04-22 Remembering Estelle Harris,...

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04-22

Remembering Estelle Harris, born April 22, 1928 and passed away April 2, 2022.

Estelle Harris was an American actress best known for her role as Estelle Costanza, mother of Jason Alexander's George Costanza, in the comedy Seinfeld.

She played the old Nechani woman in the Star Trek Voyager episode "Sacred Ground".

She played a small role as Bridget in Out to Sea (1997). In Toy Story 2 (1999), she provided the voice of Mrs. Potato Head and would continue to reprise the role for the franchise. In 2005, she lent her voice to Mama Gunda in Tarzan II. In The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Harris had a recurring role as Muriel. In 2007, she appeared in Brad Paisley's music video for the song "Online." Harris reprised her role of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 3 (2010). She portrayed Bertha Kristal, the mother of CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, in CBGB (2013).

Her other voice work included Lula in Dave the Barbarian, Mama Lipsky in Kim Possible, Thelma in The Proud Family, Mrs. Turtle in Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, Death's mother in Family Guy, the Old Lady Bear in Brother Bear (2003), and Audrey in Home on the Range (2004). She also provided the voice of Marty's wife in the American Dad! episode "In Country...Club."

Harris reprised her role of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 4 (2019), which was her final film role.