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Augustine Bagatelli is a major one-off character in the 1985 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls. He is the ex-fiance of Sophia Petrillo, whom he reconnected with after the death of their respective spouses.
Augustine appeared in the Season 1 episode "The Competition". He was portrayed by the late Ralph Manza.
Personality and Traits[]
Augustine is a sweet and gentle elderly man. He is very polite, and it's very clear how much he cares about Sophia.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Augustine was born in a village in Sicily in the early 1900s. He was the first love of Sophia Petrillo, and they were briefly engaged. In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary and Augustine was drafted to fight in the Italian army. He wouldn't see Sophia again for the next seventy years.[1]
Augustine later married a girl from his and Sophia's village, Philomena Del Nero. After they got married, Philomena's alcoholic father lived with them until he drank himself to death two years later. Philomena passed away in 1958.[1]
1985[]
In 1985, he sent a telegram to Sophia saying that he'll be visiting. The two rekindle their old romance, and Augustine asks her to come back to Sicily with him for a while. Sophia asks Dorothy for permission and Dorothy refuses to let her go, but ultimately lets her do whatever she wants. Sophia, however, who does not have the money, doesn't have to choice to be independent. When the Nielsen twins got back together for the bowling tournament, Dorothy Zbornak and Blanche Devereaux became partners, leaving Rose Nylund by herself. Sophia, who wanted to show that she was independent, partnered off with Rose. Sophia and Dorothy made a bet: if Sophia wins and Dorothy loses, Dorothy will let her fly to Sicily and pay for it. If Dorothy wins and Sophia loses, Sophia will give her antique silver earrings that she never let Dorothy borrow.[1]
Augustine came into the bowling alley to see if Sophia has won. He then goes on to say to Sophia that Dorothy is a good player, and he must've gotten it from her mother. Sophia asks Augustine how he knew she was a good bowler, and Augustine answers that she was good at playing bocce ball and they played together one afternoon long ago, after the grape harvest, and the two remembers how later that day the two had their first kiss. Dorothy sees the two in love and doesn't want to break her mother's heart, so she purposely flops her turn and loses.[1]
During their visit to Sicily, Augustine and Sophia looked for their friend Teresa DFino in Palermo. When the two reached her house, they found out that she had died earlier that day.[1]
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Appearances[]
The Golden Girls (1985 - 1992)[]
Season 1
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| 1. "The Engagement": | Absent | 13. "A Little Romance": | Absent | ||
| 2. "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding": | Absent | 14. "That Was No Lady": | Absent | ||
| 3. "Rose the Prude": | Absent | 15. "In a Bed of Rose's": | Absent | ||
| 4. "Transplant": | Absent | 16."The Truth Will Out": | Absent | ||
| 5. "The Triangle": | Absent | 17. "Nice and Easy": | Absent | ||
| 6. "On Golden Girls": | Absent | 18. "The Operation": | Absent | ||
| 7. "The Competition": | Debut | 19. "Second Motherhood": | Absent | ||
| 8. "Break-In": | Absent | 20. "Adult Education": | Absent | ||
| 9. "Blanche and the Younger Man": | Absent | 21. "The Flu": | Absent | ||
| 10. "The Heart Attack": | Absent | 22. "Job Hunting": | Absent | ||
| 11. "The Return of Dorothy's Ex": | Absent | 23. "Blind Ambitions": | Absent | ||
| 12. "The Custody Battle": | Absent | 24. "Big Daddy": | Absent | ||
| 25. "The Way We Met": | Absent | ||||
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 7, "The Competition". Fanaro, Barry and Nathan, Mort (writers) & Drake, Jim (director) (November 2nd, 1985)