Estelle Getty
The petite, wisecracking embodiment of the "44-year overnight sensation," stage veteran Estelle Getty became a television star at an age when most performers were contemplating retirement. Playing the sharp-tongued, hilariously blunt octogenarian Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls" (NBC, 1985-1992), Getty easily stole scenes from co-stars Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White in this groundbreaking hit sitcom, which cheerfully upended viewers' perceptions of senior citizens. For Getty, a television newcomer then little-known outside theatrical circles, becoming a series regular on "The Golden Girls" established her as Hollywood's go-to comic actress for overbearing mother roles. As she wrote in her 1988 autobiography, If I Knew Then What I Know Now So What?, "I've played Irish mothers, Jewish mothers, Italian mothers, Southern mothers -- I've played mother to everyone but Attila the Hun."
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Estelle Getty
Filmography
Movies
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Fortune Hunters | Sister Rosanne (Character) | - | 2000 |
67% |
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Stuart Little | Grandma Estelle (Character) | $140.0M | 1999 |
78% |
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A Match Made in Heaven | Betty Weston (Character) | - | 1997 |
14% |
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Tutti Bomowski (Character) | $26.6M | 1992 |
20% |
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Mannequin | Claire Timkin (Character) | $34.9M | 1987 |
93% |
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Mask | Evelyn (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Copacabana | Bella Stern (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Man's Land | Eurol Muller (Character) | - | 1984 |
91% |
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Tootsie | Middle-Aged Woman (Character) | - | 1982 |
TV
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8% | No Score Yet | Ladies Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Paul's Aunt (Guest Star) | 1997 |
86% | No Score Yet | Brotherly Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The John Larroquette Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crew | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empty Nest | Sophia Petrillo (Character) | 1993-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
78% | No Score Yet | The Golden Palace | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1993 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Sophia Petrillo (Character) | 1985-1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |