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Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty

Birthname

Birthday July 25, 1923

Birthplace New York City, NY, United States

Death July 22, 2008

Political Parties Republican Party

Nationality United States Of America

Occupations Television Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Actor, Caca

Characters Portrayed

Sophia Petrillo

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Sophia: Oh, Dorothy. Can I make a little suggestion when you go for your makeover?
Dorothy: Sure. What is it?
Sophia: Don't expect a miracle.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 1: The Custody Battle

Makeover Sick Burns

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Jean is a nice person. She happens to like girls instead of guys. Some people like cats instead of dogs. Frankly, I'd rather live with a lesbian than a cat. Unless a lesbian sheds; that I don't like.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 2: Isn't it Romantic

Lesbians Cat Ladies Shedding Hairballs

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My son married a welder. Too bad she didn't weld his zipper shut. They got ten kids they can't afford.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 1: A Little Romance

Welder birth control Zipper

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Jealousy is an ugly thing, Dorothy. And so are you, in anything backless.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 2: Ladies of the Evening

Jealousy Backless Dresses insults

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I'm an old white woman. I'm not supposed to have color. You want color? Talk to Lena Horne.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 1: The Triangle

Lena Horne White Women

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After 80, every year without a headstone is a milestone!

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 2: A Piece of Cake

old age Milestone Tombstone

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Sophia: [to Rose] There's a man in your bed.
Rose: Sophia, there's not!
Blanche: [to Rose] Why, you devil, you!
Dorothy: So that was what we heard! Rose!
Blanche: Rose got lucky!
Sophia: Not so lucky. The man in your bed is dead.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 1: In A Bed of Rose's

Erotic Fatality Sexual Heart Attack

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Sophia: For starters, Jean is a lesbian.

Dorothy: Ma.

Blanche: What's funny about that?

Sophia: You aren't surprised?

Blanche: Of course not. I mean I've never known any personally, but isn't Danny Thomas one?

Dorothy: Not Lebanese, Blanche. Lesbian.

— Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), The Golden Girls, Season 2: Isn't it Romantic

Lesbian Lebanese Misheard Danny Thomas

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I needed a change, just like they said, so I changed my appearance. The only thing I still had control over.

— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

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Tom Harris: What part of heaven did you fly down from?

Jeannie Biladeau: Oh boy. Mister Harris, I read some of your books and I only hope you're more original in person.

— Tom Harris (William Joyce), I Eat Your Skin

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Webster: You remind me of my mother.

Katherine Calder-Young Papadapoli: I do? Oh, because I was making breakfast.

Webster: No, because you were ruining breakfast.

— Webster Long (Emmanuel Lewis), Webster, Season 1: Happy Un-Birthday

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Must be hard with your sense of direction—never being able to find your way to a decent pickup line.

— Andrea Barr (Amy Acker), Supernatural, Season 1: Dead in the Water

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Rosemary: Is that a Member's Only jacket?

Mauricio: Yes.

Rosemary: So what are you, the last member?

— Mauricio (Jason Alexander), Shallow Hal

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James Keziah Delaney: Such a shallow grave they dug for my father. Are you short of a couple of shillings?

Zilpha Geary: He was buried to the depth of my love.

— James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy), Taboo, Season 1: Episode 1

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Jay: I got us tickets to the party of the year. Want to be my plus-one?

Alex: Too bad going with you is a minus-twenty.

— Alex Nuñez (Deanna Casaluce), Degrassi, Season 5: The Lexicon of Love, Part 1

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Rick: You better be right, sweetheart.

Magnum: Come on, when have I ever been wrong?

Rick: I can't count that high.

— Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck), Magnum, P.I., Season 2: Dead Man's Channel

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Sometimes in life, the gods smile upon you, my friends.

— George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Seinfeld, Season 8: The Comeback

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Crowley: [answering his phone] You're dead.

Sam: Nope. Just using a dead man's phone.

— Jeremy Carver, Supernatural, Season 10: Black

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I didn't recognize you with your clothes on.

— James Bond, The Man With the Golden Gun

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My days of not taking you seriously are certainly comin’ to a middle.

— Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), Firefly, Season 1: Our Mrs. Reynolds

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I got one less problem without ya.

— Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea, Problem (My Everything (Deluxe)

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Were you born on the highway? That is where most accidents happen.

— Unknown, 50 Hilarious Comebacks That Will Shut Everyone Up (And Make You Look Like A Genius)

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