#OnThisDay 1985: The Golden Girls was originally broadcast in the USA. In this clip Betty White and Estelle Getty (who play Rose Nylund and Sophia Petrillo) talk to Terry Wogan about the success of the show. | BBC Archive

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Heute wäre der 98. Geburtstag der US-amerikanischen Schauspielerin † Estelle Getty (eigentlich Estelle Scher Gettleman). Geboren am 25. Juli 1923 in Manhattan, New York City und gestorben am 22. Juli 2008 in Los Angeles. Berühmt wurde Estelle Getty durch die Rolle der knorrig-mürrischen Sophia in der Fernsehserie „Golden Girls“. Estelle Getty verkörperte in der von 1985 bis 1992 in den Vereinigten Staaten gedrehten Serie um eine Seniorinnen-Wohngemeinschaft die sarkastisch-humorvolle Sophia Petr

Happy Birthday, Estelle Getty! The Photos She was truly one mother of a mom...on stage, on film and on TV. A favorite firecracker on 80s and 90s television, tiny character player Estelle Getty became best known for her carping, meddlesome moms - complete with bemused, cynical looks, irreverent digs and dead-pan Henny Youngman-like one-liners. Blunt and down-to-earth off-stage as she was on-, she scored big points with both the young and the old...and all those who fell in between. The middle-cla