LOS ANGELES — 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 ...
They were our TV friends for seven years, but they’ll also be our friends for a lifetime. On Sept. 14, 1985, The Golden Girls premiered on NBC with a cast of four actresses: Bea Arthur as Dorothy ...