Estelle Harris was born April 4, 1928, in New York City, New York as Estelle Nussbaum.
She was the youngest of two daughters of Issac and Anna Nussbaum.
In 1977 at the age of 49, Harris fulfilled her dream of becoming an actress.
The film detailed the story of three generations of a middle-class New York Jewish family.
Perhaps Harris' most recognizable role was that of George Costanza’s mother Estelle on “Seinfeld.”
“I asked them, ‘What did he do?’
and they all started laughing.
I said, ‘Oh, no, it’s impossible.
It’s impossible.’
But it was very possible, and it was funny” she admitted.
“We yell at each other a lot, but we still talk.
We have a son who comes and goes, and we accept it.
“Nobody had a past like that!
I mean, that poor woman.
I mean, she had everything bad!
Personal life
In 1953 Estelle Harris wed window treatment salesman Sy Harris at the age of 24.
She would later take a part-time job as a bookkeeper by day, pursuing acting at night.
“A hard life stretches you,” she explained (viaThe New York Times).
“Work was very exciting.
I always was artistically fulfilled, which I never was as a stay-home parent with other stay-home parents.
I always felt misplaced.”
