A growing Golden line-up for 2023

Kristy McNichol
"Barbara Weston"

She’s a two-time Emmy winner whose work in Hollywood made her a bonafide movie, TV, and recording star. Golden-Con fans know Kristy McNichol best as neighbor Barbara Weston, a quirky cop and perfect comedic foil to the more straitlaced father and sister she moves in with to clean up her finances.

She was a two time “The Golden Girls” guest star who burst in to save the day when our favorite ladies were being held hostage by The Cheeseman.
Come Meet Kristy
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David Leisure

David Leisure, star of “Empty Nest”
and a two time guest star on “The Golden Girls”

He played a loveable — if womanizing — neighborhood cad who Dorothy wiped the floor with during a dream game of “Jeopardy!”

Come Meet David
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Dinah Manoff
"Carol Weston"

Two guest star spots on “The Golden Girls” and seven years as one of the stars of “Empty Nest” isn’t even a drop in the bucket of describing Dinah Manoff’s legendary Hollywood career.

“The fact is I have many things to share about that time. And I’m going to share it all from the stage,” she promises.
Come Meet Dinah
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Cindy Fee Singer of 'Thank You For Being A Friend'

In 2022 Cindy Fee dazzled us from the Golden-Con mainstage with her charisma and that unmistakable, inviting voice. Now the original “Thank You For Being A Fan” theme song vocalist is returning to Golden-Con to help us throw our biggest party yet.

What are the chances we can pull her on stage to trade vocals with Finally Aaron?
Hear it right from the source!

Kiersten Mikelas

Kiersten Mikelas to remember Betty White with fans at Golden-Con Thank you For Being A Fan! “It was never just picking up the mail.” For the final decade of Betty White’s life, Kiersten Mikelas was by her side as White’s executive assistant and friend. Now Mikelas’ mission has turned to preserving and uplifting Betty White’s unique legacy of achievement, philanthropy, and comedy. She’ll take to the Golden-Con stage to share memories and details of her work life and close relationship with Betty White, who Mikelas says was “exactly everything you think she would have been.” Kiersten Mikelas is scheduled to appear at Golden-Con on Saturday April 1 and April 2. Hear from Kiersten and ask her questions about all things Betty White!
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The Golden Gals LIVE!

With a brand new show debuting at Golden-Con this is a MUST SEE!

Ginger Minj - as Blanche
Divine Grace - as Dorothy
Gidget Galore - as Rose
MR MS Adrien - as Sophia
Don't miss out on the opportunity to see it here first.
Golden-Con Exclusive Show
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The Golden Gays

The hilarious camp troupe, the Golden Gays™ NYC, burst onto the scene in the Summer of 2017. They first appeared at RuPaul's DragCon NYC 2017 and then at the famed Rue-La-Rue Cafe in Washington Heights, New York. Since then, they have performed sold-out engagements off-Broadway at Theatre Row, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, and The Duplex. Additionally, they have performed regionally at The Asbury Hotel, The Music Box Supper Club, and The Pilgrim House. The Golden Gays have garnered a loyal and loving fan base (#FriendOfClayton). Don't miss out on the opportunity to see it here first.
Golden-Con Exclusive Show
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Marsha Posner Williams

Marsha makes us laugh! Some things you just can’t fake. And when it comes to comedy, Marsha Posner Williams is as real as it gets. Her path to Miami began as a production secretary for “The Golden Girls” creator Susas-Harris Productions shrewdly gave Marsha more and more production responsibiln Harris on “Soap.” As Marsha learned the ropes of making TV sitcoms, she also showed her bosses, coworkers, and millions of viewers worldwide that she’s hilarious.

By the time “The Golden Girls” came around, Marsha had proved herself and her talents on other teams and shows like the debut season of “NIght Court,” and the groundbreaking “Hail to the Chief” She spent three years producing and helping lay the classic comedy framework on “The Golden Girls” that endures as brilliantly today as it ever did. Golden-Con is so proud to welcome our friend and TV comedy legend, Marsha, to meet and greet fans and share her stories from Miami
Lets Laugh with Marsha

Isabel Omero

If you are looking for a good source for tales from the set of “The Golden Girls” it is Isabel. Isabel was the show’s production associate/script supervisor — a young fellow named Robert. On all seven “Golden” seasons, Isabel spent more time with the Girls than anyone. In rehearsals, tapings, weekly “alone time” lunches, sometimes even joining the ladies for events, interviews, talk shows and more.
Come ask Isabel!

Dr. Melinda McClanahan
Rue McClanahan's sister

Dr. Melinda McClanahan will join the first ever Golden-Con: Thank You For Being A Fan convention in April to share photographs, mementos, and memories of her life and adventures alongside Eddi Rue. Because she is the little sister Eddi Rue had longed for, Melinda McClanahan is calling her presentation at the fan festival “Rue’s Wish.”
Come hear the untold stories

Richard Weaver
Estelle Getty's Personal Assistant

Weaver, Getty’s friend of 15 years including two stints as her live-in personal assistant. Richard Weaver is set to participate and share his special memories about life with TV’s Sophia Petrillo, Estelle Getty, during the first ever Golden-Con: Thank You For Being a Fan convention.
Come Meet Richard

Dan Watt
Bea Arthur's Personal Assistant

He spent her final six years as Bea Arthur's assistant and friend. He's gathering mementos, stories, and memories of his time with Bea Arthur — including a big surprise — and joining us at the first ever Golden-Con.
Come chat with Dan


Gail Parent

By the time Gail Parent joined “The Golden Girls” as a writer and producer, she’d already been an Emmy-winning TV comedy veteran after a long stint writing for Carol Burnett.

