Betty White is a beloved celebrity that holds a title in the Guinness Book of World Records
for having the longest-ever career in the entertainment industry.
After a decades-spanning career that has seen the actress take on iconic roles in shows
such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, Betty is still working today!
However, the vast amount of wealth that she has accumulated through her work also provides
her with plenty of time to take it easy and cruise around in her Cadillac Seville.
Join Facts Verse as we explore how Betty White lives her life at 100 years old.
The almost legendary actress, Betty White, was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park,
Illinois.
Her father was an executive at a lighting company, though he also sold radios during
the Great Depression to get his family through the tough times.
When Betty was just a little over a year old, her family moved to California.
In 1938, Betty graduated from Beverly Hills High School.
During high school, she had developed a passion for writing and would later develop a passion
for writing and performing her own dramatic material while attending the Horace Mann School.
Both of these artistic passions were overshadowed by Betty's love of animals and nature, however,
and it was her plan to be a forest ranger when she was done with her education.
Sadly, this plan didn't quite turn out.
During Betty’s childhood and teenage years, her family took many vacations to Sierra,
Nevada, and it was during these excursions that Betty developed a special appreciation
for animals and nature.
Although Betty truly desired to be a forest ranger, the sad fact of the matter was that
women were not allowed to occupy the position back when Betty came of age.
Because of this, she was forced to find another career besides the one that she felt the greatest
passion for.
While it was certainly sad that Betty couldn’t make a career for herself as a forest ranger
like she wanted to, she has since accumulated enough wealth to have one-on-one experiences
with any wild creature in the world!
Things turned out quite well for Betty, despite the discrimination that she faced, as she
was able to use her passions for performance to start a career in the entertainment industry
that has led to her becoming one of the biggest stars ever!
Although Betty didn't make the decision to pursue acting as a career until being rejected
from being a forest ranger, she technically got her start performing just after high school.
This was in 1939 when she was tasked with singing songs for an experimental television
show.
After this, her first professional acting role was at the Bliss Hayden Little Theater,
which has since come to be known as the Beverly Hills Playhouse, where many other stars got
their start.
Soon into Betty’s acting career, she took a break to serve in the American Women's Voluntary
Services during World War II.
While serving, she helped transport supplies throughout the state of California and also
participated in various events meant to entertain the troops about to be deployed.
When Betty was done serving in the war, she started finding steady work on the radio.
She could be heard reading commercials and also got some small parts in radio plays.
Interestingly, some of the work that Betty did during her radio days also saw her providing
voices for the crowd sound effects that would be used in various programming.
Although Betty's early work was almost exclusively on the radio, she eventually started getting
more and more work on television.
Eventually, Betty was given the lead role on the 1952 sitcom Life with Elizabeth.
This led to a decades-spanning career in the entertainment industry that has seen the actress
go through many phases.
In 1970, Betty took on her most iconic role yet as an adversary to Mary Tyler Moore’s
character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Betty portrayed the character of Sue Ann Nivens, and that role was a big hit with audiences.
Betty had already been acting for over 40 years and reinvented herself twice by the
time she took on what is arguably her most iconic role to this day, with that being the
role of Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls.
The Golden Girls premiered in 1985 and took advantage of Betty's aging appearance.
The show focused on a group of elderly single women navigating the dating scene and was
one of the most popular television sitcoms of its day.
Not only was The Golden Girls popular during its initial airing, but it has also stayed
on the mind of the public much longer than many other shows of its time.
This is part of why Betty White is more popular today than she's arguably ever been before.
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While Betty White arguably could’ve called it a day after The Golden Girls came to an
end, she has never stopped working.
Betty has even starred in another successful sitcom since The Golden Girls ended, with
that being Hot in Cleveland.
With a career spanning nearly a century, Betty White proudly claims the title of the entertainer
that has maintained the longest-ever career in show business.
With all of the work that Betty has put into entertaining others, she has accumulated a
vast amount of wealth for herself!
Betty is estimated to be worth around $75 million.
This puts her well above most other of her television contemporaries when it comes to
net worth, but that’s because they aren’t Betty White!
Some of the things that Betty loves to spend her extra money on include Cadillacs, as well
as charities for the benefit of animal rights.
Betty’s predilection for Cadillacs was started when her third husband, Alan Ludden, gifted
her a ’77 Seville during their marriage.
The car had a custom-fitted car phone and was also painted with custom sea-green paint.
Betty drove the car around for 25 years before eventually donating it to the Los Angeles
Humane Society.
The Los Angeles Humane Society subsequently sold the car to a museum.
Although Betty gave up the ’77 Seville that had been a gift from her third husband, she
still has a Cadillac of her own to drive around when she wants to.
In recent years, she has upgraded to a newer Seville, this time in silver.
Betty’s original Seville was named Parakeet, while her new one is named Seagull.
She likes to name her cars after birds, perhaps given her affinity for animals of all kinds.
In addition to luxury sports cars, Betty can also afford some fairly luxurious living quarters.
Betty lives in Carmel Meadows, which is a beautiful and incredibly wealthy community
in California.
The area is naturally glorious.
Its hilly terrain offers great sights, as well as seclusion for its rich and famous
residents.
Some of Betty's neighbors in Carmel Meadows include Sammy Hagar and Clint Eastwood.
The homes in the area will set you back a few million, with the average home costing
around $3 million.
Betty and her late third husband were having the house built before the latter’s death.
The home was finished in 1981, just weeks after Alan Ludden’s passing that same year.
Before marrying Alan Ludden, Betty had been married twice.
However, Betty has never had any children of her own.
She helped Alan Ludden raise his three children from a previous marriage but has made the
decision to focus on her career instead of having any biological children.
After Alan passed away in 1981, Betty never remarried.
Instead, she has spent her time and energy focusing on her work, as well as her various
charitable endeavors to benefit animal rights.
Given that Betty is 100 years old and still working, many might wonder how exactly the
star does it.
Betty has been grilled multiple times over the years about where all of her energy to
continue working comes from, but her answers are never anything too surprising.
According to Betty, having a sense of humor and a healthy outlook on life can go a long
way, and it also helps to try and keep your complaining to a minimum, so the negativity
doesn't bog you down.
Some may assume that Betty has survived into the triple digits thanks to some miracle diet,
but that apparently couldn’t be further from the truth.
Betty can be found consuming comical amounts of hot dogs and vodka when she isn’t hard
at work entertaining the masses.
Perhaps, not stressing over what she should be eating and when is the reason that Betty
is so healthy!
However, it’s hard to believe that the iconic star could be eating too many hot dogs, as
her petite frame likely couldn’t take more than a few at a time.
Although Betty isn’t running any marathons nowadays, she is sure to keep her mind active.
Betty likes to exercise her mind even when she isn't working, occupying her free time
with crossword puzzles.
When she isn't working or doing crossword puzzles, she can probably be seen spending
time in the extravagant backyard of her Carmel Meadows home with her dogs.
Although Betty will likely always be remembered best as one of the longest-working entertainers
in show business history, she would prefer to be remembered for all that she has done
for animal rights.
Betty White has been through multiple stages of her career, and she refuses to call it
a day even at the age of 100!
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consuming vast amounts of hot dogs and vodka.
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