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| death_place = Los Angeles, California,<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK--> U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|comedian}}
| works = [[Betty White filmography|Filmography]]
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Betty White|Full list]]
| years_active = 1939–2021
| notable_works = {{hlist|class=nowraplinks|''[[The Golden Girls]]''|''[[The Golden Palace]]''|''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Mary Tyler Moore]]''|''[[Hot in Cleveland]]''|''[[The Betty White Show (disambiguation)|The Betty White Show]]''}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Dick Barker|1945|1945|end=divorced}}
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'''Betty Marion Ludden''' ({{nee}} '''White'''; January 17, 1922{{spnd}}December 31, 2021) was an American actress, comedian and producercomedian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tenz |first=Courtney |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Betty White, comedian and actress, turns 95 |url=http://www.dw.com/en/betty-white-comedian-and-actress-turns-95/a-37147282 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811225136/http://www.dw.com/en/betty-white-comedian-and-actress-turns-95/a-37147282 |archive-date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2017 |website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Happy birthday! Actress and comedian Betty White turns 95 |url=http://fox59.com/2017/01/17/betty-white-turns-95/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811222036/http://fox59.com/2017/01/17/betty-white-turns-95/ |archive-date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2017 |website=FOX59 |quote=Popular actress and comedian Betty White turns 95 on Tuesday.}}</ref> A pioneer of [[Golden Age of Television|early television]] with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her [[Betty White filmography|vast number of television appearances]] acting in sitcoms, [[sketch comedy]], and game shows. She produced and starred in the series ''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'' (1953{{ndash}}1955), thus becoming the first woman to produce a sitcom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms: TV Programs on Iowa Public Television |url=http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/19195/pioneers_television/ep:101/episodes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106060936/http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/19195/pioneers_television/ep%3A101/episodes |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=January 22, 2015 |publisher=Iptv.org}}</ref>
 
After moving from radio to television, White became a staple panelist of American game shows such as ''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'', ''[[Match Game]]'', ''[[Tattletales]]'', ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'', ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'', and ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $25,000 Pyramid]]''. Dubbed "the first lady of game shows", she became the first woman to receive the [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host]] for the show ''[[Just Men!]]'' in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stacy Conradt, Mental Floss |date=February 23, 2010 |title=10 reasons we love Betty White |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/worklife/02/23/mf.betty.white.why.love/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151452/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/worklife/02/23/mf.betty.white.why.love/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=January 22, 2015 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> She then became more widely known for her guest and recurring appearances on shows such as ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[Mama's Family]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' and ''[[Boston Legal]]''.
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==== ''Life with Elizabeth'' (1953–1955) ====
In 1952, the same year that she began hosting ''Hollywood on Television'', White co-founded Bandy Productions with writer [[George Tibbles]] and [[Don Fedderson]], a producer.<ref name=thr/> The trio worked to create new shows using existing characters from sketches shown on ''Hollywood on Television''. White, Fedderson, and Tibbles created the [[television comedy]] ''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'', with White portraying the [[title character]].<ref name=thr/> The show was originally a live production on [[KCOP-TV|KLAC-TV]] in 1951, and won White a [[Los Angeles Emmy Award]] in 1952.<ref name=thr/><ref name=shemadeit/><ref name="oneil20100617" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gomes |first=Patrick |date=September 3, 2015 |title=Betty White Remembers Her First Emmys – in 1951! |work=People |url=https://people.com/tv/betty-white-remembers-1951-emmys/ |access-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033527/http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20840501_20846506,00.html |archive-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref> ''Life with Elizabeth'' was nationally [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] from 1953 to 1955, allowing White to become one of the few women in television with full creative control in front of and behind the camera.<ref name=thr/> The show was unusual for a sitcom in the 1950s because it was co-produced and owned by a twenty-eight-year-old woman who still lived with her parents. White said they did not worry about relevance in those days, and that usually the incidents were based on real-life situations that happened to her, the[[Del actorMoore]] (who played Alvin), and the writer.<ref name="O" /> White also performed in television advertisements seen on live television in Los Angeles, including a rendition of the "Dr. Ross Dog Food" advertisement at [[KTLA]] during the 1950s. She guest-starred on ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]'' in the 1956 episode "The Virginia Lennart Story", as the owner of a small-town diner who received an anonymous gift of $1 million.<ref name=thr/>
 