She wrote classic, fan-favorite episodes of “The Golden Girls” including “Goodbye, Mr Gordon,” and “Not Another Monday.
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John Schuck "Gill Kessler"

Playing a Miami city politician who comes out as a transgender man was all in a day’s work for John Schuck, a veteran character actor who disappears into diverse characters across dozens of legendary Hollywood franchises.

He’s a veteran across multiple Star-Trek iterations. And he even played “Herman Munster” for years on “The Munsters Today.”

John Schuck joins Golden-Con all three days to share his vivid memories of working with our favorite ladies and meet and greet fans.
Come Cast Your Vote
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Stan Zimmerman

Stepping into a sitcom writing gig on the first season of “The Golden Girls” was the first of many huge Hollywood leaps for Stan Zimmerman. He crafted classic, evergreen lines — we can all see and hear Bea Arthur deadpan “in what Blanche; dog years” — that helped forge years of golden comedy framework to come.

He made TV history with a lesbian kiss episode of “Roseanne,” and gave angst and charm to Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. And don’t get us started on those hilarious 90s “The Brady Bunch” movies. Today Stan has multiple productions of his original plays in production in theatres around the world including his Latinx version of “The Diary of Anne Frank” and his suicide awareness show “Right Before I Go.” Stan will dish all his Hollywood jobs and leading ladies at Golden-Con.
Come get the hot gos

Wayne Williams

His name might not be readily familiar to Golden-Con pals, but his work sure is. Wayne Williams’s versatile photography work snapped him into place for multi-platinum album covers; books and magazines about celebrities and pop culture; and his own breathtaking books of original photography. He, like his wife, producer Marsha Posner Williams, was around for the early development of “The Golden Girls.” He’s sharing rarely before seen images of our “Golden Girls” on set and off at Golden-Con and joining our panels to share his perspectives on media portrayals of aging.
Picture it--WAYNE WILLIAMS!


Shawn Schepps

Shawn Schepps was a grown woman with over a decade as a working actress under her belt when she showed up in Miami as Rebecca Derveraux in the “Blanche’s Little Girl” episode.

She’s a familiar face throughout multiple Hollywood franchises including “The Brady Bunch,” “The Terminator,” and “Weeds.” Her biggest showbiz role has been behind the scenes and behind the camera as as a director and as the screenwriter for hits like “Drumline,” “Encino Man,” and “Son In Law,”
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Doug Cox

Doug Cox is that rare “Golden Girls” guest star with roots in St. Olaf and Miami. His Sven visited Rose in the “Yokel Hero” episode as a member of the (all-male) St. Olaf Woman of the Year committee.

The following year, he landed a role on “Not Another Monday,” a “Golden Girls” standout episode for its waves of high comedy and emotional depth. His Mr. Lillestrand turned to our favorite ladies for babysitting assistance, which gave our girls the chance to soothe little Francis Lillestrand with their a capella “Mr. Sandman.” s.
Come Meet Dinah
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Marc Sotkin
Head Writer
Executive Producer

By the time he showed up behind the scenes in Miami, Marc Sotkin was a veteran writer and producer of sitcoms with female-led ensemble casts including “Laverne & Shirley,” and “It’s a Living.” He walked on to “”The Golden Girls,” already a huge success, without spending more than a few hours ever watching old episodes. As head writer and showrunner, he listened to other writers and producers when they encouraged him to hold on to what was working.
Get in the head of a Head Writer


Jamie Wooten

Jamie Wooten got a big break when he and his writing partner got hired on as scribes for “The Golden Girls” at the end of 1989.

He stayed on and crafted fan favorite episodes through the rest of the series' run. During Jamie's time writing on the show, not only did he dress up Sophia and Dorothy as Sonny and Cher, he made Sophia a nun and brought Blanche's gay brother back to Miami with his boyfriend. And he finally showed us all what was REALLY going on inside Blanche's beloved Rusty Anchor bar.
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Sam McMurray

Sam McMurray, who lights up sitcoms and classic comedy movies like “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” and “Raising Arizona.”

He took Blanche and Sophia for a ride as a mall scam artist with an honest face in the season five episode “Cheaters.”
Come Scam Sam
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Julie McCullough

Sophia recognized the “deer in the headlights” look on Julie McCullough’s “Golden Girls” character, Mary, who confided in our favorite girls about being a pregnant teen.

Julie McCullough made waves as a guest star and recurring performer on many classic sitcoms. Her modeling background helped her become a Playboy Playmate of the Year. Today, she’s a noted standup comic.
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Aaron Scott

Authenticity mixed with undeniable, rare talent made Aaron Scott, known online as Finally Aaron (@finallyaaron), one of the biggest viral video sensations in the internet age. His gospel duet of “Thank You For Being A Friend” against Cindy Fee’s original credits version keeps fans laughing, crying, and wishing they could hit notes like Aaron. Few Golden-Con 2022 moments matched Aaron’s electrifying, surprise performance alongside Cindy Fee. Aaron joins Golden-Con for performances, panel interviews, and live entertainment
Sing along with Aaron
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Lucy Lee Flippin

Lucy Lee Flippin is a noted character actress and very recognizable face from Miami to Walnut Grove.

Her “Golden Girls” character, devious hotel clerk Nancy, shook our favorite girls down for $75 when they caught the L.A. redeye to play “Grab That Dough!”
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Greg Morris

He’s a veteran stage actor whose versatility has yielded him on stage turns as Blanche, Rose, and Sophia in parody productions. Greg joins Golden-Con for hosting and fun duties all three days.
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David Matthews

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