LOS ANGELES, California (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.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/22/e...obit/index.html

I remember seeing her in Mannequin as being surprised at how much younger she looked than she was on Golden Girls.

I remember seeing her in Mannequin as being surprised at how much younger she looked than she was on Golden Girls.

 

Poor sound quality, but you'll get the point.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rED6dt_bsIU

Call me weird but I loved watching Golden Girls when I was growing up.