5. Estelle Getty Got Her Start in Stand-Up
The incredibly talented and equally hilarious Estelle Getty played Dorothy's mother, Sophia. Despite playing the oldest character on the show, Getty was actually a year younger than her on-screen daughter. Getty was also only 5-feet-tall, but she more than made up for that with her larger-than-life personality. After seeing a vaudeville show in her hometown of New York City in 1923, she started singing, dancing, and acting herself. For a while after leaving high school, she then worked as a stand-up comedian at summer resorts in the Catskills.
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