Betty Marion White Ludden (née White; January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning 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. White is often referred to as "the First Lady of Television," a title used for a 2018 documentary detailing her life and career.
After making the transition to
television from radio, White became a staple panelist of American game shows,
including Password, Match Game, Tattletales, To Tell
the Truth, The Hollywood Squares, and The $25,000 Pyramid;
dubbed "the first lady of game shows", White became the first woman
to receive the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host for the show Just
Men! in 1983. She was also known for
her appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful, Boston Legal, and The
Carol Burnett Show. 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). She gained renewed popularity after her appearance
in the 2009 romantic comedy film The Proposal (2009) and was
subsequently the subject of a successful Facebook-based campaign to host Saturday
Night Live in 2010, garnering her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
White worked longer in television than anyone else in that medium,
earning her a Guinness World Record in 2018.
White received eight Emmy Awards in various categories, three American
Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
and was a 1995 Television Hall of Fame inductee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_White
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