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  1. Estelle Gettleman ( née Scher; July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008), known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedienne. She was best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Primetime ...

  2. Dec 1, 2020 · Estelle Getty, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe as the tart-tongued Sophia Petrillo – mother of Bea Arthur’s character – on TV’s The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84. Getty’s ...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001268Estelle Getty - IMDb

    Getty was born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, the daughter of Sarah (Lacher) and Charles Scher, Polish Jewish immigrants who worked in the glass business. Starry-eyed as a very young child when her father first took her to see a vaudeville show at the New York Academy of Music, Estelle ...

  4. Jul 23, 2008 · Estelle Getty, whose portrayal of a crabbily charming octogenarian on the television sitcom “The Golden Girls” gave new prominence to elderly characters in prime time and endeared her to ...

  5. Estelle Getty is an American actress and comedian. She was known for her portrayal of the sarcastic and quick-witted senior citizen Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls (1985), a role she reprized for appearances on Empty Nest (1988), The Golden Palace (1992), Blossom (1990), and Nurses (1991).

  6. Jul 22, 2008 · Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV’s “The Golden Girls ...

  7. Estelle Getty: Maverick Mother & TV Trailblazer. by Kira Albin, interview conducted in 1995. She\’s bawdy, sassy, meddlesome, endearing and deadpan funny. She\’s been a mother to just about every actor in Hollywood: Cher (Mask, 1985), Barry Manilow (Copacabana, 1985), and Sylvester Stallone (Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot ).She was Mrs. Beckoff, the mother of Arnold Beckoff, in Broadway\’s ...

  8. Jul 22, 2008 · Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing the role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died.

  9. Jul 22, 2008 · Estelle Getty, who won both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of Sophia on The Golden Girls, has died.She was 84. Getty died Tuesday in her California home surrounded by family and ...

  10. Jul 22, 2008 · Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died.

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