'Golden Girls' star recalled as funny, feisty, frugal

Friends, family attend private memorial service for Estelle Getty Son recalled mother as frugal, very much a child of the Great Depression Getty best known as Sophia on "The Golden Girls" LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Estelle Getty always liked a bargain. Estelle Getty was best known for her role as the acerbic Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls." Despite her sitcom success with "The Golden Girls," son Carl Gettleman told friends and family gathered at a private memorial service Thursday that his mother always chose frugal over flashy. He recounted a time when his Emmy-winning mother's Toyota Tercel was towed out of her assigned parking space at "The Golden Girls" production lot because security thought someone else had parked there. "The Great Depression left an indelible impression on mom," Gettleman said. Getty, who... [read full story]