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Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as "The first lady of Television" and "America's Sweetheart". She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, in commercials, and was also a talk show host and a game show host, but is best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois into a Greek-German household, but was raised in Los Angeles, California, and was the second wife of Allen Ludden.
CareerBefore embarking on her television career, White found work modeling as a glamour model. White launched her television career with her portrayal of Elizabeth on Life With Elizabeth from 1953 to 1955. The show, which garnered White her first Emmy Award, was co-produced by White. She also appeared as Vicki Angel on the sitcom A Date With the Angels from 1957 to 1958. She also had her own talk show briefly in 1954 with the original The Betty White Show (not to be confused with her 1970s sitcom of the same name). White made many appearances on the hit game show Password, which she was a regular guest celebrity on from 1961 through 1975; it was through her early appearances on Password that she met the show's host, Allen Ludden, whom she married in 1963 (Ludden died in 1981. White's two previous marriages ended in divorce). In the 1970s and 80s, White appeared on the updated versions of Password on NBC -- Password Plus and Super Password. White also made frequent game show appearances on What's My Line? (starting in 1955), To Tell the Truth (in 1961 and in 1990), I've Got a Secret (in 1972-73), Match Game (1973-1982) and Pyramid (starting in 1982). Both Password and Pyramid were created by White's friend, Bob Stewart. In 1983, White became the first woman to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Game Show Host, for the NBC entry Just Men! Image:Mary8.gif White as Sue Ann on Mary Tyler Moore
Image:Bettynbc2.jpg White as Ellen on Mama's Family From 1983 through 1985, she played Ellen Harper Jackson on the classic show Mama's Family along with future Golden Girls co-star Rue McClanahan. When Mama's Family was picked up in syndication after being canceled by NBC in 1985, White left the show and scored perhaps her most memorable role as the ditzy St. Olaf, Minnesota, native Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls, a show about the lives of four widowed or divorced women in their golden age who shared a home in Miami. The Golden Girls, which also starred Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, was immensely successful and ran from 1985 through 1992. When Bea Arthur left the show in 1992, it was renamed The Golden Palace and moved to another network, CBS. It still featured the characters of Rose, Sophia and Blanche, who sold their Miami home and bought a hotel. The show ran until 1993. White won an Emmy Award, for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, for the first season of The Golden Girls and was nominated again every year of the show's run. Image:Gg bettywhite.jpg White as Rose on The Golden Girls White has won five Emmy Awards, three American Comedy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990), and two Viewers for Quality Television Awards. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the star of her late husband Allen Ludden. After Golden Girls, White frequently guest starred on a number of television programs including Ally McBeal, The Ellen Show, That 70s Show, Everwood, Joey and Malcolm in the Middle. She received Emmy Award nominations for her appearances on Suddenly Susan, Yes, Dear and The Practice. She won an Emmy Award, 1996, for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, appearing as herself on a memorable episode of The John Larroquette Show. In the episode, titled "Here We Go Again", which is a spoof on Sunset Boulevard, a diva-like White convinces Larroquette to help her write her memoirs. The best bit has fellow Golden Girls co-stars Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty appearing as themselves. Larroquette is forced to dress in drag as Bea Arthur, when all four appear in public as the "original" cast members. White makes fun of herself as she envisions her character of Rose as the central character with the other cast members as mere supporting players. Currently, White has a recurring role in ABC's Boston Legal. She plays the vicious, calculating, blackmailing gossip-monger Catherine Piper, which she originally played, as a guest star, on The Practice. Along with her guest appearances in several of writer-producer David E. Kelley's television series, White also appeared in the Kelley-scripted horror film Lake Placid. She also appeared in Hard Rain. Her film debut was in the Otto Preminger-directed political drama Advise and Consent, in which she played a U.S. Senator. She is also a cartoon voice actress who had worked on The Simpsons and King of the Hill. Image:AnnDouglas.jpg Betty White as Ann Douglas.
In January 2007 she became the official spokesperson for 1-800-PETMEDS and was featured in their new-for-2007 advertising campaign. Emmy Award NominationsFor successful Emmy Awards, see the Infobox. Unsuccessful nominations were :
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