Estelle Getty News

Attending an auction in Hollywood is only slightly different from loitering in front of Grauman's Chinese.

We just checked in with Bonhams to find out how the sale of some historic showbiz awards fared at its auction June 14.

Some classic Hollywood memorabilia is up for sale. One sure to be fan favorite is the handbag used by actress Estelle Getty while she played the role of Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls." The character was rarely seen without it.

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Bea Arthur and with Golden Girls Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Estelle Getty .

Estelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking mother of Bea Arthur's character on the popular NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday.

Bea Arthur, who has died aged 86, was the leader of the band in The Golden Girls, the US comedy series which networked in the US from 1985 to 1992 and achieved great success in Britain during the halcyon days of Channel 4. As Dorothy Zbornak she was the dominating boss among the four ladies of indeterminate middle to old age living together in ...

Bea Arthur was best known for her role in The Golden Girls. The death of popular actress Bea Arthur, who starred in the US television sitcom The Golden Girls, has been reported in Los Angeles.

They say that a parenta s worst fear is surviving their child, and in my mind Estelle Getty, best known as Sophia on "The Golden Girls" left this world last summer satisfied that her longtime co-star Bea Arthur would be entertaining us for years to come.

This 1975 file photo shows actress Bea Arthur at an unknown location. Family spokesman Dan Watt says the 86-year-old Arthur died at home early Saturday, April 25, 2009.

On June 14, Bonhams & Butterfield will auction off part of the estate of Estelle Getty , who died last July just three days before her 85th birthday.

Bea Arthur, second from left, smiles with "Golden Girls" co-stars, from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan and Betty White.

Do you remember the TV show, The Golden Girls? Remember the eldest lady, Estelle Getty , who could not filter what came out of her mouth? I'm kind of like her nowthankfully my family accepts me.