Betty White

White is well known as a pet enthusiast and animal-rights activist. He is listed as #96 on the Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the star of her late husband Allen Ludden. He appeared on television as early as 1948 and was a frequent guest on television talk shows, game shows, and comedy shows. Overall, White has won five Emmy Awards, three American Comedy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990), and two Viewers for Quality Television Awards. His co-stars for this show included Bill Bixby, Joe Besser, and Marlo Thomas. The Golden Girls was immensely successful and ran from 1985 through 1992. He also starred in a television comedy show where he played a talk show host, which preceded his actual talk show.

When NBC canceled Mama's Family in 1985, White would soon leave the show and score perhaps her most memorable role as the ditzy Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls, a show about the lives of four widowed or divorced senior citizens in Miami. His co-host for this show was a very young-looking Regis Philbin. From 1983 through 1986, she played Ellen Jackson on the moderate hit show Mama's Family along with future Golden Girls co-star Rue McClanahan. He guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson more times than anyone else, and frequently appeared on Steve Allen and Jack Paar's version of the show, as well as having his own television talk show. In her later career, White played Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1973 to 1977. As of 2004, he is the only surviving member of the Rat Pack. Both Password and Pyramid was created by White's friend, Bob Stewart. He was the straight man for the Rat Pack performances in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and also wrote much of the material they performed on stage.

White also made frequent game show appearances on What's My Line? (starting in 1955), To Tell the Truth (starting in 1961), Match Game (1973-1982) and Pyramid (starting in 1982). He began his career as a part of a standup comedy act with his brother. In the 1970s and 80s, White appeared on the updated versions of Password on NBC -- Password Plus and Super Password.. Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb on February 3, 1918) is an American actor. White is perhaps better known for her appearances on the hit gameshow Password, in which she was a regular as a panelist from 1961 through 1975; it was through her early appearances on Password that she met the show's host, Allen Ludden, whom she married in 1963 and remained with until his death in 1981. The Joey Bishop Show (talk show, 1967). She also had her own show briefly in 1954 with the original Betty White Show. The Joey Bishop Show (comedy, 1961).

White's early television roles included her portrayal of Elizabeth on Life With Elizabeth in 1953 and as Vicki Angel on Date With the Angels in 1957 and 1958. The Delta Force (1986). Elizabeth Marion (Betty) White (born January 17, 1922) is a notable American television actress with a career spanning over 50 years. Valley of the Dolls (1967). Texas Across the River (1966). Ocean's Eleven (1960).

The Naked and the Dead (1958). The Deep Six (1958).