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Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923
in New York City) is an 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 is
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 is 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 has Parkinson's
disease and osteoporosis. In 2002, it was revealed
to the media that she is also suffering from
Alzheimer's disease.

==Selected Filmography==
*Stuart Little (1999 in film|1999)
*Empty Nest (1988 in television|1988) (TV series)
(1994 in television|1994–1995 in
television|1995)
*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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