Betty White (1922–2021,) fully Betty Marion White, was an American actress and comedian. A steady presence on TV screens from the 1940s onwards, she is best known for her comedic work on numerous television sitcoms, most notably The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, White performed on the radio initially. She appeared on What’s My Line?, The Match Game, and other shows during the 1950s and 1960s, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s.
White starred in The Golden Girls (1985–92) and Hot in Cleveland (2010–15.) Her credits also included The Carol Burnett Show, The Betty White Show, and That ’70s Show. She is the Guinness World Record holder for the lengthiest television career of any performer in history.
White was also noted as an animal rights activist. Her memoirs are Here We Go Again: My Life in Television (1995) and If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) (2011.)
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Keep the other person’s well-being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.
—Betty White
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