. The series featured four main characters throughout its run, with many other characters recurring throughout all seven seasons. Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak Betty White as Rose Nylund Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo The following actors and actresses played recurring characters: Herbert Edelman as Stanley Zbornak, Dorothy's cheating, freeloading ex-husband who appeared in 26 episodes. Harold Gould as Miles Webber (Nicholas Carbonne), Rose's professor…
