Betty White (Born 1922 in Oak Park, IL) is a Emmy Award winning American Television, Film, and Stage Actress. In a Hollywood career that started in 1945, Ms. White has forged a career that has seen her become one of Hollywood’s most beloved Female lead and character actresses. In a reversal of the norm, her career has continued to flourish and even grow larger with each passing year. She is best known for two signature Television roles, as Sue Ann Niven on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, and as Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls”. Her very extensive Television resume includes appearances on shows such as “The Love Boat”, “Empty Nest”, “Who’s the Boss?”, “St. Elsewhere”, “Hotel”, “Suddenly Susan”, “Ally McBeal”, “That 70′s Show”, “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Boston Legal”, “Mama’s Family”, and literally dozens of other shows. She has also appeared on a number of Daytime Soaps including “Another World”, “The Bold and the Beautiful”, and “Santa Barbara”. Her film resume includes “Lake Placid”, “The Proposal”, “Bringing down the House”, “Hard Rain”, and others. She has been nominated for a total of 18 Emmy Awards with 5 career wins and has also been nominated for 4 career Golden Globe Awards. She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame. She is the widow of longtime “Password” host Alan Ludden. In May of 2010, she hosted Saturday Night Live, and at the age of 88 1/2 yrs old, became the oldest guest host in the history of that show. Starting in the summer of 2010, she will be co-starring in the new TV LAND sitcom “Hot in Cleveland”.
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