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Betty Marion White Ludden (Born January 17, 1922)
Is an American actress and comedian
With the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning 80 years
Regarded as a pioneer of television
She is one of the first women to have control both in front of and behind the camera
And is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth)
Which contributed to her receiving the honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955

She is known for her award-winning roles as Sue Ann Nivens on
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls
The Writers Guild of America has included both sitcoms in its list of the
101 Best Written TV Series of All Time
And Ella... (Oh f*ck I have no idea how to say that)
Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland
A staple guest of many American game shows such as Password
Match Game, Hollywood Squares and The $25,000 Pyramid
White has been dubbed the 'First Lady of Game Shows'
And beca (F*ck, shit, you know what? shit, ok, fine, ok)
And became the first woman to receive an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983 for the show Just Men!
She is also known for her appearances on Boston Legal
Mama's Family, and Saturday Night Live
She has received eight Emmy Awards in various categories
Three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards
And a Grammy Award. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Is a Television Hall of Fame inductee (Class of 1995)
And a Disney Legend (Class of 2009)

Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922
She has stated that Betty is her legal name and not a shortened version of Elizabeth
She is the only child of Christine Tess, a homemaker
And Horace Logan White, a lightning company executive
(Lightning? lighting company executive)
Her paternal grandfather was Danish and her maternal grandfather was Greek
With her other roots being English and Wealth (Welsh)
Both of her grandmothers were Canadian (Like me!)

Family's (No, f*ck)
White families (F*ck)
White's family moved to Alhambra, California, and later to Los Angeles
During the Great Depression. To make extra money
Her father would build radios and sell them wherever he could
Since it was the height of the Depression, and hardly anyone had a sizable income
He would trade the radios in exchange for other goods
Including dogs on some occasions
She attended Horace Mann School Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills High School
Famously used as a filming location for popular titles such as Clueless-
(One of my favourite movies by the way)
And Wonderful life (It's a Wonderful Life)
Where she was a member of the 1939 graduating class
Her interest in wildlife was sparked by family vacations to the High Sierras
She aspired to become a forest ranger but was unable to accomplish
This dream because women were not allowed to serve as rangers
Instead, White pursued an interest in writing
She wrote and played the lead in a graduation play at Horace Mann School and
Discovered her interest in performing
Inspired by her idols, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
She decided to pursue a career as an actress

Okay, you know what? I think that's enough Betty White for today...