Estelle Getty

[kenmorepeter5ab]

Estelle Getty was dies by Tuesday July 22 (today), she was 84 year old, it's from "Golden Girls".

Peter (kenmorepeter5ab) (I'm deaf) :-|

 

[tlee618]

I just read about this as well! She will be missed. She really made the "Golden Girls" show IMHO!

 

[nmaineman36]

Wow we were talking about her this past weekend in Ptown at the pool. Some said she was dead some like me said she was still alive. I guess now she is gone. Mental note taken that she passed. She was a hot sh-t!

 

[jakeseacrest]

Does anyone remember this line..." Why are there 17 pairs of hooters on the coffee table?" One of my favorites!

 

[bajaespuma]

I liked her a lot. I remember her great performance as Cher's mother in "Mask". Class act.

 

[maytagbear]

She was in the BROADWAY

version of "Torch Song Trilogy," and it was very sad that she did not get the film version. Anne Bancroft, while an excellent actress, was not really right for the role of Ma Beckoff.

This is a painful blessing for those closest to her, it was no secret that she had a dementia, possibly Alzheimer's Disease, for many years.

I liked her a great deal.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[dirtybuck]

(Sophia talking to Rose, who wants to give egg yolks to homeless people) "Rose, you've got a good heart, but I don't know where in the hell your mind is."

 

[dirtybuck]

DAMN...I flubbed it!

Line should be: "Rose, you've got a good heart, but I don't know where the hell your BRAIN is."

 

[jeffg]

Tidbit

Bea Arthur is, or was, six months older than Estelle Getty (who played her mother on Golden Girls).

R.I.P. Estelle

 

[frigilux]

I don't watch the GGs often, but Estelle was really funny on that show, and got most of the best lines. I understand she had a lot of dementia-related problems the last decade of her life; So sad. Glad she able to find a large audience via a hit TV show. She certainly was talented.

It would have been great to see her as the Mom in Torch Song Trilogy; I've only seen the movie version, with the wonderful Anne Bancroft in that role.

 

[andrewinorlando]

I don't know what memories of the Estelle Getty and the Golden Girls everyone here has, but there is one thing about that show, and its impact on society that I will never forget. It used to air on Saturday nights during its run, I think at 8 PM. When the show came on, everything at the gay bars in Greenwich Village used to stop, the music, the dancing...everything, so that the crowds could watch the Golden Girls. It's quite a profound memory......they really were a gift, and Estelle was very pro-gay.

 

[rpm]

Bye Estelle

I heard Rue and Betty would sometimes host gay Family Feud.
Name a reacurring character on Golden Girls.
Big Daddy,Miles,Stan,Sophia's sister,can't think of her name,played by Nancy walker.
I heard it was hosted in Greenwich Village.
I have an old ad from that somewhere.
How cool would that have been?
Apparently when Rue was in Toronto,one of her favorite places to go after a show was Church Street.
I think Woody's has a pic of her on the wall.

 

[jons1077]

rpm

You're referring to Aunt Angela. The one who told Sophia she must only pay a buck and a half to get her hair done. I bought every season of this show and watched every new episode while I was growing up. It was brilliant! Estelle was such a hoot and I'm so sorry she's gone now. She'll always be "Ma!"

 

[air-waycharlie]

I can only add how.........

wonderful Estelle was. I absolutely adored her in the, "Golden Girls." I loved it when she would start a start a story with, "Picture, it.....a peasant girl from Italy......"

How can we forget her in, "Torch Song Trilogy"?

My Grandmother and Father died due to the results of Dementia/Alzheimer's disease. It has to be a blessing on some level for her family and her friends including the cast mates, Bea Arthur and Rue McClanhan.

We own all the shows that are available on DVD and it is almost a daily ritual when we are home, to watch 2-3 episodes from 5 to 6 PM.

And, yes, she gives a wonderful meaning to, "Thank you for being my friend".

Charlie

 

[pturo]

When returning from the movies:
"Whatever ya do, don't take Rose(Nyland) to a movie, she goes through Kleenex faster than Blanche goes through headboards."

Upon joining the convent:
"Goodby pussycat, I love you"
"Rose, I actually think I will miss your birdbrained stories."
"Blanche, you're still a slut"

 

[whitekingd]

Remember when Dorothy's friend fell in love with Rose? And Blanche thought lesbian was Lebonese? Sophia gave the classic response, "Don't tell Rose, it'll break her heart to find out Danny Thomas is a lesbian!"

We loved you Estelle!!!!!

 

[MikeS]

It's amazing how much we gay men love our strong, outspoken women. And "The Golden Girls" was one of those truly gay-friendly series that appealed to just about everybody. It was indeed the "Ugly Betty" of its time. By the way, did anyone see the "Ugly Betty White" parody on the TV Land awards a year or two back? Funny stuff, and proof Miss Betty still has the touch.
So did Estelle Getty. Not only was she funny as Sophia, but she also brought depth and humanity to what could have been a one-note character. (One of my favorite "GG" episodes was the death of her straight, cross-dressing son Phil; her grief and questioning why he wore women's clothing was truly heartbreaking. It was also real.)
It's sad to know that Estelle Getty didn't know how much she and her character was loved by a new generation of viewers who didn't watch "The Golden Girls" every Saturday night at 9 PM the way many of use eagerly did. But she won't be soon forgotten.
Prime Sophia Quote: "Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: number one, hold fast to your friends; number two, there's no such thing as security; and number three, don't go see 'Ishtar.' Woof."

 

[jeffg]

Betty White has a nasty and terribly funny side. At the roast of William Shatner she said (in her perfect Sue Ann Nivens voice), "Everyone knows Shatner's nuts. But George Takei knows what they taste like."

Takei was there too, so it didn't come out like a gay slur.

 

[spiceman1957]

Estelle

She will be remembered as a hard working actress that loved her sons very much, as was especially loved in the Gay community. I read that it took her more than two autions to get her part on GG Is it just me or does anyone here see a little Sophia in all of our mothers?