Following the end of ''Life with Elizabeth'', she appeared as Vicki Angel on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Date with the Angels]]'' from 1957 to 1958.<ref name="terrace">{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA238 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |publisher=McFarland |year=2014 |isbn=9780786486410 |edition=2nd |access-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721190433/https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA238 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> As originally intended, the show, loosely based on the [[Elmer Rice]] play ''[[Dream Girl (play)|Dream Girl]]'', would focus on Vicki's daydreaming tendencies. However, the sponsor was not pleased with the fantasy elements and was pressured to have them eliminated. "I can honestly say that was the only time I have ever wanted to get out of a show", White later said.<ref name="The White Early Years" /> The sitcom was a critical and rating disaster, but ABC wouldn't allow White out of her contractual agreement and required her to fill the remaining thirteen weeks in their deal. Instead of a retooled version of the sitcom, White rebooted her old talk/variety show, ''The Betty White Show'', which aired until her contract was fulfilled."<ref name="The White Early Years" />
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From 1983 to 1984, White had a recurring role playing [[Ellen Harper]] Jackson on the series ''[[Mama's Family]]'',<ref name=thr/> along with future ''[[Golden Girls]]'' co-star Rue McClanahan. White had originated this character in a series of sketches on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' in the 1970s.<ref name="Hyatt">{{Cite book |last=Hyatt |first=Wesley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94MSEAAAQBAJ |title=Betty White on TV: From Video Vanguard to Golden Girl |publisher=BearManor Media |access-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102103251/https://books.google.com/books?id=94MSEAAAQBAJ |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1985, White scored her second signature role and the biggest hit of her career as the [[Rose Nylund#St. Olaf|St. Olaf, Minnesota]] native [[Rose Nylund]] on ''The Golden Girls''.<ref name=thr/> The series chronicled the lives of four widowed or divorced women in their "golden years" who shared a home in Miami. ''The Golden Girls'', which also starred [[Bea Arthur]], [[Estelle Getty]], and [[Rue McClanahan]], was immensely successful and ran from 1985 through 1992. White won one [[Primetime Emmy Award]], for "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]", for the first season of ''The Golden Girls''<ref name=thr/> and was nominated in that category every year of the show's run<ref name=Hyatt/> (Getty was also nominated every year, but in the supporting actress category).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Golden Girls |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/golden-girls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231214032/https://www.emmys.com/shows/golden-girls |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2022 |website=Television Academy}}</ref>
 
White had a strained relationship with her ''The Golden Girls'' co-star [[Bea Arthur]] on and off the set of their television show, commenting that Arthur "was not that fond of me" and that "she found me a pain in the neck sometimes. It was my positive attitude – and that made Bea mad sometimes. Sometimes if I was happy, she'd be furious."<ref name="Bea Arthur was not fond">{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2011 |title=CNN Official Interview: Betty White: Bea Arthur was not fond of me |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wTJ2hQCK8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125210906/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-wTJ2hQCK8 |archive-date=January 25, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2014 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Musto |first=Michael |date=May 5, 2011 |title=Betty White Reveals Why Bea Arthur Hated Her! |work=villagevoice |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/betty-white-reveals-why-bea-arthur-hated-her-6373768 |url-status=live |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217063438/http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/betty-white-reveals-why-bea-arthur-hated-her-6373768 |archive-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> After Arthur's death in 2009, White said, "I knew it would hurt, I just didn't know it would hurt this much." Despite their differences, ''The Golden Girls'' was a positive experience for both actresses and they had great mutual respect for the show, their roles, and the achievements made as an ensemble cast.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=April 27, 2009 |title=Bea Arthur Remembered By 'Golden Girls' Co-Stars |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610049/bea-arthur-remembered-by-golden-girls-co-stars.jhtml |url-status=livedead |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173255/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610049/bea-arthur-remembered-by-golden-girls-co-stars.jhtml |archive-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name="HereWe">{{cite book|last=White|first=Betty|title=Here We Go Again: My Life in Television|publisher=Scribner|year=2010|isbn=9781451613698}}</ref>
 
