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Betty Marion WHITE #83387

17 JAN 1922 - 21 DEC 2021

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 17 JAN 1922, Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
  • DEATH: 21 DEC 2021, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Notes

Betty Marion Ludden (née White, known professionally as Betty White, was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her vast number of television appearances, acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows.

White produced and starred in the series Life with Elizabeth (1953-1955), thus becoming the first woman to produce a sitcom. After moving from radio to television, she became a staple panelist of American game shows such as Password, Match Game, Tattletales, To Tell the Truth, The Hollywood Squares, and The $25,000 Pyramid. Dubbed "the first lady of game shows", she became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for the show Just Men! in 1983. She then became more widely known for her guest and recurring appearances on shows such as The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, The Bold and the Beautiful and Boston Legal.

White's biggest roles include Sue Ann Nivens on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973-1977), Rose Nylund on the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-1992), and Elka Ostrovsky on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015). She had a late career resurgence when she starred in the romantic comedy film The Proposal (2009) and hosted Saturday Night Live the following year, garnering her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. The 2018 documentary Betty White: First Lady of Television detailed her life and career.

For her lengthy work in radio, television, and film, White twice earned the Guinness World Record for the longest TV career by a female entertainer in both 2014 and 2018. She received various awards and nominations, including seven Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995.

Parents

 
 

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                            _Christen Hans Rasmussen WHITE _|
                           | (1865 - 1941) m 1892           |
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 _Horace Logan WHITE ______|
| (1899 - 1963) m 1921     |
|                          |                                 _Horace Dean LUNDY ____+
|                          |                                | (1836 - 1915) m 1860  
|                          |_Etta K R LUNDY ________________|
|                            (1863 - 1939) m 1892           |
|                                                           |_Catherine Ann HARRIS _
|                                                             (1838 - 1917) m 1860  
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|--Betty Marion WHITE 
|  (1922 - 2021)
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|_Christine Tess CACHIKIS _|
  (1899 - 1985) m 1921     |
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