Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Estelle Getty, RIP



(image via guardian)

Tart-tongued Sophia from that significant cultural artifact "The Golden Girls" passed away. From Time:

"Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84.

"Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.

"'She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents,' her son said. 'She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived.'"

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