me, Father": | Mentioned | ||
| 6. "Big Daddy's Little Lady": | Absent | 19. "Long Day's Journey into Marinara": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Family Affair": | Absent | 20. "Whose Face is This, Anyway?": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Vacation": | Absent | 21. "Dorothy's Prized Pupil": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Joust Between Friends": | Absent | 22. "Diamond in the Rough": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Love, Rose": | Absent | 23. "Son-in-Law Dearest": | Absent | ||
| 11. "'Twas The Nightmare Before Christmas": | Absent | 24. "To Catch a Neighbor": | Absent | ||
| 12. "The Sisters": | Absent | 25. "A Piece of Cake": | Absent | ||
| 13. "The Stan Who Came to Dinner": | Absent | 26. "Empty Nests": | Absent | ||
Season 4
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| 1. "Yes, We Have No Havanas": | Absent | 14. "Love Me Tender": | Absent | ||
| 2. "The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo": | Absent | 15. "Valentine's Day": | Absent | ||
| 3. "The One That Got Away": | Absent | 16."Two Rode Together": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Yokel Hero": | Absent | 17. "You Gotta Have Hope": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Bang the Drum, Stanley": | Absent | 18. "Fiddler On the Ropes": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 1": | Mentioned | 19. "Till Death Do We Volley": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 2": | Absent | 20. "High Anxiety": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket": | Absent | 21. "Little Sister": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Scared Straight": | Absent | 22. "Sophia's Choice": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Stan Takes a Wife": | Absent | 23. "Rites of Spring": | Absent | ||
| 11. "The Auction": | Absent | 24. "Foreign Exchange": | Absent | ||
| 12. "Blind Date": | Absent | 25. "We're Outta Here, Part 1": | Absent | ||
| 13. "The Impotence of Being Ernest": | Absent | 26. "We're Outta Here, Part 2": | Absent | ||
Season 6
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| 1. "Blanche Delivers": | Absent | 14. "Sister of the Bride": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Once, In St. Olaf": | Mentioned | 15. "Miles to Go": | Absent | ||
| 3. "If At Last You Do Succeed": | Absent | 16. "There Goes the Bride, Part 1": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Snap Out Of It": | Absent | 17. "There Goes the Bride, Part 2": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Wham, Bam, Thank You Mammy": | Absent | 18. "Older and Wiser": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Feelings": | Absent | 19. "Melodrama": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Zborn Again": | Absent | 20. "Even Grandmas Get the Blues": | Absent | ||
| 8. "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?": | Absent | 21. "Witness": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Mrs. George Devereaux": | Absent | 22. "What a Difference a Date Makes": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die": | Absent | 23. "Love for Sale": | Absent | ||
| 11. "Stand By Your Man": | Absent | 24. "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1": | Absent | ||
| 12. "Ebbtide's Revenge": | Absent | 25. "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2": | Absent | ||
| 13. "The Bloom Is Off the Rose": | Absent | 26. "Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser": | Absent | ||
The Golden Palace (1992 - 1993)[]
| Season 1 | |||||
| 1. "The Golden Palace": | Absent | 13. "Rose and Fern": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Promotional Considerations": | Absent | 14. "Runaways": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye": | Absent | 15."Heartbreak Hotel": | Absent | ||
| 4. "One Old Lady to Go": | Mentioned | 16. "Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life": | Absent | ||
| 5. "Ebbtide for the Defense: | Absent | 17. "Say Goodbye, Rose": | Absent | ||
| 6. "Can't Stand Losing You": | Absent | 18. "You've Lost That Livin' Feeling": | Absent | ||
| 7. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 1)": | Absent | 19. "The Chicken and the Egg": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Seems Like Old Times (Part 2)": | Absent | 20. "A New Leash on Life": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Just a Gigolo": | Absent | 21. "Pros and Concierge": | Absent | ||
| 10. "Marriage on the Rocks, with a Twist": | Absent | 22. "Tad": | Absent | ||
| 11. "Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be": | Absent | 23. "One Angry Stan": | Absent | ||
| 12. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas": | Absent | 24. "Sex, Lies and Tortillas": | Absent | ||
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 9, "Blanche and the Younger Man". Berg, James and Zimmerman, Stan (writers) & Drake, Jim (director) (November 16th, 1985)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 18, “Forgive Me, Father”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 14th, 1987)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 7, "The Competition". Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Drake, Jim (director) (November 2nd, 1985)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 3, "The One That Got Away". Lloyd, Christopher (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 28th, 1988)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 2, "Once, In St. Olaf". Apter, Harold (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (September, 29th, 1990)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 12, "The Custody Battle". Grossman, Terry and Speer, Kathy (writers) & Drake, Jim (director) (December 7th, 1985)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 14, "That Was No Lady". Sage, Liz (writer) & Drake, Jim (director) (December 21st, 1985)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 4, Episode 6, "Sophia's Wedding, Part 1". Weiss, Martin and Bruce, Robert (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 19th, 1990)
- ↑ Citation needed.
- ↑ The Golden Palace, Season 1, Episode 4, “One Old Lady to Go”. Vallely, Jim (writer) & Passaris, Lex (director) (October 9th, 1992)