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Sun 27
The Golden Girls: Son-in-Law Dearest — Estelle Getty
Dorothy's daughter arrives with the news that her husband cheated on her, so she left him.
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Sun 27
The Golden Girls: To Catch a Neighbor — Estelle Getty
Two detectives move in with the girls to stake out their neighbours, who deal in stolen gems.
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Sun 27
The Golden Girls: A Piece of Cake — Estelle Getty
Preparing for a birthday party evokes memories of parties past, including one for Sophia's 50th.
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Sun 27
The Golden Girls: Empty Nest — Estelle Getty
Renee is down because the kids are gone and her husband is busy with his medical practice.
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Sun 27
The Golden Girls: Old Friends — Estelle Getty
In a show about Alzheimer's disease, Sophia befriends a forgetful octogenarian; and Blanche gives away Rose's beloved teddy bear.
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Mon 28
The Golden Girls: One for the Money — Estelle Getty
Sophia's gimmick---selling bottled water from the backyard hose---recalls other wild brainstorms from the past.
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Mon 28
The Golden Girls: Bringing Up Baby — Estelle Getty
After Rose's uncle leaves her custody of his "baby", the girls look forward to being mothers again---until they get a load of baby.
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Tue 29
The Golden Girls: The Housekeeper — Estelle Getty
The new housekeeper's magic powers work wonders for Blanche's love life and Rose's tomatoes, but they spell bad news when she is fired.
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Tue 29
The Golden Girls: Letter to Gorbachev — Estelle Getty
Worried about the threat of nuclear war, Rose pens a letter to Soviet leader Gorbachev---and receives an invitation to Moscow.
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Wed 30
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Wed 30
The Golden Girls: Brotherly Love — Estelle Getty
Blanche makes a move on Ted, the brother of Dorothy's ex, the minute she learns he's a neurosurgeon.
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Thu 1
The Golden Girls: A Visit From Little Sven — Estelle Getty
A visit by Rose's naive cousin Sven takes a turn, with Blanche providing the detour; and Sophia's driving lessons are driving Dorothy nuts.
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Thu 1
The Golden Girls: The Audit — Estelle Getty
An audit leaves Dorothy and Stan gasping: they have 30 days to cough up $2500 apiece.
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Fri 2
The Golden Girls: Three on a Couch — Estelle Getty
The girls consult a shrink about their incompatibility: after five years together they still get on each other's nerves.
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Fri 2
The Golden Girls: Charlie's Buddy — Estelle Getty
A wartime buddy of Rose's husband drops by, and has more on his mind than just a friendly visit.
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Biography
About Estelle Getty
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A 5-foot-tall embodiment of the phrase "Late Bloomer," Estelle Getty was 47 years old when she made her first off-Broadway stage appearance. Getty gained renown in 1982 for her vitriolic performance as Harvey Fierstein's mother in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Torch Song Trilogy. She made the first of several brief film appearances that same year.
When the call went out for an actress to play Sophia Petrillo, a peppery octogenarian whose recent stroke robbed her brain of its "tact"cells, in the upcoming TV series Golden Girls, Getty auditioned, only to be turned down because she was too young for the role. Four auditions later, she landed the part by hiring a makeup artist to add some 20 years to her facial features, wearing a too-big thrift shop dress, and remaining in character throughout the interview. She played Sophia on Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992, reprising the character for the spin-off series Golden Palace (1992) and for two year's worth of appearances on another sitcom, Empty Nest.
For her efforts, Getty won a 1987 Emmy, a Golden Globe, and an American Comedy Award. She also evidently became typecast for life, as witness her Sophia-like co-starring performance in the 1992 Sylvester Stallone vehicle Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
A handful of similar guest-starring roles in popular '90s series, including Mad About You and Touched By an Angel, followed that performance. During her first rush of TV fame, Getty also published her autobiography, If I Knew Then What I Know Now...
So What?. She died of complications related to advanced dementia in the summer of 2008.