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Estelle Costanza is a fictional character portrayed by Estelle Harris in the TV series Seinfeld.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Contest (season 4), they were 64 years old.
They appear in 27 episodes out of a total of 173 aired and have accumulated 355 positive votes.
The character of Estelle Costanza is mainly associated with George Costanza, Frank Costanza and Morty Seinfeld.

Estelle Costanza

by Estelle Harris

character

Episodes27

  • 9.5
    /10

    The Contest

    episode S4.E11 november 1992
    George's mother throws her back out when she falls down after catching George performing a personal act; the gang partakes in a contest of self-denial.
  • 9.4
    /10

    The Outing

    episode S4.E17 february 1993
    A prank by Elaine leads a newspaper journalist to think that Jerry and George are gay.
  • 8.2
    /10

    The Handicap Spot

    episode S4.E22 may 1993
    At Kramer's insistence, George parks his Dad's car in a handicap spot. After a woman is injured because of it, George becomes his Dad's butler while Kramer tries to help the woman.
  • 8.8
    /10

    The Puffy Shirt

    episode S5.E2 september 1993
    Kramer and his soft-spoken friend Leslie start a new line of clothing and Jerry accidentally agrees to wear it on the Today show.
  • 8.1
    /10

    The Sniffing Accountant

    episode S5.E4 october 1993
    The gang gets suspicious of their accountant.
  • 8.3
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    The Non-Fat Yogurt

    episode S5.E7 november 1993
    Kramer invests in a new non-fat yogurt store.
  • 8.4
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    The Cigar Store Indian

    episode S5.E10 december 1993
    Jerry is deemed a racist when he purchases a Native American statue for Elaine. Kramer tries to get Elaine's company to publish his coffee table book. Elaine runs into a really creepy man on the subway who steals Frank's TV Guide and follows her to the Costanza's house. Meanwhile, George gets grounded when he has sex with a woman in his parents' bed.
  • 8.1
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    The Conversion

    episode S5.E11 december 1993
    George changes his religion to Latvian Orthodox to keep his girlfriend happy; Jerry becomes curious as to why his girlfriend needs fungus cream.
  • 8.4
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    The Raincoats

    episode S5.E18 april 1994
    Jerry and his latest girlfriend finally get alone time when they go on a date to see "Schindler's List", where Newman oversees them making out.
  • 8.6
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    The Fire

    episode S5.E20 may 1994
    George struggles to keep his cool in a fire. Elaine's co-worker heckles Jerry's act, and Jerry's retaliation causes an accident where Kramer has to save the day.
  • 9.5
    /10

    The Opposite

    episode S5.E22 may 1994
    George decides to turn his life around by doing the exact opposite of what he would usually do. Elaine is having a lot of bad luck. Jerry keeps breaking even. Kramer gets the coffee table book published.
  • 8.1
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    The Chinese Woman

    episode S6.E4 october 1994
    George's telephone line crosses with that of a woman named Donna Chang, and everyone seeks her advice when she convinces them that she's Chinese. Jerry winds up dating her. Things get worse when Frank and Estelle announce a separation. Jerry and Elaine can't seem to figure out why Frank Costanza is having mysterious business dealings with a man in a cape.
  • 8.2
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    The Doorman

    episode S6.E17 february 1995
    Jerry is inconvenienced by a tenacious doorman at an apartment building; Kramer robs George on the street to put on a show for a group of German tourists.
  • 8.7
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    The Fusilli Jerry

    episode S6.E20 april 1995
    Frank has an unfortunate accident involving one of Kramer's pasta sculptures; Kramer gets the wrong license plates; Jerry becomes disturbed when he finds out that his mechanic used his personal sex move on Elaine.
  • 8.6
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    The Engagement

    episode S7.E1 september 1995
    While sitting in the coffee shop, Jerry and George resolve to grow up and take life more seriously. Jerry decides to call the woman he recently broke up with - because she shushed him. For his part, George has been thinking a lot about his former girlfriend Susan. After imagining the ideal life they could have together, he goes to her apartment and proposes. She accepts and George almost immediately begins to have second thoughts, especially after Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend a second time. Elaine meanwhile is having trouble with a neighbor's barking dog and enlists the help of two professionals to get rid of the problem: Kramer and Newman.
  • 8.8
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    The Rye

    episode S7.E11 january 1996
    After George's parents take back the bread they gifted to Susan's parents, George makes Jerry find another loaf and tries to appease Susan's parents by taking them on Kramer's Manhattan horse tours, to disastrous consequences.
  • 8.6
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    The Caddy

    episode S7.E12 january 1996
    Elaine's floozy former ex-roommate Sue Ellen Mischkie returns. George locks his keys in his car and leaves it in the Yankees parking lot. Elaine, out of spite, buys Sue Ellen a bra for a birthday gift as she has never worn one. George, having successfully convinced Wilhelm and Steinbrenner that he's putting in extra hours, decides to skip town with Susan after learning that her father rebuilt the cabin. So George asks Kramer and Jerry to go to Yankee Stadium and take the fliers off of his car. The car is really dirty, and Jerry and Kramer decide to go take it to the car wash. But along the way, they see Sue Ellen wearing the bra as a top. Jerry and Kramer get distracted and crash George's car. They return the damaged car back to Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner, having seen the damage, and with George nowhere in sight, thinks George is dead. Kramer injures his arm in the accident, and his golf game is ruined. Elaine decides that Sue Ellen is a menace to society, and Kramer hires smooth-talking attorney Jackie Chiles to represent them. Unfortunately, the trial is jeopardized when Kramer asks Stan The Caddy for advice.
  • 8.4
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    The Shower Head

