Estelle Harris, actress of ‘Seinfeld’ and voice of Mrs. Potato in ‘Toy Story’, dies

Estelle Harris, actress of ‘Seinfeld’ and voice of Mrs. Potato in ‘Toy Story’, dies

The actress who played Estelle Costanza on ‘Seinfeld’ has died at the age of 93

    Estelle Harristhe actress who played Estelle Costanza in ‘Seinfeld’ and who gave voice to Mrs. Potato in the ‘Toy Story’ saga, has died at the age of 93. Michael Eisenstadt, her representative, reported that the artist died of natural causes on April 2.

    Harris began her career in various commercials and two small roles in the 1977 films ‘Looking Up’ and ‘Summerdog‘, and was gaining weight in productions of the 80s, including a supporting role in ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ by Sergio Leone. She had more of a television presence, with a recurring character on ‘Night Court‘ and some star appearances in ‘married with children‘, until in 1992 he started working on ‘Seinfeld‘.

    Harris’s most remembered role will forever be that of Estelle Costanza, George’s mother (Jason Alexander) on ‘Seinfeld,’ where he appeared in 27 episodes. The trio formed by Harris, Alexander and jerry stillerthe actor who played Frank Costanza, starred in several of the best comic situations of the legendary series starring Jerry Seinfield.

    seinfeld the shower head episode 15 pictured lr estelle harris as estelle costanza, jason alexander as george costanza, jerry stiller as frank costanza photo by margaret nortonnbcu photo bank

    His popularity made it possible for him to become the voice of Mrs. Potato (Mrs. Potato) in the second, third and fourth films of the ‘Toy Story’ sagahaving an amusing love-hate marital relationship with Mr. Potato from don rickles. Later he voiced other animated characters in movies like ‘Brother Bear’ and ‘Tarzan II‘ and in the series of ‘Hercules’, ‘The Thornberrys’ and ‘Godzilla: The Series‘.

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