choices : news related : SHE WAS A GOLDEN GENIUS OF COMEDY, HOW MUCH OF A LOSS IS SHE REALLY? [+] serious ballot by Barbara_Baby_Cakes ACTIVE Tue Jul 22, 08 - Wed Jul 22, 09 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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." "The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers. The Golden Girls," which ran from 1985 to 1992, was an immediate hit, and Sophia, who began as a minor character, soon evolved into a major one. Audiences particularly loved the verbal zingers Getty would hurl at the other three. When McClanahan's libidinous character Blanche once complained that her life was an open book, Sophia shot back, "Your life's an open blouse." Getty had gained a knack for one-liners in her late teens when she did standup comedy at a Catskills hotel. Female comedians were rare in those days, however, and she bombed. Born Estelle Scher to Polish immigrants in New York, Getty fell in love with theater when she saw a vaudeville show at age 4. She married New York businessman Arthur Gettleman (the source of her stage name) in 1947, and they had two sons, Carl and Barry. The marriage prevailed despite her long absences on the road and in "The Golden Girls." Getty was evasive about her height, acknowledging only that she was "under 5 feet and under 100 pounds." This woman was a classic, I have many relatives that could have played her character, she was a talent of epic proportion and her zingers were equalled to a very few. I enjoyed her not only the fact she was a self made woman, but also she had an uncanny ability to portray many of my female relatives, I will miss her, but hey, when I visit my many aunts she will still be close by... What are your memories and thoughts of this funny lady? She was a comedy classic. She kept me in stitches with her zingers. I loved her comebacks at Blanche. She made the show, the show would not have been as successful without her funny wit. Who the hell is Estelle Getty? She was one of the BEST. Ballot #128435 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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