Estelle Getty has passed.- Page 2
Estelle Getty has passed.
Bwayfan4
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/06
#25re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:21pmI read somewhere that she was dealing with advanced dementia. Poor thing...hopefully she's at peace now.
#26re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:31pm
What did she pass?
Her driver's test?
A kidney stone?
Jesus saves. I spend.
#27re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:33pmShe'll be missed. Estelle was one of the best!!
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#28re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:58pmThat's really a tacky thing to say when someone is trying to express sympathy. Can't you limit your wisecracks to boards dealing with other matters?
BroadwayEd
#30re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:02pm
KJ is a total ass for saying that.
This woman always made me laugh. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mH8XBq0ykU
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ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#31re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:09pm
This is a thread about remembrance and respect for an amazing performer who left us too soon.
Please leave the quips and quacks to the other threads dealing with crap and such and reality shows. There's enough of them to leave your wisecrack remark about kidney stones.
You know you've pissed Estelle off and now she's giving you the "eye". You'll probably end up passing a kidney stone the size of a bowling ball and maybe a boil on your butt if we're lucky.
"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting
Updated On: 7/22/08 at 07:09 PM
Bodes08
Chorus Member Joined: 7/2/08
#32re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:19pm
She was indeed a very talented, gifted, caring, and beautiful woman.
She will not soon be forgotten. And she's happy now, and no longer suffering.
My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends.
Sophia is the one person who can cheer me up no matter what mood I'm in, everyday at 9 and 9:30 in the morning. For that, I say thank you Estelle.
Rest well.
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#33re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:26pm
This is the saddest news I have heard in a long while... Someone e-mailed me about this at work, it was very upsetting. I was a huge Golden Girls fan.
At least now she can rest in peace, I know she has been suffering for many years now.
Thank you for all the laughs! You will be sorely missed.
ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#34re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:38pm
I am seriously going to go and revisit my Golden Girls DVD collection.
It's going to be so sad for me to know that Sophia is finally with her Sal and she's no longer with us. But you know as long as Golden Girls continues, she's still around to me.
I know there's been comments from Betty, but has anyone heard anything from Rue or Bea?
"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting
#35re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:55pm
She will be missed, she filled many of my saturday mornings here in the UK with Laughter when the Golden Girls was on
May she Rest In Piece and make all the angels laugh XXXx
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#36re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 8:08pm
During the original workshops of 'Dreamgirls' before it opened on Broadway she played a wise cracking old Jewish lady that Effie, now a nurse, took care of to make some money after leaving The Dreams. The part was cut before the show opened on Broadway but due to the contract she signed she was paid for that part for the entire Broadway run. She always said that she used that cheque to pay the phone bill!
What a lady!
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Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 7/22/08 at 08:08 PM
zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#37re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:53pm
It's truly heartbreaking to hear that one of our Golden Girls is no longer with us. We all knew she had been suffering. But in a weird, almost twisted way, it was also good to know all four of the Girls were still with us. We can no longer say that. But we do know that Estelle is now at peace, and her long suffering is over.
Thank you for blessing me with laughter during some of my darkest days, and making my brighter days even brighter.
Picture it. Heaven. 2008.
Thank you for being a friend. We love you.
Updated On: 7/23/08 at 10:53 PM
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#38re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:57pmTremendous actress who always gave a top quality performance. Replacing her with Anne Bancroft (who I loved too) for Torch Song movie was a big mistake, that was Estelle's role. She was indeed a "golden" girl...RIP
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#39re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:17pmwell, for all of those interested, Lifetime(which currently airs Golden Girls episodes), will be doing a tribute to Estelle all day on Friday with a special GG marathon from noon until 5pm(EST).
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#40re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:23pm
I've shed quite a few tears over this.
Estelle was my favorite of the Golden Girls, and there is comfort in knowing that if I'm ever feeling down, I can just pop in one of the DVD's and she will make me smile.
Estelle, thanks for brightening up my life. Love you, miss you, and will remember you always.
You look absolutely terrific, honestly.
#41re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:31pmTo a wonderfully comedic woman, who will be dearly missed!
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#42re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:32pm
KJ...you are absolutely sick. As someone whose grandfather died of Alzheimer's/Dimentia, I take serious offense. Her struggle is NOT something to be made light of, and her strength and bravery at being able to live with it for as long as she could is astounding. How dare you!?
My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
She will be missed. Greatly missed.
#43re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:46pmI might just be sappy, but this makes me so incredibly sad. I wouldn't have expected to (quite honestly) care this much, even though I was more or less raised on the Golden Girls. But I can't help but shed a few tears. She was just so wonderful and brought such happiness to so many people. No offense to the other girls, but Getty's sardonic, crack-like (crack as in a whip, not crack as in a whitney) delivery was the best thing about the show IMHO. She will be missed by many, but will live on in our minds, hearts, and (thankfully) DVD collections.
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#44re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:46pm
A brilliant actress and my favorite on Golden Girls.
The world is a little less golden with Estelle.
Live long and prosper.
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The Insider
Chorus Member Joined: 3/5/08
#45re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:58pmShadey Pines won't miss you more then me!
#46re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:09amSuch sad news! Rest in Peace, Estelle (Sophia) Getty. You will be remembered always!
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bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#47re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:46am
FranzRelax
Leading Actor Joined: 8/4/07
#48re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/23/08 at 12:59amOmg. The "My baby is gone" episode. It makes me cry. Brilliant performance.
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#49re: Estelle Getty has passed.
Posted: 7/23/08 at 1:03am
Sophia: Look Rose, God doesn't make mistakes, we were all put on this planet for a purpose. Blanche, you're here to work in a museum so that art can be appreciated by humanity. Dorothy, you're here as a substitute teacher to educate our youth. And Rose, you're here because the rhythm method was very popular in the 20's.
RIP Estelle.
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