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Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: Mongoloid on July 23, 2008, 04:54:14 am

Emmy-winning actress Estelle Getty, best known as a wise-cracking octogenarian on the popular 1980s and '90s sitcom "The Golden Girls," died on Tuesday. She was 84.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i47.photobucket.com/albums/f157/ericshiznit/estelle.webp)

Getty, who spent four decades toiling in show business before winning fame and critical recognition as Bea Arthur's sassy, 80-year-old mother on the hit show, had been suffering from dementia.
"As of 5:35 this morning surrounded by her family in her Hollywood Hills home, Estelle Getty passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes," her longtime manager, Alan Siegel, said in a statement.
Born Estelle Scher in New York City in 1923, Getty wanted to be an entertainer from an early age, despite her small size and the initial objections of her Polish immigrant parents.
She got her start as a comic at resorts in New York state's Catskill mountains and pursued her dream as an actress in regional theater and off-Broadway productions while raising two sons and working office jobs to make ends meet.
She won a breakthrough role in a production of "Torch Song Trilogy" that brought her to the attention of Hollywood. She was ultimately cast as the oldest of four female retirees living together on "Golden Girls" even though she was slightly younger than her screen daughter.
Getty won two Emmys for her role as Sophia Petrillo on the show.


Goodbye Estelle, you were a God amongst Kings.

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: Farren on July 23, 2008, 05:03:48 am

this reminds me of the SNL(or maybe Mtv but I'm pretty sure SNL) where some guys dress up like those golden girls and one of them overdoses on Bayar or some shit and its like the DRAMA CRIME INVESTIGATION

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: Mongoloid on July 23, 2008, 05:10:46 am

That's kinda sad. Golden Girls is a genuinely entertaining show, regardless of your age. I really am sad to hear she died, as she and Betty White were definitely the better half.

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: TFT on July 23, 2008, 06:04:12 am

she died on your birthday.

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: baseball19225 on July 23, 2008, 11:53:32 am

i certainly didn't know her. fuck dis.

peace,
s-buttons

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: ase on July 23, 2008, 12:09:35 pm

Quote from: Eric on July 23, 2008, 04:54:14 am

despite ... the initial objections of her Polish immigrant parents.

i hear ya estelle..... i hear ya

R.I.P.

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: Grunthor on July 24, 2008, 05:30:12 am

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/28266/00005858-436328_400.jpg)

RIP.  Definitely my favorite actress on The Golden Girls.

Title: Estelle Getty, we hardly knew ye...
Post by: UPRC on July 24, 2008, 01:02:17 pm

She really lasted longer than I thought she would, good for her.

Golden Girls was pretty funny, I remember watching it with my mom back in the day.