Person Details
Birthday: 1922-01-17 00:16:40
Aliases: Betty Marion White , Grand Dame of Television , Queen of Television , Queen of T.V. , Queen of TV , Betty White Ludden , Allen & Betty
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 38
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
Biography
Betty Marion White Ludden is an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning 80 years. Regarded as a pioneer of television, she is one of the first women to have control both in front of and behind the camera and is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her receiving the honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955. White is known for her award-winning roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–77) and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985–92) – the Writers Guild of America has included both sitcoms in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time – and Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland (2010–15). A staple guest of many American game shows such as Password, Match Game, Hollywood Squares and The $25,000 Pyramid, White has been dubbed the 'First Lady of Game Shows' and became the first woman to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983 for the show Just Men! She is also known for her appearances on Boston Legal, Mama's Family, and Saturday Night Live. White has received eight Emmy Awards in various categories, three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is a Television Hall of Fame inductee.
Most Famous Work
Bones
(2005) Dr. Beth MayerThe Practice
(1997) Catherine PiperEverwood
(2002) Carol RobertsThe Oscars
(1953) Self (archive footage)Diagnosis: Murder
(1993) Dora SloanThe Lorax
(2012) Grammy Norma (voice)Providence
(1999) JuliannaActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2023 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
2022 | Rose Nylund (voice) (archive sound) | |
Rose Nylund | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2021 | Rose Nylund | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
2019 | Bitey White (voice) | |
Mrs. Vanderhoozie (voice) | ||
Bitey White (voice) | ||
2018 | Self | |
2017 | Self | |
Self | ||
2016 | Self - Panelist | |
Sandy | ||
2015 | Self | |
Self - Guest | ||
Self / Lana | ||
2013 | Self | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
2012 | Ruth Hudson | |
Herself | ||
Grammy Norma (voice) | ||
Self | ||
Self - Host | ||
Self | ||
2011 | Caroline Thomas | |
2010 | Mrs. Claus (voice) | |
Self | ||
Florence Dusty (archive footage) | ||
Agatha McLeish (voice) | ||
Grandma Bunny | ||
Elka Ostrosky | ||
2009 | Mrs. Nethercott | |
Professor June Bauer | ||
N/A | ||
Betty (voice) | ||
Grandma Annie | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
2008 | N/A | |
2007 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
2006 | Betty White | |
Betty White | ||
Self - Roaster | ||
N/A | ||
2005 | Griselda Weezmer | |
Dr. Beth Mayer | ||
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Lettie | ||
Annie Eason | ||
Self | ||
CBS Nurse | ||
2004 | Catherine Piper | |
Mrs. Riley | ||
Mrs. Bly | ||
Grandma Wilson (voice) (uncredited) | ||
2003 | Emily Sutton | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self / Rose Nylund | ||
Woman in window | ||
Mrs. Kline | ||
Rose Nylund (archive footage) | ||
2002 | N/A | |
Carol Roberts | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2001 | Mrs. Doolin (voice) | |
Grandma Sophie (voice) | ||
Mrs. Krisper | ||
N/A | ||
2000 | Round (voice) | |
Aunt Polly (voice) | ||
Sylvia | ||
1999 | Self - Guest | |
Lillian Jordan | ||
Mitzi Stiles | ||
Self | ||
Mrs. Delores Bickerman | ||
Betty White (voice) | ||
Julianna | ||
1998 | Annabelle / Mrs. Santa Claus | |
Betty White | ||
(voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Sophie Hunter (voice) | ||
Hestia | ||
Annabelle | ||
Bea Sigurdson | ||
Martha Wilson | ||
Doreen Sears | ||
1997 | Dr. Shirley Flott | |
Catherine Piper | ||
Dorothy / Ellen (voice) | ||
Delia (voice) | ||
1996 | Gretchen Claus (voice) | |
N/A | ||
Midge Haber | ||
Self | ||
Martha | ||
1995 | N/A | |
Shirley Sullivan | ||
Betty White | ||
1993 | Self | |
Dora Sloan | ||
Betty White | ||
1992 | Rose Nylund | |
Sylvia Schmidt | ||
N/A | ||
1991 | Evelyn Eglin | |
Self | ||
Herself | ||
1990 | Self | |
Rose Nylund | ||
Trisha Durant | ||
1989 | Betty White (voice) | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
1988 | Self | |
Rose Nylund | ||
Self - Guest | ||
Betty White | ||
Self | ||
1987 | Aunt Harriet | |
1986 | Self | |
N/A | ||
1985 | Rose Nylund | |
1984 | N/A | |
1983 | Ellen Harper-Jackson | |
N/A | ||
1982 | N/A | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Ellen | ||
1981 | Amanda Tremaine | |
1980 | Betty White | |
Self | ||
1979 | Anita | |
Sally Cantrell | ||
1978 | Gladys Snavely | |
Evelyn Harris | ||
N/A | ||
1977 | Herself | |
N/A | ||
Betsy Boucher | ||
Louise WIllis | ||
Joyce Whitman | ||
1976 | Miss Halloween | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
1975 | N/A | |
Self - Host | ||
Self | ||
MacGruber's Grandmother | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
N/A | ||
1974 | Self | |
1971 | TV Hostess | |
Self - Host | ||
1970 | Betty White | |
Sue Ann Nivens | ||
1967 | Self - Guest / Various Characters | |
Self - Guest / Ellen / Various Characters | ||
Self - Guest | ||
1963 | Adelle Colby | |
1962 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Senator Bessie Adams | ||
1961 | Self | |
1957 | N/A | |
Self - Guest Host | ||
N/A | ||
1955 | Virginia Lennart | |
1954 | Self | |
N/A | ||
1953 | Elizabeth | |
Self | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
1950 | Self | |
Self - Mystery Guest | ||
Self - Panelist | ||
1948 | N/A | |
1945 | Lou's Girl | |
1944 | Self - Nominee | |
Self - Winner | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1971 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1961 | Casting | |
1953 | Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |