Betty White
Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021 ) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning over nine decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the first women to exert control in front of and behind the camera, and the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955. Her most notable 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).
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| Full name at birth | Betty Marion White
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| Claim to fame | her roles as 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)
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| Date of birth | 17 January 1922
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| Place of birth | Oak Park, Illinois, USA
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| Date of death | 31 December 2021
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| Age | 99 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Stroke
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| Resting place | Cremated, Specifically: Ashes given to Glenn Kaplan, the man in charge of Betty's heath care directive
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| Occupation | Actress, Comedian, Writer, Activist
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Weight | 128 lbs (58 kg)
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| Shoe size | 6
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| Residence | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Net worth | $75,000,000 USD
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| High school | Beverly Hills High School
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I'm in the acting business. That's the ego business. When you get offers, the way things are going now you've gotta enjoy it. You've gotta take to time to taste it, and appreciate it and make the most of it.Those offers aren't going to come around all the time. By the time I'm 100...
The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a tough audience to surprise, and a tough audience to write for. It's much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more - I want to say sophisticated.
- Received the Women`s International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1988.
- Started career as the "Phone Girl" on Al Jarvis`s afternoon TV show in L.A.
- James L. Brooks offered her the role of Helen Hunt`s mother in As Good as It Gets (1997). She turned it down because she objected to the treatment of the dog in the film.
- Beloved frequent guest celebrity/panelist on numerous game shows, including every version of "Password" (1961), "The Hollywood Squares" (1965), "Match Game 73" (1973), "The $10,000 Pyramid" (1973), and countless others.
- 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.
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