Estelle Costanza
Posted on 16. Sep, 2011 by admin in Characters
She is the mother of George Costanza and is married to Frank Costanza. George once stated that he has never heard her laugh (“The Puffy Shirt”), though she clearly laughs in “The Shower Head”, a subsequent episode.
A stereotypically overbearing, obnoxious sitcom mother, Estelle spends virtually all her time screeching at Frank and George. She and Frank have a love-hate relationship: they seemingly cannot stand each other, and yet stay together out of habit (or because no one else can stand them). They are briefly separated, however.
George lives with Frank and Estelle until well into his adult life. He is often humiliated by her very existence, and largely blames her for his being a neurotic failure. He is still emotionally tied to her, however. During his parents’ separation, he frets constantly over the collapse of his family — not because he loves or even likes them, but because he cannot stand the thought of his parents being “out there” in the dating world with him. He also finds the idea of making two visits on holidays to be entirely distasteful.
Estelle maintains cool, distant relations with Jerry’s parents, Morty and Helen, because she thinks they are snobs. The Seinfelds in turn avoid the Costanzas, not out of superiority, but because they (like most of the people who know the Costanzas) cannot stand them. She has a flirtatious friendship with George’s friend Kramer, however, which is the source of much friction between her and Frank.
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