Betty White

Actor, Producer, Writer

Birthdate: Jan 17, 1922

Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Died: Dec 31, 2021

Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. She was of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh descent.

Although she was best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the classic sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and the ditzy Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985), Betty White had been in television for a long, long time before those two shows, having had her own series, Life with Elizabeth (1952) in 1952.

She was married three times, lastly for eighteen years, until widowed, to TV game-show host Allen Ludden.

She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and she was known for her tireless efforts on behalf of animals.

Betty White died on 31 December 2021, at the age of 99.

Known For

The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls

(1985)

Lake Placid
Lake Placid

(1999)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

(1970)

Betty White Movies

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Previous (15)

  • 2025 |

    Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration

    asSelf
  • 2022 |
    Betty White: Pure Gold
  • 2021 |
    Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
  • 2021 |
    Golden Girls: Ageless
  • 2012 |

    The Lorax

    asGrammy Norma
  • 2011 |
    Betty White: Champion for Animals
  • 2010 |
    You Again
  • 2009 |

    The Proposal

    asGrandma Annie
  • 2005 |
    The Third Wish
  • 2003 |
    Bringing Down the House
  • 2003 |

    Bringing Down the House

    asMrs. Kline
  • 2000 |
    Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
  • 1999 |
    Gaia Symphony II
  • 1999 |
    Lake Placid
  • 1998 |

    Hard Rain

    asDoreen
Betty White: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos