Betty White (1922—2021) was an American actress, comedian, television host, and TV legend whose career spanned over seventy years. She has starred in many successful series, made numerous guest appearances on game and talk shows, and narrated the Tournament of Roses Parade for twenty years and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for ten. She received six Emmy awards and eighteen Emmy nominations. She was presented with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, two Viewers for Quality Television Awards, and three American Comedy Awards, including for Lifetime Achievement. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her best-known television roles include Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls. In January 2010, she appeared in an advertisement during the 2010 Super Bowl that won the top spot on the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter. Due to a grassroots campaign on Facebook, she hosted Saturday Night Live in May 2010, making her at age eighty-eight the oldest person to host the show. She was also recognized for her affiliation with animal charities such as “Actors and Others for Animals” and the Morris Animal Foundation. |
