July
22nd 2008
Posted under Free for All & beatrice arthur & betty white & estelle getty
Estelle Getty who for many years became known as Sophia Petrillo, the racist, sexist, feminist and batty old mother of Dorothy from The Golden Girls, has passed away at the age of 84 at her Hollywood home after suffering with dementia.
Estelle played mother to Bea Arthur’s long suffering character of Dorothy and became known for her sarcastic, wise-cracking one liners which frequently bordered on obscene but won her two Emmy’s during her time with the three Golden Girls, Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan.
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