White was originally offered the role of Blanche in ''The Golden Girls'', and Rue McClanahan was offered the role of Rose (the two characters being similar to roles they had played in ''Mary Tyler Moore'' and ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', respectively). [[Jay Sandrich]], the director of the pilot, suggested that since they had played similar roles in the past, they should switch roles, Rue McClanahan later said in a documentary on the series. White originally had doubts about her ability to play Rose, until Sandrich explained to her that Rose was "terminally naive". White says "if you told Rose you were so hungry you could eat a horse, she'd call the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]]."<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2012 |title=Seven Things You Didn't Know About Birthday Girl Betty White |publisher=radar |url=http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/01/betty-white-birthday-90-seven-things/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216004959/http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/01/betty-white-birthday-90-seven-things/ |archive-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref>
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In October 2011, White was awarded an honorary degree and a white doctor's coat by [[Washington State University]] at the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association's centennial gala in [[Yakima, Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2011 |title=Comedian Betty White named honorary WSU alumna {{!}} WSU Insider {{!}} Washington State University |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2011/10/25/comedian-betty-white-named-honorary-wsu-alumna/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904113658/https://news.wsu.edu/2011/10/25/comedian-betty-white-named-honorary-wsu-alumna/ |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019 |website=WSU Insider}}</ref>
 
A 2011 poll conducted by [[Reuters]] and [[Ipsos]] revealed that White was considered the most popular and most trusted celebrity among Americans, beating the likes of [[Denzel Washington]], Sandra Bullock, and [[Tom Hanks]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 19, 2011 |title=America loves Betty White best |publisher=CNN |url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/19/america-loves-betty-white-best/ |url-status=livedead |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926210912/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/19/america-loves-betty-white-best/ |archive-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref>
 
In 2017, after 70 years in the industry, White was invited to become a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]. At age 95, this made her the oldest new member at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2017 |title=Beloved Betty White finally invited to join Academy after 7 decades in film, TV |url=https://www.boston25news.com/news/beloved-betty-white-finally-invited-to-join-academy-after-7-decades-in-film-tv/544638717/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101023601/https://www.boston25news.com/news/beloved-betty-white-finally-invited-to-join-academy-after-7-decades-in-film-tv/544638717/ |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |access-date=January 1, 2022 |website=Boston 25 News}}</ref>
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== Discography ==
In September 2011, White teamed up with English singer [[Luciana (singer)|Luciana]] to produce a remix of her song "[[I'm Still Hot]]". The song was released digitally on September 22 and the video later premiered on October 6.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 22, 2011|title=I'm Still Hot (feat. Betty White) – Single by Luciana|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/im-still-hot-feat.-betty-white/id467266185?i=467266201|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113223629/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/im-still-hot-feat.-betty-white/id467266185?i=467266201|archive-date=November 13, 2012|access-date=January 17, 2012|website=[[iTunes]]|publisher=Apple Inc.}}</ref> It was made for a campaign for a [[life settlement]] company, The Lifeline Program, and it is her only commercial single to date, peaking at number 1 on the [[Dance Club Songs]] chart. White has also covered songs on her live television shows, such as "[[Nevertheless I'm in Love with You]]", "[[It's a Good Day]]", "[[Getting to Know You (song)|Getting to Know You]]" and "A 'No' That Sounds like 'Yes'".<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Betty White's 6 Best Musical Moments|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/betty-white-musical-moments-6502358/|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 10, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110012041/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/betty-white-musical-moments-6502358/}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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