Last night we were eating out, and for whatever reason, the restaurant has televisions in the dining area.
Entertainment Tonight was on and one of their stories was that Estelle Getty (best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls) had passed away on July 22, 2008.
I felt like my Grandmother had died again. I'm still feeling a bit of shock over it. Then I looked up her information and learned that she and my grandmother shared July 25th as their birthday .
Lifetime channel is showing the best of Estelle Getty on Golden Girls tomorrow, then they are supposed to show the one voted by viewers as their favorite. So I've been trying to think of my favorite featuring her, and I just can't seem to pick one. She shined on every episode she was in.
I heard on a radio show today that after years of disappointments in the entertainment industry she decided to addition for the role as Sophia on "Golden Girls". After the first audition producers were ready to cut her because she looked to young to be the mom. So she hired a make-up artist to make her look older for her second audition and it worked.
What a feisty character she played.
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