While filming The Golden Girls, however, the crew ran into a different kind of problem. Estelle Getty had to be made to look older in order to play Sophia, but the actor’s own efforts to keep ...

She actually has the lines on her hands," Zimmerman explained of Getty's character. "So, when we would break because of a mistake from Estelle, Betty would go walk over to the bleachers and start ...

Estelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking mother of Bea Arthur’s character on the popular NBC sitcom “The ...

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV’s “The Golden Girls ...

Kids even watched it! Estelle Getty played the oldest member of the bunch as Sophia Petrillo, Dorothy’s (Bea Arthur) sharp-witted mother. As many fans know, she was nowhere near her character ...

Unfortunately, White is the lone survivor of the cast; RIP Bea Arthur, who played sensible Dorothy Zbornak, Estelle Getty, who portrayed Dorothy's mother Sophia Petrillo, and Rue McClanahan ...

To play the first live-action Guy Gardner, Superman's Nathan Fillion drew inspiration from an odd source: the beloved 1980s sitcom, The Golden Girls.

Donation Options Search Search Search The cast of the TV hit series “The Golden Girls” — Bea Arthur (clockwise from left), Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Estelle Getty. AP/File Share For ...

circa 1986. Nan Martin, left, as Frida Claxton, Betty White as Rose Nylund, Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Reu McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux in the ...

The sitcom, starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, focused on the lives of four single, older women who shared a home in Miami. Who was the oldest Golden Girl ...

Marriage to Arthur Gettleman (1947) – Estelle Getty married Arthur Gettleman, a businessman, in 1947. Their marriage lasted until his death in 2004, and they had two children together ...