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Betty Marion Ludden was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her vast number of television appearances, acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows.
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Born 17 January 1922 · Died 31 December 2021 · Q373895
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“Just like Betty White valued kindness, humor, and friendship, sending thoughtful birthday wishes for female friend is a beautiful way to celebrate the people who make life brighter — a small gesture that reflects genuine love and appreciation.”
“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”
“Never apologize for being funny because you'll be sorry when you stop getting laughs.”
“Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”
“Butterflies are like woman – we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane.”
“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humour in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”
“You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal,”
“Laughter keeps everyone feeling wonderful.”
“If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.”
“You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.”
“There's no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. Keep the person in your heart all the time. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly,”
“Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young.”
“There’s no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”
“Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints.”
“Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that — it's got to be funny.”
“I have no regrets at all. None. I consider myself to be the luckiest old broad on two feet.”
“Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passing, you can go through life without leaving any footprints.”
“if you told Rose you were so hungry you could eat a horse, she”
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The United States Postal Service unveiled a new stamp that features White on it
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Died 2021-12-31.
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Awarded Women Film Critics Circle Awards (2021).
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White appeared in Pixar's Toy Story 4, providing the voice of Bitey White, a toy tiger that was named after her
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White's career was celebrated in a PBS documentary called Betty White: First Lady of Television
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After 70 years in the industry, White was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Awarded People's Choice Awards (2015).
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White made her final appearance on Saturday Night Live when she attended the 40th Anniversary Special
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Received the Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2012).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (2012).
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With her first Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording for her bestseller If You Ask Me
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Awarded The Comedy Awards (2011).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2011).
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(this presentation garnered the highest rating for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation in the previous four years and according to the Nielsen Media Research TV rating service won first place in the prime time slot for
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Was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Elka, but lost to Julie Bowen for Modern Family
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“t). Ludden had attended the same school as actress Elaine Anderson (Steinbeck”
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Writer John Steinbeck was in White and Ludden's group of high-profile friends, and White wrote about the friendship in her 2011 book If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't).
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The USDA Forest Service, along with Smokey Bear, made White an honorary forest ranger, fulfilling her lifelong dream
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Which features shirts with her face on them
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (2010).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2010).
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Awarded Teen Choice Awards for The Proposal (2010).
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Awarded Britannia Awards (2010).
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Awarded California Hall of Fame (2010).
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That White would in fact host Saturday Night Live on May 8
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At the ceremony, which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
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Was chosen as the Associated Press's Entertainer of the Year
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“If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it”
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What she would like God to say to her if Heaven exists, she replied, "Come on in, Betty
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Awarded Disney Legends (2009).
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“I knew it would hurt, I just didn”
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White and her Golden Girls cast mates Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty were awarded Disney Legends awards
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White starred in the romantic comedy The Proposal alongside Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
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White said, "I knew it would hurt, I just didn't know it would hurt this much
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White received the TCA Career Achievement Award from the Television Critics Association
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The candy company Mars, Incorporated launched a global campaign for their Snickers bar; the campaign's slogan was: "You're not you when you're hungry"
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(episode #3), participating in the Million Dollar challenge at the end of the show
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Appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, taking part in the host's Mary Tyler Moore Show reunion special alongside every surviving cast member of the series
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White was featured in television commercials for PetMed Express, highlighting her interest in animal welfare
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With a bronze commemorative plaque near the Gorilla Exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo
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On talk show Q&A, host Brian Lamb remarked on White's longevity as an actress besides the fact she was playing a strong female senator in 1962
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Awarded TV Land Award (2003).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The John Larroquette Show (1996).
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For Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, appearing as herself on an episode of The John Larroquette Show
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And has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood Boulevard alongside the star of her late husband Allen Ludden
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Released album “Enjoy 14 Different Dances”.
After Arthur announced her decision to depart the series
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Golden Girls (1989).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Golden Girls (1988).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Golden Girls (1987).
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Awarded American Comedy Awards (1987).
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As well as the list of lifetime achievement awards in 1990
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Awarded Viewers for Quality Television for The Golden Girls (1986).
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Awarded Gracie Awards (1986).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for The Golden Girls (1986).
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Won Golden Apple Award (1986).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Golden Girls (1986).
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White scored her second signature role and the biggest hit of her career as the St
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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host (1983).
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White became the first woman to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Game Show Host, for the NBC entry Just Men
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White was offered her own sitcom on CBS, her fourth, entitled The Betty White Show (the first of the name running a quarter century earlier), in which she co-starred with John Hillerman and former Mary Tyler Moore co-sta
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975).
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NBC replaced White as commentator hostess of the Tournament of Roses Parade, feeling that she was identified too heavily with rival network CBS's The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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And 1976, for her role in the hugely popular series
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While Sullivan was singing in a small club at the same time that White and Ludden were performing in a play on Cape Cod
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The couple also had a close friendship with blind musician and motivational speaker Tom Sullivan, whom they had met in 1968 while Sullivan was singing in a small club at the same time that White and Ludden were performing in a play on Cape Cod.
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White married television host Allen Ludden, whom she had met as a celebrity guest on his game show Password in 1961
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On June 14, 1963, White married television host Allen Ludden, whom she had met as a celebrity guest on his game show Password in 1961.
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White starred in a production of The King and I at the St
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White and Ludden had no children together, though she was the stepmother of his three children with Margaret McGloin Ludden, who had died of cancer in 1961.
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1990, and 2015), I've Got a Secret (in 1972–73), Match Game (1973–1982), and Pyramid (starting in 1982)
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Was named the honorary Mayor of Hollywood
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As The Betty White Show became national across the United States, White was criticized by many in the Southern states for having Arthur Duncan, a Black tap dancer, on her variety show and was asked to remove him
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After Jarvis's departure, spanning five and a half hours of live ad lib television six days per week, over a continuous four-year span
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The same year that she began hosting Hollywood on Television, White co-founded Bandy Productions with writer George Tibbles and Don Fedderson, a producer
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Was nominated for her first Emmy Award as "Best Actress" on television, competing with Judith Anderson, Helen Hayes, and Imogene Coca; the award went to Gertrude Berg
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And her last was in 2014, a span of over 60 years
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And won White a Los Angeles Emmy Award in 1952
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Began appearing as co-host with Al Jarvis on his daily live television variety show Hollywood on Television, originally called Make Believe Ballroom, on KFWB and then on KLAC-TV (now KCOP-TV) in Los Angeles
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And they divorced in 1949 because he wanted to start a family but she wanted to focus on her career rather than having children
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And moved to Belle Center, Ohio, where Barker owned a chicken farm; he wanted to embrace a simpler life, but White did not enjoy doing so
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Volunteered for the American Women's Voluntary Services
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In Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
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Born 1922-01-17.
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