Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty was born in New York City, New York, United States on July 25th, 1923 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 84, Estelle Getty biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Estelle Gettleman (née Scher, 1923-2008), also known as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian.
Sophia Petrillo, a sarcastic and quickwitted senior citizen who appeared on The Golden Girls (1985–1995), Blossom (1990–1995), and Nurses (1991 – 1994).
Mask (1985), a semi-biographical film in which she played Roy L. Dennis' grandmother, and Stuart Little (1999), are two other notable films in which she appeared.
She stopped acting in the early 2000s due to health problems.
Early life
Getty was born Estelle Scher, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, at the family's apartment on 257 East 2nd Street in New York City, which also served as the storefront for the family's glass business. She had a sister Rosilyn "Roz" Scher Howard and a brother Samuel "David" Scher Howard. She was known as Etty as a child, a term that resulted from her sister's inability to say "Estelle" correctly, and it stayed with her throughout her life. Her father owned and operated his own business, including glass windows, in automobiles and trucks, and her mother was a homemaker. Every Friday night, her parents and their family would attend a film and a live vaudeville performance, and Getty decided she wanted to be an actor while watching those performances.
After graduating from Seward Park High School, she continued to live at home with her parents, her father was concerned she would be able to pursue a lucrative career in acting, and served as a secretary as the hours permitted for her to attend auditions in the late afternoon and evening while still having an income.
Personal life
At a party attended by her friends from the New York theater circuit, Arthur Gettleman, who later used as the basis for her stage name, was introduced to her. On December 21, 1947, the two married nine months later. They had two children together, sons Carl Gettleman and Barry Gettleman, and then married until his death on September 24, 2004, at the age of 85. Arthur worked with his father-in-law in glass installation after they wed in the Bronx for a while, but after the births of their two sons, the two boys lived in Bell Park, Queens, in a liberal-minded cooperative established for Jewish veterans of World War II, while Arthur lived in a liberal-minded cooperative established for Jewish veterans of World War II, where they later lived in a liberal-minded cooperative established for Jewish veterans of World War II called Bell Park Gardens. As Getty moved to California to work on The Golden Girls, Arthur had no intention to leave New York and went back to work in the family's glass business, they lived separately for some time in the mid-1980s.
Getty was described by fellow Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell, both influential LGBT activists, as having lost close friends and families to the disease, including her nephew Steven Scher (1962–1986) who sought care for after he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. In Greensboro, North Carolina, her nephew's hometown, in 1996, she later helped open Beacon Place, which was still in operation as of 2021.
Career
For years, Getty gained a reputation for her work as well as raising her two children in New York. Then later, in 1982, she reached her breakthrough role as Mrs. Beckoff in the Broadway production Torch Song Trilogy, a character that playwright Harvey Fierstein had created specifically for her. She received acclaim for her appearance in the film, as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination, and went on to reprise her role in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions for four years. Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions largely inspired Sophia Petrillo of NBC's new sitcom, The Golden Girls, in 1985. To age herself as a mother in her 80s, Getty relied on wigs, clothes, and heavy makeup. In truth, she was a year younger than her television daughter, Bea Arthur, who portrayed Dorothy Zbornak. In 1988, Getty received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the program.
The Golden Girls ended in 1992 after seven seasons (six of the seven seasons in the Nielsen top ten) due to Arthur's decision to look into new projects. For one season before its cancellation, Getty, McClanahan, and White appeared in the show's spin-off, The Golden Palace. Getty was first seen in Empty Nest, Nurses, Blossom, Touched by an Angel, Mad About You, and The Nanny. She had appeared on television and film before and during the filming of The Golden Girls, including the television series Fantasy Island and Cagney & Lacey, the films Tootsie and Mask, and a starring role in Stop! Or, My Mom Will Shoot.
Getty wrote an autobiography titled If I Knew Then, What I Know Now... during her time on The Golden Girls. So what?, with Steve Delsohn's support, was published by Contemporary Books in 1988. In 1993, she released an exercise video for senior citizens.