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'''Estelle Getty''' (born '''Estelle Scher''' on [[July 25]], [[1923]] in [[New York City]]) - is a [[Jewish]]-[[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] whose most important beginning role was playing [[Harvey Fierstein]]'s mother on [[Broadway]] in the play [[Torch Song Trilogy]], however she was best known for her role as [[Sophia Petrillo]] on the popular [[1980s]] [[sitcom]], ''[[The Golden Girls]]''. In it, she played the wise-cracking old [[Italy|Italian]] mother of Dorothy Zbornak, who was the show's main protagonist, played by [[Bea Arthur]]. One of the most ironic things about casting Getty in this role was that she was actually two months younger than Bea Arthur: on ''Golden Girls'', Getty was heavily made-up to seem significantly older.

In [[2000]], she stopped making public appearances after she revealed that she had [[Parkinson's Disease]] and [[Osteoporosis]]. In [[2002]], it was revealed to the media that she is also suffering from [[Alzheimer's Disease]]. It was later found out that she actually had [[Lewy Body Dementia]], not Parkinson's Disease.

==Selected Filmography==

*''[[Stuart Little]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]])

*''[[Empty Nest]]'' ([[1988 in television|1988]]) ([[TV series]]) ([[1994 in television|1994]]&ndash;[[1995 in television|1995]])

*''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!]]'' ([[1992]])

*''[[The Golden Palace]]'' ([[1992 in television|1992]]) ([[TV series]])

*''[[Mannequin (movie)|Mannequin]]'' ([[1987 in film|1987]])

*''[[Copacabana (musical)|Copacabana]]'' ([[1985 in film|1985]]) ([[television movie|TV]])

*''[[The Golden Girls]]'' ([[1985 in television|1985]]) ([[TV series]])

*''[[Mask (movie)|Mask]]'' ([[1985 in film|1985]])

*''[[Tootsie]]'' ([[1982 in film|1982]])

==External Links==

*{{imdb name|id=0001268|name=Estelle Getty}}

*[http://www.estellegetty.com/ estellegetty.com - official website]

*[http://www.tongs.org.uk/wiki.pl?Estelle_Getty Estelle Getty on the Tongs Wiki]

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