White, Betty
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Birthname | Betty Marion White | ||||
born on | 17 January 1922 at 18:38 (= 6:38 PM ) | ||||
Place | Oak Park, Illinois, 41n53, 87w47 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actress and comedian, refreshingly open, focused and patient who found great popularity on network TV from 1952 and is best known for the mega-hit sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-1992), one of the many highlights of her eight-decade career in the entertainment industry.
Her many other sitcoms include Life With Elizabeth (1953-1955), Date With An Angel (1957-1958) and The Betty White Show (1977-1978). She rated an Emmy for her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973-1977) leading to a total of eight Emmys achieved in her career. She narrated the Tournament of Roses Parade for 20 years and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for ten years. In 1995 White was indicted into the Television Hall of Fame. Her autobiography, Betty White In Person was published in paperback in 1988.
A pioneer of early television, White 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.
She was married three times. Her first marriage in 1945 to Dick Barker ended the same year. She married Lane Allen in 1947 but it was also a short-lived relationship. The couple divorced in 1949. Her third marriage, to TV host Allen Ludden, the love of her life, lasted for 18 years, 1963-1981, when he died of cancer. She was able to spend three years nursing her mother after the death of her husband and admitted that she was grateful that she didn't have to deal with the losses simultaneously.
She hosted a syndicated series about animals, wrote five pet books, and served for 26 years as the President emeritus of the Morris Foundation, which seeks cures for animal diseases, accomplishing the development of vaccines for dogs, cats and horses in destroying a number of previously fatal diseases. White was also a trustee for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association since 1974.
In May 2010 by popular demand she hosted Saturday Night Live. Her last sitcom was Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015), upbeat as ever, she was still acting well into her 90s. In 2019, White joined the voice cast of Pixar's Toy Story 4. She provided the voice of Bitey White, a toy tiger that was named after her.
White worked longer in television than anyone else in that medium, earning her a Guinness World Record in 2018.
Betty White, the "First Lady of Television," died of natural causes at her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on the morning of 31 December 2021, seventeen days before what would have been her 100th birthday.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Arthur, Bea (born 13 May 1922). Notes: Co-stars on "The Golden Girls," 1985-1992
- associate relationship with Asner, Ed (born 15 November 1929). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- associate relationship with Bertinelli, Valerie (born 23 April 1960). Notes: Co-stars on "Hot in Cleveland"
- associate relationship with Entertainment: Boston Legal (born 3 October 2004). Notes: Played Catherine Piper, 2005-2008
- associate relationship with Entertainment: The Bold and the Beautiful (born 23 March 1987). Notes: Played Ann Douglas, 2006-2009
- associate relationship with Entertainment: The Golden Girls (born 14 September 1985). Notes: Played Rose Nylund, 1985-1992
- associate relationship with Entertainment: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (born 19 September 1970). Notes: Played Sue Ann Nivans, 1973-1977
- associate relationship with Greene, Lorne (born 12 February 1915). Notes: Co-hosts of the "Rose Parade"
- associate relationship with Harper, Valerie (born 22 August 1939). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- associate relationship with Hillerman, John (born 20 December 1932). Notes: Co-stars on "The Betty White Show," 1977-1978
- associate relationship with Knight, Ted (born 7 December 1923). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- associate relationship with Leachman, Cloris (born 30 April 1926). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- associate relationship with MacLeod, Gavin (born 28 February 1931). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- associate relationship with McClanahan, Rue (born 21 February 1934). Notes: Co-stars on "The Golden Girls"
- associate relationship with Moore, Mary Tyler (born 29 December 1936). Notes: Co-stars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- friend relationship with Ball, Lucille (born 6 August 1911)
- friend relationship with Liberace (born 16 May 1919). Notes: Close friends
- friend relationship with Steinbeck, John (born 27 February 1902)
- lover relationship with Cochran, Philip (born 29 January 1910). Notes: Dated in the early 1960s
- spouse relationship with Ludden, Allen (born 5 October 1917). Notes: Married 1963-1981
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1945 (First husband)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1945 (From first husband)
- Relationship : Marriage 1947 (To Lane Allen)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1949 (From Lane Allen)
- Work : Gain social status 1952 (Popular on TV)
- Relationship : Marriage 1963 (To Allen Ludden)
- Work : Begin Major Project 1985 (Start of TV hit "Golden Girls")
- Work : Prize 1986 (Received an Emmy)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1988 (Autobiography)
- Work : Prize 1995 (Indicted into TV Hall of Fame)
- Work : Begin Major Project 16 June 2010 (Premier of sitcom "Hot in Cleveland")
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Source Notes
Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate in hand, March 2006. Formerly record had a time of 19:10 with source notes as follows: LMR quotes USA Weekend 3/29/1991, "White says she has always fold the truth and school records back up her claim to be 69, born January 17, 1922, Oak Park, IL." Church of Lightquotes Kay Nester for the time from a letter from White in 1954, with which Nester gave 1922.
Categories
- Traits : Personality : Gregarious/Extrovert (Perky, outgoing)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Her third marriage to Ludden)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Family : Parenting : Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (Stepmother to Ludden's kids)
- Family : Parenting : Kids none (Chose not to have children)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Fundraiser (For pet foundation)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Animals, pets (Cats, dogs)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Handiwork)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 99)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer (Narrator of popular parades)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality ("First lady of game shows")
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Golden Girls," "Hot in Cleveland")
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over (Cartoon character 'Bitey White')
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (TV)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (American Women's Voluntary Services, WWII)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer (Dinah Shore)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Pet Book)
- Notable : Awards : Emmy (Eight)
- Notable : Awards : Grammy
- Notable : Awards : Guinness Book of Records (Longest TV career)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Television Hall of Fame)
- Notable : Awards : Public Service (Animal welfare)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award
- Notable : Famous : First in Field (Pioneering woman in TV industry)
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Cultural icon)
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- 1922 births
- Birthday 17 January
- Birthplace Oak Park, IL (US)
- Sun 27 Capricorn
- Moon 28 Virgo
- Asc 19 Leo
- Traits : Personality : Gregarious/Extrovert
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Family : Parenting : Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids
- Family : Parenting : Kids none
- Lifestyle : Financial : Fundraiser
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Animals, pets
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Radio/ D.J./ Announcer
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Awards : Emmy
- Notable : Awards : Grammy
- Notable : Awards : Guinness Book of Records
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Awards : Public Service
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award
- Notable : Famous : First in Field
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women