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Estelle Getty

Born Estelle Scher, Estelle Getty is best remembered as the tart-tongued Sophia Petrillo on TV’s The Golden Girls, Blossom, Empty Nest and on The Earth Day Special

Aliases
  • Estelle Gettleman
  • Stella Getty
  • Estelle Scher
English
Filmography

Stuart Little

1999
as Estelle Little

The Golden Girls

1985
as Sophia Petrillo

Tootsie

1982
as Middle-Aged Woman

Empty Nest

1988
as Sophia Petrillo

Mask

1985
as Evelyn

Mannequin

1987
as Claire Prince Timkin

Team-Mates

1978
as Teacher

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

1984

A Match Made in Heaven

1997
as Betty Weston

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992
as Tutti Bomowski

The Golden Palace

1992
as Sophia Petrillo

The Million Dollar Kid

2000
as Sister Rosanne

Wish Kids

1992

Deadly Force

1983
as Gussie

No Man's Land

1984
as Eurol Muller

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988
as Herself

Guest Star

Episode Blossom
I Ain't Got No Buddy 		1991
Episode The John Larroquette Show
Here We Go Again 		1996
Episode The Crew
Goin' Hollywood 		1995
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Nov 5 1985 Betty White/Bea Arthur/Rue McClanahan/Estelle Getty 		1985
Episode Empty Nest
Libby's Gift 		1988
Episode Hotel
Intimate Strangers 		1984
Episode Baker's Dozen
Dear John 		1982
Episode Ladies Man
Romance 		2000
Episode Cagney & Lacey
Baby Broker 		1984
Episode Empty Nest
Windy 		1991
Episode Nurses
Temporary Setbacks 		1993
Episode The Nanny
Making Whoopi 		1998
Episode Newhart
What Makes Dick Run 		1985
Episode Touched by an Angel
The Sky Is Falling 		1996
Episode Vicki!
The Golden Palace 		1970
Episode Brotherly Love
Motherly Love 		1996
Episode The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls Greatest Moments 		2003
Episode Duckman
Westward, No! 		1997
Episode It's Like, You Know...
Lust for Life 		1970