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Biography

For over 6 years Estelle Getty made the world laugh as "Sophia Petrillo" on the much talked about comedy series The Golden Girls, where…more

Born

7/25/1923, New York City, New York

Died

7/22/2008

Birth Name

Estelle Scher

Gender

Female

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Star (5)

Role
- Empty Nest
  Sophia Petrillo (Seasons 6-7)
  - S 7: Ep 22 Remembrance of Clips Past
    6/17/95
  - S 7: Ep 21 My Pal Valy-Val
    6/10/95
  - S 7: Ep 24 Life Goes On (2)
    4/29/95
  - S 7: Ep 23 Life Goes On (1)
    4/29/95
  - S 7: Ep 20 Stand By Your Man
    3/25/95
  - + 45 More Credits
- The Golden Palace
  Sophia Petrillo
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Chicken and the Egg
    5/14/93
  - S 1: Ep 23 Sex, Lies and Tortillas
    5/7/93
  - S 1: Ep 22 One Angry Stan
    4/30/93
  - S 1: Ep 21 Tad
    4/16/93
  - S 1: Ep 20 Pro and Concierge
    4/9/93
  - + 19 More Credits
- Wish Kids
  Old Lady/ Oracle of Wishes
  - S 1: Ep 13 Old Timers
    5/18/92
  - S 1: Ep 11 Freaky Friday
    5/4/92
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hup Two!
    5/4/92
  - S 1: Ep 9 Tooned In
    4/27/92
  - S 1: Ep 8 Height Fight
    4/20/92
  - + 42 More Credits
- The Golden Girls
  Sophia Petrillo
  - S 7: Ep 26 One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (2)
    5/9/92
  - S 7: Ep 25 One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (1)
    5/9/92
  - S 7: Ep 24 Home Again, Rose (2)
    5/2/92
  - S 7: Ep 23 Home Again, Rose (1)
    4/25/92
  - S 7: Ep 22 Rose: Portrait of a Woman
    3/7/92
  - + 176 More Credits
- Empty Nest
  Sophia Petrillo (seasons 7-8)
  - — Empty Nests
    5/16/87
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 16 September 29 - October 3, 1986 - Friday
    10/3/86
  - S 1: Ep 15 September 29 - October 3, 1986 - Thursday
    10/2/86
  - S 1: Ep 14 September 29 - October 3, 1986 - Wednesday
    10/1/86
  - S 1: Ep 13 September 29 - October 3, 1986 - Tuesday
    9/30/86
  - S 1: Ep 12 September 29 - October 3, 1986 - Monday
    9/29/86
Guest Star (34)

Role
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself/Archive Footage
  - S 9: Ep 4 Bea Arthur
    1/20/03
- TV Tales
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Golden Girls
    9/18/02
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 26 Estelle Getty
    1/15/01
  - S 6: Ep 7 Rue McClanahan
    1/1/00
  - S 6: Ep 6 Betty White
    1/1/00
- Ladies Man
  Sophia Gates
  - S 1: Ep 22 Romance
    5/15/00
- The Nanny
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 8 Making Whoopi (3)
    11/18/98
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 21 Show #452
    10/5/98
  - S 1: Ep 50 Show #50
    9/4/96
- Duckman
  voice of Aunt Jane
  - S 4: Ep 21 Westward, No!
    6/28/97
- Brotherly Love
  Myrna Burwell
  - S 2: Ep 7 Motherly Love
    11/3/96
- Touched By an Angel
  Dottie
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Sky Is Falling
    11/3/96
- MTV Movie Awards
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 1 1996 MTV Movie Awards
    6/8/96
- The John Larroquette Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 17 Here We Go Again
    3/12/96
- The Generation Game
  Show Guest
  - S 16: Ep 5 Jim Davidson's Generation Game
    11/18/95
- The Crew
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Goin' Hollywood
    11/2/95
- Nurses (1991)
  Sophia Petrillo
  - S 3: Ep 9 Temporary Setbacks
    11/20/93
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 19 September 30, 1993
    9/30/93
  - S 4: Ep 115 February 21, 1992
    2/21/92
  - S 3: Ep 245 August 22, 1991
    8/22/91
  - S 3: Ep 162 April 24, 1991
    4/24/91
  - S 2: Ep 77 December 19, 1989
    12/19/89
  - + 2 More Credits
- Mad About You
  Aunt Ida
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 94 February 18, 1992
    2/18/92
  - S 2: Ep 36 October 30, 1989
    10/30/89
  - S 1: Ep 20 January 30, 1989
    1/30/89
- One On One With John Tesh
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 105 February 17, 1992
    2/17/92
- Empty Nest
  Sophia Petrillo
  - S 4: Ep 8 Windy
    11/9/91
  - S 1: Ep 10 Libby's Gift
    12/17/88
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 43: Ep 1 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/25/91
- Blossom
  Sophia Petrillo
  - S 1: Ep 7 I Ain't Got No Buddy
    2/11/91
- The Fanelli Boys
  Dr. Newman
  - S 1: Ep 15 Doctor, Doctor
    1/12/91
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 1 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/91
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 42: Ep 1 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/16/90
- The Marsha Warfield Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 85 August 3, 1990
    8/3/90
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 194 July 20, 1990
    7/20/90
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 187 October 16, 1989
    10/16/89
  - S 1: Ep 6 January 16, 1989
    1/16/89
- Newhart
  Miriam
  - S 3: Ep 22 What Makes Dick Run
    5/28/85
- Hotel
  Roberta
  - S 2: Ep 1 Intimate Strangers
    9/26/84
- Cagney & Lacey
  Mrs. Rosenmeyer
  - S 3: Ep 5 Baby Broker
    4/30/84
- Fantasy Island
  Money Lady
  - S 7: Ep 18 The Mermaid and the Matchmaker / The Obsolete Man
    3/24/84
- One of the Boys
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Don't Bank on It - Part 2
    4/17/82
- The Golden Girls
  Flashbacks (only) as Sophia Petrillo
  - S 7: Ep 27 The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
- It's Like, You Know...
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 17 Lust for Life
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Bob Hope Show
  Herself
  - S 37: Ep 1 Bob Hope Lampoons the New TV Scene
    9/15/86

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- After The Golden Girls became a hit, Estelle bought the first house she ever owned in her life.
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- In 1982 Estelle won the Helen Hayes Award in the category of "Best Supporting Performer in a Touring Show" for her work in the play Torch Song Trilogy.
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- Estelle attended the New School for Social Research in New York. She also trained in New York's Herbert Berghof Studio.
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- Estelle: (about raising her two sons) I can't say I enjoyed it. That was in the days of Dr. Spock. It was a real chore being a mother in those days. It was terrible. Awful. Not fun at all.
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- Estelle: (on her fellow "Golden Girls") We sure were simpatico! We'd laugh at the same jokes, we had the same feelings about animals and about the world. It was quite remarkable.
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- Estelle: If you're a beautiful older woman, then you may get work. But if you're a plain older woman, or a fat older woman, or a short older woman, you'll find it harder to get a job.
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