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,” died ...

And one more note this hour: Actress Estelle Getty died today at the age of 84. She began her career early as a teen doing stand up in the Catskills. But she found her fame late, in her 60s, playing ...

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 ...

A lot of us grew up with The Golden Girls, from their unprecedented success on NBC's Saturday night sitcom lineup to the now-ubiquitous Lifetime reruns. It was a show that probably shouldn't have been ...

UPDATE: Lifetime will be airing Sophia-centric episodes of The Golden Girls this Friday from 12-5pm. Estelle Getty, the Emmy-award winning star from The Golden Girls, died early Tuesday at her ...

Estelle Getty, 84, an actress best remembered for her Emmy Award-winning role on "The Golden Girls" as an abrasive octogenarian robbed of her social tact after a stroke, died July 22 at her home in ...

The Golden Girls was a massive hit comedy in the 1980s and early `90s thanks to its solid ensemble cast of Bea Arthur as Dorothy; Estelle Getty as her mother Sophia; Betty White as Rose; and Rue ...

"The Golden Girls" during a break in taping in Hollywood, Calif., from left: Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White on Dec. 25, 1985. Over seven seasons and 180episodes, four women ...

Emmy winner Estelle Getty, who played meddling mother Sophia on "The Golden Girls," has died. By Duane Byrge, The Associated Press Estelle Getty, who played meddling mother Sophia on “The Golden Girls ...