Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Though no one cared enough to actually make it to her funeral, Golden Girls actress Estelle Getty was beloved in Hollywood, where actors and agents whiling down coke benders at 4 a.m. grew to love...
Teevieo (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
There are few that can capture an audience like this one actress did. Estelle Getty with her role on The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo succeeded. The actress had a long life, and she passed away just a few short days before what would have been her eighty-fifth birthday. She is known for the wise [...]
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Set your DVR — all day today, Lifetime pays tribute to Estelle Getty with a Golden Girls marathon from noon to 5 p.m. ET, starting with the series pilot. The final episode, airing at 4:30 ET, is the one voted by viewers as their favorite Sophia Petrillo episode. Getty died Tuesday , just three days before her 85th birthday. Getty and the Girls have been in my bedchamber more than any other woman —...
J'ADORE JOEY (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Earlier today, one of the most amazing tranny bitches we know, Thomas Onorato , emailed us this link containing some of Sophia Petrillo's most memorable quotes from the Golden Girls. Oh, Estelle, why did you have to go and kick the bucket on us? Thank God for DVDs!!! One of our favorite quotes.... Blanche: Oh, girls.... I'm just in ecstasy. My body is tingling all over. You will never guess what just...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Yesterday I reported that Lifetime TV is airing a 10-episode marathon of Sophia Petrillo-centric episodes of The Golden Girls tomorrow afternoon from 12PM - 5PM in honor of the passing of Estelle Getty but the network has added one more extra little tribute to her memory. Lifetime has been showing a brief memorial to [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
As the wisecracking, tactless octogenarian Sophia Petrillo in the American sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-92), Estelle Getty found worldwide fame in her sixties after spending all her working life on the stage.
Destructoid (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Yesterday, actress Estelle Getty -- best known for her magnificent portrayal of spicy old bat Sophia Petrillo on the 80s television sitcom Golden Girls -- passed away. She was 84. Obviously, we spent most of the day mourning her loss. But we couldn't pass up these videogame tidbits: Join the swinger's club! Maybe Bionic Command Rearmed comes out next week on XBLA and PSN. [ Degenki -- Thanks, Buster!]...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
We're assuming that you've heard the sad news that Estelle Getty — best known for her portrayal of sassy Sicilian octogenarian Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls — passed away. Looking... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Rue McClanahan, who played the sexpot Blanche Devereaux, has released a statement about the passing of her Golden Girls co-star Estelle Getty (who played Sophia Petrillo) following released statements from both Bea Arthur and Betty White (who played Dorothy Zbornak and Rose Nylund respectively). You may sadly recall that Estelle passed away yesterday morning [...]
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Estelle Getty, aka tart-tongued grandma Sophia Petrillo from "The Golden Girls," passed away at the age of 84.
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
This Friday, July 25, Lifetime Television will pay a special on-air and online tribute to Estelle Getty, who played the cantankerous "Sophia Petrillo" on the iconic comedy series [...] Read more!
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Estelle Getty, best known as Sophia Petrillo, the wise-cracking old Sicilian mother of Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur) on The Golden Girls, has passed away yesterday at 5:35am three days before her 85th birthday, after suffering from Lewy Body dementia for...
Celebrity Mound (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Surrounded by her family and caregivers, actress Estelle Getty — known for her role as the wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo on the Golden Girls — died Tuesday morning at her Los Angeles home. She was 84. She was to turn 85 on Friday. Her longtime caregiver Paul Chapdelaine wrote on her Web site: “Sadly, today July 22, 2008 at 5:35 [...]
DISCODAMAGED (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
*OK, we thought she was dead already but now she is: Estelle Getty, who played Sophia Petrillo (the mother) in...
Wulfweard the White (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Sad news that Estelle Getty has died. The cantankerous 'Sophia Petrillo' from The Golden Girls was 84. The wisdom of Sophia: When I turn my hearing-aid up to ten, I can hear a canary break wind in Lauderdale! There's just something I don't like about him. I can't put my finger on it, but if I did, I'd have to wash it. Rose [enters from the kitchen with a pan in her hands]: Do you want to see my vanskap...
