Remembering Betty White: A look back at a Golden Girl’s golden career
Betty White, the beloved actor and television personality known for not one but two of the medium’s most memorable comic roles, died Dec. 31 in Brentwood at 99.
But “The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s” Sue Ann Nivens and “The Golden Girls’” Rose Nylund were just the tip of the iceberg for White, who began her career in the early days of the medium and earned the last of her whopping 21 Emmy nominations for hosting “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers” in 2014.
In recent years, the Hollywood veteran and animal advocate relished her career longevity and variability, with recurring roles on legal dramedy “Boston Legal,” daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful” and sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” while regularly dispensing wisdom about surviving and thriving in Hollywood well into one’s 10th decade.
From her role in a high-profile Super Bowl ad to the luminaries mourning her death, here’s our key coverage of White’s recent life and legacy.
Pink’s Hot Dogs is donating $3,000 from sales of its ‘Betty White Naked Dog’ to the L.A. Zoo on Monday on what would have been White’s 100th birthday.
Robert Redford released a heartfelt statement honoring the late Betty White, who had frequently talked about her crush on the fellow actor.
‘We will go forward with our plans to show the film,’ the producers of the formerly titled ‘Betty White: 100 Years Young’ said in a statement.
Television was White’s medium, and her understanding of what it means to live on camera — her ease, her intimacy — was matched by few before or since.
‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Golden Girls’ actor died Friday, just weeks before celebrating her 100th birthday.
Luminaries from Viola Davis to Dan Rather took to social media to pay tribute to the comedy legend, who died Friday at 99.
Take a walk down memory lane with these images of Betty White’s decades-long showbiz career.
To mark the star’s 99th birthday, we rounded up 10 bits of trivia about the beloved “Golden Girls” actor. (She has a lousy diet?!)
From her NBC talk show in the 1950s to a rough-and-tumble Super Bowl ad in 2010, White had a long and varied career. We count down 10 key moments.
On the occasion of the Emmy winner and animal advocate’s 95th birthday, we passed along some of her guidance on living a long and happy life.
“It’s so ridiculous at my age to have all this going on,” White told The Times in 2010. “I’m not fighting it — I’m loving it.”
White’s last recurring TV role came in this TV Land comedy, which ran from 2010 to 2015. TV critic Robert Lloyd reviewed the series when it premiered.
