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Even though conversing to Amusement Weekly in 2007 Rue McClanahan tackled stories that Getty had a tricky time memorizing traces for her position as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Ladies. ABCGetty But behind the smiles Rues life was blighted by heartbreak disease and near-death experiences.

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Estelle Getty was already beginning to show signs of Lewy body dementia the disease that killed her in 2008 before the show went off air in 1992.

. Rue admits that Estelle had such severe stage fright that she would blank on tape nights and forget all of her lines. Best known for her role as sassy Italian octogenarian Sophia Petrillo on the successful television situation comedy series The Golden Girls she was born in New York City New York to Polish immigrants. The Golden Girls Betty White Estelle Getty Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur Credit.

We stayed following the audience. LOS ANGELES July 25 UPI -- Estelle Gettys son Carl Gettleman said Gettys former co-stars from The Golden Girls did not attend her funeral in Los Angeles Thursday. Rue McClanahan assumed Estelle Getty forgot lines since she was somehow unconsciously intimidated by Bea Arthur.

Estelle Gettleman née Scher. July 25 1923 July 22 2008 known professionally as Estelle Getty was an American actress and comedian best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls 198592 for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Primetime Emmy Award. 2 Estelle Getty Sophia was traumatized come tape night.

Getty died this week at. Estelle Getty retired from show business in 2000 after revealing she had Lewy Bodies Dementia. Arthur passed away at age 86 of cancer in 2009 and McClanahan died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2010.

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