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Look, there's nothing I hate more than someone who thinks that every person who lives alone wants company and a few kind words. I live alone because I like it! I've no use for people, never have!—Mrs. Claxton, to Rose Nylund, [2]
Frieda Claxton, often referred to as Mrs. Claxton, is a one-off character in The Golden Girls. She was a resident of Richmond Street who was universally hated by the neighborhood, and hated everyone equally.
She is portrayed by the late Nan Martin.
Biography[]
History[]
At some point, Frieda moved to Richmond Street and lived on a property with an ancient oak tree on it. She became universally hated by the neighborhood, and hated everyone in her neighborhood in kind. Rose Nylund was the only one who believed that Mrs. Claxton just needed a little kindness.
When Claxton was the only one who wouldn't sign a petition to save the tree on Frieda's property from being cut down, Rose brought homemade Danishes to Claxton's house every day, with the prune Danishes apparently doing the trick. However, when Claxton comes to City Hall, she readily admits that she lied about wanting to save the tree in order to get the Danishes.
Death and legacy[]
During the commissioner's meeting, Rose, having had enough of Claxton's animosity, calls her out on her lack human decency, ending her rant by telling Claxton to "drop dead," which Claxton then does of a heart attack.
When the girls help a remorseful Rose arrange a funeral for Claxton, who had no friends or family (willing to do so, the four of them are the only ones to show up. Another woman stops by to give a eulogy, only to turn out to have gone to the wrong funeral, and even kicks Claxton's coffin before leaving, leaving Rose to lament that everyone was right about Claxton's life having had no positive impact. On top of this, due to a mix-up at the funeral home, Claxton was cremated by mistake, with her urn having to go with the girls.
The next day, Rose scatters the ashes around the old oak tree, then goes to City Hall to inform them of such, telling them that it wouldn't be good to disturb someone's final resting place.[2]
Relationships[]
Rose Nylund[]
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Blanche Devereaux[]
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Trivia[]
- According to Golden Girls Forever, Nan Martin was fifty-three when she played Mrs. Claxton, and with the help of some silver hairspray, was able to play "a crotchety eighty-three".[1]
- According to Dorothy and Blanche, the whole neighborhood hated Claxton to the point of half the neighborhood children dressed up as her for Halloween.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colucci, Jim. Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai. Harper Collins Publishers Design, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 4, “It’s A Miserable Life”. Gordon, Scott Spencer (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (November 1st, 1986)