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Estelle Harris, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Toy Story’ actor, dies at 93
WAFB ^ | AP

Posted on 04/03/2022 2:16:24 AM PDT by Gamecock

Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died. She was 93.

As middle-class matron Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable stamp on her recurring role in the smash 1990s sitcom. With her high-pitched voice and humorously overbearing attitude, she was an archetype of maternal indignation.

Trading insults and absurdities with her on-screen husband, played by Jerry Stiller, Harris helped create a parental pair that would leave even a psychiatrist helpless to do anything but hope they’d move to Florida — as their son, played by Jason Alexander, fruitlessly encouraged them to do.

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1 posted on 04/03/2022 2:16:24 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; countess; ...

Frank Costanza: We’ll go out for dinner tonight.

Estelle Costanza: I can’t tonight, I’m busy.

Frank Costanza: What do you mean, busy?

Estelle Costanza: I’m having dinner with someone.

Frank Costanza: With whom?

Estelle Costanza: Sid Farkus.

Frank Costanza: Sid Farkus?! You’re not having dinner with a bra salesman.

Estelle Costanza: Hey, he only sells them. He doesn’t wear them!


2 posted on 04/03/2022 2:25:44 AM PDT by Gamecock ("The prosperity gospel is exactly like marrying someone for their money." -Sean Demars)
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To: Gamecock
Oh that's gold.

"Gold Jerry, that's gold!"

3 posted on 04/03/2022 2:43:50 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Gamecock

4 posted on 04/03/2022 2:50:11 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

One of my favorite episodes. RIP funny lady.


5 posted on 04/03/2022 3:08:26 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Gamecock

I go out for a quart of milk, I come home and find my son treating his body like an amusement park


6 posted on 04/03/2022 3:34:03 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Gamecock

“George likes the bananas!”
“So let him have bananas on the SIDE!”


7 posted on 04/03/2022 4:10:33 AM PDT by fwdude (Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
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To: Libloather
Frank: You have no eye for fashion!

Estelle: I HAVE NO EYE FOR FASHION???!!!!!

8 posted on 04/03/2022 4:13:08 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: Gamecock

I’m re-watching all of the Seinfeld episodes to escape the darkness and stupidity that’s engulfing our country.


9 posted on 04/03/2022 5:34:56 AM PDT by MissEdie (Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
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To: Gamecock

ESTELLE: I knew it. I knew it.. I always knew you always had beautiful hands. I used to tell people. Frank, didn’t I use to talk about his hands?

FRANK: (Looking up from his paper) Who the hell did’ya ever mention his hands to?

ESTELLE: (Getting annoyed) I mentioned his hands to plenty of people!

FRANK: You never mentioned them to me!

GEORGE: (Snaps, then points to the coffee table) Hand me an Emory board.

(Estelle hands an Emory board to George. He takes it, then goes back to his manicure)

ESTELLE: I always talk about your hands - how they’re so soft and milky white..

FRANK: No! You never said milky white!

ESTELLE: (Getting angry) I said milky white!


10 posted on 04/03/2022 5:37:33 AM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: Gamecock

Marking....


11 posted on 04/03/2022 5:42:46 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Gamecock
“Long Island? I thought I was getting advice from a Chinese woman.”

A very funny lady. RIP ...
12 posted on 04/03/2022 5:50:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Gamecock

Estelle Costanza: [on the phone] Let me talk to her.
George: She wants to talk to you. [hands phone to Susan]
Susan Ross: Uh, hello?
Estelle Costanza: Congratulations!
Susan Ross: I just want you to know that I love your son very much.
Estelle Costanza: You do?
Susan Ross: Yes.
Estelle Costanza: Really?
Susan Ross: Yes.
Estelle Costanza: May I ask why?


13 posted on 04/03/2022 7:16:15 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: MissEdie

Yup,
Good Call.


14 posted on 04/03/2022 8:13:45 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (On the Other hand,,, Free Men Choose- - SLAVES OBEY)
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To: Gamecock

Georie, I’m hungry.

Hold on Ma, hold on........


15 posted on 04/03/2022 9:17:56 AM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini (Wake up fellow Patriots before it's too late)
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To: Gamecock

16 posted on 04/03/2022 9:31:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Gamecock; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

Did a great job on “Seinfeld.” RIP.


17 posted on 04/03/2022 9:34:27 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Rebelbase; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion

George: Look at that. They got lobster on the menu. Who would order a lobster here. I mean, do they bring a lobster in everyday hoping *todays* the day.

Estelle: So what if they have a lobster. Suddenly you’re a shell-fish connoisseur.

George: You know, I think we really need to be in front of a television set. You take T.V. out of this relationship, it is *just* torture.

Estelle: So, I’m getting an eye job.

RIP Estelle. Don’t make my cry.


18 posted on 04/03/2022 9:55:24 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

93 is a good run… She was funny as hell. Her and Jerry Stiller were comic genius together one Seinfeld.

RIP Estelle… thank you for the laughs…


19 posted on 04/03/2022 10:27:00 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

She was also great as an over the hill prostitute on “Night Court.”


20 posted on 04/03/2022 11:02:41 AM PDT by Clemenza (I have no tolerance for tolerance)
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