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 Sophie on TV’s The Gold Girls, has died. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said hr son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.
“Estelle always wanted to be an actress, and she achieved that goal beyond her dreams, ”former Golden Girls to-star Rue McClanahan told The Associated Press. “Don’t feel sad about her passing. She will always be with us in her crowning achievement, Sophia.”
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said hr son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.
“Estelle always wanted to be an actress, and she achieved that goal beyond her dreams, ”former Golden Girls to-star Rue McClanahan told The Associated Press. “Don’t feel sad about her passing. She will always be with us in her crowning achievement, Sophia.”
The Golden Girls, featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff’s belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.
Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in Maude, Betty White in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and McClanahan in Mama’s Family. The last character to be cast was Shopia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur’s character.
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