Betty White Add to My Celebs Age 90 Birthday Jan. 17th, 1922 Born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA Height 5' 4"

Betty White's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Golden Girls Rose Nylund Hot In Cleveland Elka The Wild Thornberrys Sophie Hunter The Carol Burnett Show (1967) Various (2) Mama's Family Ellen Jackson Betty White's Off Their Rockers Betty White Pioneers of Television Betty White The Golden Palace Rose Lindst… Bob Sylvia Schm… Bob Hope's Birthday Memories Betty White Carol & Company Trisha Durant Date with the Angels Vicki Angel Make the Connection panelist Betty White The Betty White Show Joyce Whitman The Cross-Wits Betty White The Magnificent Marble Machine Betty White TV Tales Betty White

Main Movie Roles 2012 - Men in Black III 2010 - You Again 2009 - The Proposal 2005 - The Third Wish 2003 - Bringing Down the House 1999 - Lake Placid 1999 - The Story of Us 1998 - Hard Rain 1998 - Holy Man 1962 - Advise & Consent

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Although best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the classic sitcom "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) and the ditzy Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" (1985), Betty White had been in television for a long, long time before those two shows, having had her own series, "Life with Elizabeth" (1952) in 1952. The widow of TV game-show host Allen Ludden, she has been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and is known for her tireless efforts on behalf of animals.


TRIVIA:

• 'James L. Brooks' (qv) offered her the role of 'Helen Hunt (I)' (qv)'s mother in _As Good as It Gets (1997)_ (qv). She turned it down because she objected to the treatment of the dog in the film.
• Is strongly critical of reality television.
• Per her autobiography, White was named "Betty" at birth not "Elizabeth" because her parents did not want her to be saddled with any of the nicknames and derivatives of Elizabeth -- i.e. Beth, Liza, Ellie, etc.
• Admits to having surgery before _"The Golden Girls" (1985)_ (qv), even though the program was about growing old and not having a problem with it.
• Parents' names were Horace and Tess White.
• Attended the same school as 'Jamie Luner' (qv).
• Beloved frequent guest celebrity/panelist on numerous game shows, including every version of _"Password" (1961)_ (qv), _"The Hollywood Squares" (1965)_ (qv), _"Match Game 73" (1973)_ (qv), _"The $10,000 Pyramid" (1973)_ (qv), and countless others.
• Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988.

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