Estelle Getty
Snapshot
DOB
25 July 1923, New York, New York, USA
25 July 1923, New York, New York, USA
Height
4' 10 1/2"
4' 10 1/2"
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Filmography
Actor:
1. The Million Dollar Kid (2000) .... Sister...2. Stuart Little (1999) .... Grandma Estelle...
3. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) .... Tutti...
4. Mannequin (1987) .... Claire Prince Timkin
5. Mask (1985) .... Evelyn
Trivia
- Getty played mother to Bea Arthur on "Golden Girls, The" (1985), however, Bea is actually 2 1/2 months older than Estelle. Estelle being born July 25, 1923 and Bea was born May 13, 1923.
- Getty's career actually began when she was much younger on the borscht belt circuit and Yiddish stage, but she gave it up to raise a family. She returned to acting much later and became a hit on Broadway as Harvey Fiersteins meddling mom in "Torch Song Trilogy". It was the L.A. tour of this show that led to her being cast in "Golden Girls, The" (1985) and at age 62 she became an "overnight" TV star.
- Retired in 2000 after revealing she had Parkinson's disease.
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