Overview (5)
Born | in Oak Park, Illinois, USA |
Died | in Los Angeles, California, USA (cerebrovascular accident) |
Birth Name | Betty Marion White |
Nicknames |
Grand Dame of Television Queen of Television Queen of T.V. |
Height | 5' 4" (1.63 m) |
Mini Bio (1)
Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. She is of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh descent.
Although best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the classic sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and the ditzy Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985), Betty White had been in television for a long, long time before those two shows, having had her own series, Life with Elizabeth (1952) in 1952. The widow of TV game-show host Allen Ludden, she has been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and is known for her tireless efforts on behalf of animals.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous
Family (3)
Spouse |
Allen Ludden (14 June 1963 -
9 June 1981) (his death)
Lane Allan (8 November 1947 - 17 July 1949) (divorced) Frederick Richard (Dick) Barker (7 July 1945 - 18 December 1945) (divorced) |
Children |
None
(no children)
David Ludden (stepchild) Martha Ludden (stepchild) Sarah Ludden (stepchild) |
Parents |
Tess White Horace White |