When The Golden Girls premiered in the 1980s ... Rose Nylund (Betty White), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty). Unlike many portrayals of older women on ...

Few shows knew this better than The Golden Girls, the sharp-tongued comedy ... and Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo. In a single 22-minute episode of the series, the women would often meet new ...

The featured image highlights the ages of the characters played in both series, who were said to be mostly in their 50s, apart from the Sophia Petrillo character from The Golden Girls, who was ...