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Betty White
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning 80 years. Re…
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Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning 80 years. Regarded as a pioneer of television, she was 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 was 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 was 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 was also known for her appearances on Boston Legal, Mama's Family, and Saturday Night Live. White 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.
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2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie Self / Rose Nylund (archive footage)
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2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2022
Golden Girls 3033
TV show Rose Nylund (voice) (archive sound)
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2022
Betty White: Pure Gold
Movie Self
- 2022
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2022
Betty White: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2021
Curse of the Chippendales
TV show
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2021
Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls
Movie Rose Nylund
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2021
The Golden Girls: Ageless
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Movie Bitey White (voice)
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2019
Forky Asks a Question
TV show Bitey White (voice)
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2019
Trouble
Movie Mrs. Vanderhoozie (voice)
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2019
Toy Story 4
Movie Bitey White (voice)
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2018
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Movie Self
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2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Movie Self
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2017
The History of Comedy
TV show Self
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
Crowded
TV show Sandy
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self
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2014
Young & Hungry
TV show Ms. Wilson
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2013
Betty White Goes Wild
Movie Self
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2013
New York Weenie
Movie Aardvark Lady (voice)
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2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2012
The Soul Man
TV show Elka
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2012
The Client List
TV show Ruth Hudson
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2012
Betty White: Champion for Animals
Movie Herself
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2012
The Lorax
Movie Grammy Norma (voice)
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2012
Inside Comedy
TV show Self
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2012
Betty White's Off Their Rockers
TV show Self - Host
- 2012
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2011
The Lost Valentine
Movie Caroline Thomas
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2010
Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa
Movie Mrs. Claus (voice)
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
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2010
The Women of SNL
Movie Florence Dusty (archive footage)
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2010
The Talk
TV show Self
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2010
Pound Puppies
TV show Agatha McLeish (voice)
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2010
You Again
Movie Grandma Bunny
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2010
Hot in Cleveland
TV show Elka Ostrovsky
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2009
The Middle
TV show Mrs. Nethercott
