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Image provided by The Golden Girls USA Played by Estelle Getty, Sophia Petrillo, often known as "Ma" was the favorite of the gang, the matriarch, and was never afraid to throw a comment or two into a conversation to spice it up. Most famously known for her sarcastic remarks about Dorothy's "man" problem, snide comments about Blanche's outfits or amounts of men, rude remarks about Rose's "St. Olaf" stories and "dumbness", and her wild and outrageous stories about her homeland, Sicily. A sentence you'd hear Sophia say repeatedly would be "Picture it....Sicily...". Her daughter, Dorothy, would often threaten her with "Shady Pines" which was the nursing home Dorothy had put Sophia in after Sophia suffered a slight stroke which as Dorothy quoted "rendered her totally annoying." But then there's the soft side to Sophia. She was very wise, and had quick wit. She had once quoted after she found out Blanche's brother, Clayton was gay, that "no one could keep a secret from Sophia Petrillo." Sophia was also very charitable. She did volunteer work at the Hospital, and was always trying to help the less fortunate in some way. There were the sweet episodes that just melts the heart, like the episode where she meets Alvin. Sophia is a character all of her own, and can never be matched or replaced. |
