Lauded as an actor, celebrated as a pioneer, and most importantly loved as a beautiful
human being, the ever-sassy Betty White is still America’s biggest sweetheart.
Regarded as a pioneer of TV entertainment, Betty is one of the first women who worked
both in front of and behind the camera.
She is the first woman to star in a sitcom and the very first woman to receive an Emmy
nomination for hosting a game show.
With a career expanding over 80 years, Betty showed beautiful performances in multiple
awards winning roles such as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Elka Ostrovsky
on Hot in Cleveland, and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.
Today we bring you a small video reflecting her career and what the first lady of American
television is doing now in 2020.
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Born on January 17, 1922, Betty grew up in Alhambra, California.
Betty started working in the entertainment industry from the age of 17, singing songs
from The Merry Widow on an experimental Los Angeles channel in 1939.
After the Second World War broke out, she volunteered for the American Women's Voluntary
Services.
In 1949, she began co-hosting a daily television show, Hollywood on Television with Al Jarvis.
One of the sketches of the program Life With Elizabeth later when syndicated and committed
to film became Betty’s first starring TV sitcom.
In 1954, she headlined her own variety series, co-starring with Bill Williams in Date With
the Angels, which was later retitled as The Betty White Show in 1958.
For the next 15 years she appeared in a variety of TV shows and theatrical productions, often
with her husband Allen Ludden.
In 1973, she made several appearances as Sue Nivens in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Her Emmy winning performance of Sue led to Betty being a regular cast in MTM regular
until its final episode in 1977.
Betty joined the cast of The Golden Girls in 1985 as the middle-aged grief counselor
Rose Nyland with Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty.
From 2010-2015, she starred in another successful TV show, Hot in Cleveland.
Betty has also appeared in movies like Lake Placid, Tom Sawyer, Bringing Down the House,
and lent her voice in animated movie The Lorax.
Betty has received eight Emmy Awards, three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors
Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award.
In 2010, she was awarded SAG award for Lifetime Achievement.
What is Betty White Doing Now?
Age doesn't seem to be a problem for Betty.
In a recent interview with Closer Weekly, the 98 years old actress said "I'm blessed
with incredibly good health.
That's something you appreciate a lot."
Her friend Tom Sullivan shared about her daily life with Closer Weekly.
"She owns literally thousands of crossword puzzle books and is constantly doing them
to keep her mind jumping.
This is really serious with her."
He added, Betty spends her days sipping on the occasional vodka martini and snacking
on hot dogs and french fries.
Betty currently resides in Brentwood, California.
As of 2020, the Emmy winning actress’s net worth is estimated to be a whopping $75 million.