Beloved actressEstelle Harris, who famously played George Costanza’s mother Estelle on Seinfeld and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the animated feature Toy Story, has passed away at the age of 93.According to her son Glen Harris, the star died of natural causes at her home inPalm Desert, Californiaon Saturday night.
She was just weeks away from celebrating her 94th birthday, which would have been on April 4.'It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6.25pm,' Glen revealed to Deadline, noting that he held his mother before 'she drew her final breath.'He continued: 'Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy, and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.' Beloved actress Estelle Harris has passed away at the age of 93, according to Deadline She famously played George Costanza’s mother Estelle on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (pictured withJerry Stiller)She was born in April 1928 in Manhattan to Polish immigrants who owned a candy store.
Shegrew up in a Pittsburgh suburb, but eventually moved back to the city and married her husbandSy Harris.The pair had three children together: Eric, Glen, and Taryn.Although her cause of death was not released by the family, the star did undergo surgery to remove cancer from her nose in 2013.She underwent a minor surgery to get rid of the cancerous cells and had to sport a small Band-Aid at the end of her nose.
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