    episode S7.E15 february 1996
    Peterman wants Elaine to go to Africa, but when Elaine tests positive for Opium in her physical, that means no dice. George tries to convince his parents to move to Florida so that he finally gets his "buffer zone", but they have problems with Jerry's parents. Kramer and Newman scheme to buy black market shower heads when the building switches to low-flow ones.
  • 8.1
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    The Doll

    episode S7.E16 february 1996
    George freaks out when he discovers that Susan has a doll that looks exactly like his mother. Jerry decides to use that as a bit on the Charles Grodin show when his prop gets destroyed in his carry-on luggage, but fellow comedian Sally Weaver screws up his bit by bringing him the wrong doll.
  • 8
    /10

    The Fatigues

    episode S8.E6 october 1996
    Jerry's new girlfriend's mentor is dating Bania. Kramer volunteers to host a Jewish singles mixer. George tries to study up on risk management. Elaine promotes a man she is afraid to fire.
  • 8.4
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    The Andrea Doria

    episode S8.E10 december 1996
    A survivor of a shipwreck beats George out of an apartment, so George decides to tell the landlords the tragedies of his life in hopes of getting it back based on pity.
  • 7.7
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    The Money

    episode S8.E12 january 1997
    Jerry's parents believe he is financially unstable. Kramer has trouble sleeping with his girlfriend. Elaine enjoys her position as President of the J. Peterman catalog. George hopes to get his parents' money when they die.
  • 8.8
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    The Serenity Now

    episode S9.E3 october 1997
    Jerry opens up his feelings. Elaine is getting hit on by the Jews. Kramer gets a screen door. George helps his father sell computers.
  • 8
    /10

    The Junk Mail

    episode S9.E5 october 1997
    Kramer is annoyed with the catalogs he keeps getting in the mail. Elaine falls in love with a guy because of his smile. George's parents are avoiding him. Jerry can't find it in his heart to reject a gift from an old school friend.
  • 9
    /10

    The Merv Griffin Show

    episode S9.E6 november 1997
    George runs over a flock of pigeons. Jerry's girlfriend has a vintage toy collection she won't let him touch. A new co-worker is freaking Elaine out. Kramer rebuilds the set of "The Merv Griffin Show" in his apartment.
  • 8.7
    /10

    The Strike

    episode S9.E10 december 1997
    Jerry goes out with a woman who is beautiful one day and ugly the next. Kramer goes back to work at H&H Bagels. George makes up a charity. Elaine gives a fake number to a man.
  • 7.8
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    The Finale

    episode S9.E22 may 1998
    After George and Jerry land a production deal with NBC, the four head out for Paris on NBC's private plane and are waylaid in a small Massachusetts town.

Best moments9

  • 8.4
    /10
    2% of the votes

    The Cigar Store Indian

    episode S5.E10 december 1993
    Jerry is deemed a racist when he purchases a Native American statue for Elaine. Kramer tries to get Elaine's company to publish his coffee table book. Elaine runs into a really creepy man on the subway who steals Frank's TV Guide and follows her to the Costanza's house. Meanwhile, George gets grounded when he has sex with a woman in his parents' bed.
  • 8.1
    /10
    2% of the votes

    The Chinese Woman

    episode S6.E4 october 1994
    George's telephone line crosses with that of a woman named Donna Chang, and everyone seeks her advice when she convinces them that she's Chinese. Jerry winds up dating her. Things get worse when Frank and Estelle announce a separation. Jerry and Elaine can't seem to figure out why Frank Costanza is having mysterious business dealings with a man in a cape.
  • 9.5
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Contest

    episode S4.E11 november 1992
    George's mother throws her back out when she falls down after catching George performing a personal act; the gang partakes in a contest of self-denial.
  • 8.8
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Rye

    episode S7.E11 january 1996
    After George's parents take back the bread they gifted to Susan's parents, George makes Jerry find another loaf and tries to appease Susan's parents by taking them on Kramer's Manhattan horse tours, to disastrous consequences.
  • 8.8
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Puffy Shirt

    episode S5.E2 september 1993
    Kramer and his soft-spoken friend Leslie start a new line of clothing and Jerry accidentally agrees to wear it on the Today show.
  • 8.1
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Conversion

    episode S5.E11 december 1993
    George changes his religion to Latvian Orthodox to keep his girlfriend happy; Jerry becomes curious as to why his girlfriend needs fungus cream.
  • 8.8
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Serenity Now

    episode S9.E3 october 1997
    Jerry opens up his feelings. Elaine is getting hit on by the Jews. Kramer gets a screen door. George helps his father sell computers.
  • 7.7
    /10
    1% of the votes

    The Money

    episode S8.E12 january 1997
    Jerry's parents believe he is financially unstable. Kramer has trouble sleeping with his girlfriend. Elaine enjoys her position as President of the J. Peterman catalog. George hopes to get his parents' money when they die.
  • 8.7
    /10
    0% of the votes

    The Strike

    episode S9.E10 december 1997
    Jerry goes out with a woman who is beautiful one day and ugly the next. Kramer goes back to work at H&H Bagels. George makes up a charity. Elaine gives a fake number to a man.

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