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Estelle Getty

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Estelle Getty (née Scher; also known as Estelle Gettleman; July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008) was an American actress and comedian, who appeared in film, television, and theatre. [1]

92 relations: A Match Made in Heaven, Actor, Alzheimer's disease, American Comedy Awards, Associated Press, Baker's Dozen (TV series), Bea Arthur, Betty White, Blanche Devereaux, Blossom (TV series), Borscht Belt, Broadway theatre, Brotherly Love (1995 TV series), Cagney & Lacey, California, Catskill Mountains, City (TV series), Copacabana (musical), Deadly Force (film), Dementia with Lewy bodies, Dorothy Zbornak, Duckman, Emmy Award, Empty Nest, Entertainment Tonight, Entertainment Weekly, Fantasy Island, Film, Florida, Given name, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress, Greensboro, North Carolina, Haaretz, Harvey Fierstein, History of the Jews in Poland, HIV/AIDS, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hotel (U.S. TV series), Internet Broadway Database, Intimate Portrait, It's Like, You Know..., Ladies Man (1999 TV series), Lifetime (TV network), Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mad About You, Mannequin (1987 film), ..., Mask (film), New York City, Newhart, No Man's Land (1984 film), Nurse (1981 TV series), Nurses (TV series), Osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, People (magazine), Playbill, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Roomies (TV series), Rose Nylund, Rue McClanahan, Seward Park Campus, Sicily, Sitcom, Sophia Petrillo, Star (magazine), Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Stuart Little (film), Television, Television film, The Baltimore Sun, The Earth Day Special, The Fanelli Boys, The Golden Girls, The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments, The Golden Palace, The Guardian, The Nanny, The New York Times, The Sissy Duckling, The Washington Post, Theatre, Tootsie, Torch Song Trilogy, Touched by an Angel, TV Land, Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, Yiddish theatre, 41st Primetime Emmy Awards. Expand index (42 more) »

A Match Made in Heaven

A Match Made in Heaven is a 1997 television film inspired by actual events.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.

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American Comedy Awards

The American Comedy Awards are a group of awards presented annually in the United States recognizing performances and performers in the field of comedy, with an emphasis on television comedy and comedy films.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Baker's Dozen (TV series)

Baker's Dozen is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 17, 1982 to April 21, 1982.

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Bea Arthur

Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, singer, Marine, and animal rights activist.

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Betty White

Betty Marion White Ludden (born January 17, 1922), known professionally as Betty White, is an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of a female entertainer.

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Blanche Devereaux

Blanche Elizabeth Devereaux (née Hollingsworth) is one of the four main fictional characters on the 1985–1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls, and its CBS spin-off The Golden Palace.

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Blossom (TV series)

Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast for five seasons on NBC.

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Borscht Belt

Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a nickname for the (now mostly defunct) summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster counties in New York.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Brotherly Love (1995 TV series)

Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from September 15, 1996 until May 18, 1997.

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Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Catskill Mountains

The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York.

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City (TV series)

City is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 29 to June 8, 1990.

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Copacabana (musical)

Copacabana is a 1985 American made-for-television musical film, stage musical and nightclub show written by Barry Manilow and based on his 1978 song of the same title.

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Deadly Force (film)

Deadly Force is a 1983 American action film directed by Paul Aaron and written by Ken Barnett, Robert Vincent O'Neill and Barry Schneider.

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Dementia with Lewy bodies

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia accompanied by changes in behavior, cognition and movement.

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Dorothy Zbornak

Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo) is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls, portrayed by Beatrice Arthur for seven years and 180 episodes.

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Duckman

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (commonly known as Duckman) is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on the USA Network from March 5, 1994 through September 6, 1997.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Empty Nest

Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from October 8, 1988, to April 29, 1995.

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Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight (or simply ET) is an American first-run syndicated entertainment television newsmagazine that is distributed by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is an American television series that originally aired on the ABC network from 1977 to 1984.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

The Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst supporting actress of the previous year.

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Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro (formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (הארץ) (lit. "The Land ", originally Ḥadashot Ha'aretz – חדשות הארץ, – "News of the Land ") is an Israeli newspaper.

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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor.

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History of the Jews in Poland

The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over 1,000 years.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California in the United States.

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Hotel (U.S. TV series)

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following Dynasty.

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Internet Broadway Database

The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel.

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Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject.

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It's Like, You Know...

It's Like, You Know... is an American sitcom television series broadcast by ABC.

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Ladies Man (1999 TV series)

Ladies Man is an American television sitcom series starring Alfred Molina as husband, father, son, ex-husband and son-in-law who lives with a number of women under one roof.

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Lifetime (TV network)

Lifetime (previously stylized as lifetime) is an American cable and satellite television channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by the Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mad About You

Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999.

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Mannequin (1987 film)

Mannequin is a 1987 American romantic comedy film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty.

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Mask (film)

Mask is a 1985 American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz with supporting roles played by Dennis Burkley, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, and Richard Dysart.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newhart

Newhart is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons.

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No Man's Land (1984 film)

No Man's Land is a 1984 American made-for-television western film.

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Nurse (1981 TV series)

Nurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982.

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Nurses (TV series)

Nurses is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 14, 1991, to May 7, 1994, developed and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest, which in turn was a spin-off of The Golden Girls.

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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease where increased bone weakness increases the risk of a broken bone.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Playbill

Playbill is a monthly U.S. magazine for theatregoers.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

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Roomies (TV series)

Roomies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 19 until May 15, 1987.

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Rose Nylund

Rose Nylund (née Lindström) is a fictional character featured on the popular 1980s situation comedy The Golden Girls, and its spin-off The Golden Palace.

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Rue McClanahan

Eddi-Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress and comedian best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987.

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Seward Park Campus

The Seward Park Campus is a "vertical campus" of the New York City Department of Education located at 350 Grand Street at the corner of Essex Street, in the Lower East Side/Cooperative Village neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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Sophia Petrillo

Sophia Petrillo is a fictional character from the TV series The Golden Girls, and its spin-offs The Golden Palace and Empty Nest and one episode each of the series, Blossom and Nurses.

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Star (magazine)

Star is an American celebrity tabloid magazine founded in 1974.

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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a 1992 American buddy cop comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty.

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Stuart Little (film)

Stuart Little is a 1999 American live-action / computer animated family film directed by Rob Minkoff.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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Television film

A television film (also known as a TV movie, TV film, television movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television movie, made-for-television film, direct-to-TV movie, direct-to-TV film, movie of the week, feature-length drama, single drama and original movie) is a feature-length motion picture that is produced for, and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the American state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.

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The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990.

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The Fanelli Boys

The Fanelli Boys is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1990-91 prime time schedule.

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The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons.

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The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments

The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments is a 2003 American television special celebrating the 1985–1992 sitcom The Golden Girls starring Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White.

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The Golden Palace

The Golden Palace is an American sitcom produced as a spin-off and continuation of The Golden Girls that aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to May 14, 1993, with reruns airing until August 6, 1993.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Nanny

The Nanny is an American television sitcom which originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling is a children's picture book written by noted actor Harvey Fierstein and illustrated by Henry Cole.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman, with a supporting cast that includes Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis (in her acting debut), and Doris Belack.

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Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American supernatural drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003.

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TV Land

TV Land is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

Victim for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story is an American television movie that first aired on November 12, 1984 on NBC.

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Yiddish theatre

Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community.

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41st Primetime Emmy Awards

The 41st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 17, 1989.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Getty

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