Estelle Harris: 5 Things About The ‘Seinfeld’ ‘Toy Story’ Actress Dead At 93
03.04.2022 - 18:17
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Estelle Harris passed away on Saturday (April 2) in her home in Palm Desert, California from natural causes. The beloved actress, who played George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) short-fused mother Estelle on the iconic sitcom Seinfeld, was 93.
“It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6:25pm,” her son Glen Harris said in a statement to Deadline. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.”
Find out all about the inimitable actress, below.
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1. Estelle hailed from Manhattan. Born Estelle Nussbaum on April 22, 1928 in the Manhattan borough of New York City, the star later moved to the suburb of Tarentum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where her father made a living as the proprietor of a candy store, according to the Chicago Tribune. She started tapping her comedic talents in high school productions where she realized she “could make the audience get hysterical,” as she told People magazine in 1995.
2. She paused her acting career to raise a family. After Estelle got the acting bug from performing in high school productions, she pursued a career on stage, However, she stepped away from the spotlight in the 1950s to get married and raise a family, per the Tribune. After her children were grown, she got back into acting with dinner theater and commercials. She eventually landed roles on TV shows like the sitcoms Night Court and Married With… Children.
3. Estelle became recognizable from her Seinfeld gig. Estelle made her debut on the famous NBC sitcom during one of its most memorable episodes called “The Contest” in 1992. She brought down the