Betty White

At a glance

Born 1922-01-17; died 2021-12-31.

Known as: comedian, television personality, singer, author, and television producer. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life White and Allen Ludden in 1963 While volunteering with the American Women's Voluntary Services , White met Air Force P-38 pilot Dick Barker. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After the war, they were married in 1945 and moved to Belle Center, Ohio , where Barker owned a chicken farm; he wanted to embrace a simpler life, but White did not enjoy doing so. They returned to Los Angeles and divorced within a year. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She married Hollywood talent agent Lane Allen in 1947, [ 2 ]

Betty Marion Ludden was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television with a career spanning almost seven decades, she was noted for her vast number of television appearances, acting in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and game shows.

Early life

Educated at: Beverly Hills High School and Horace Mann School.

Early life White was born on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago . [ 1 ] She later clarified that "Betty" was her legal name, rather than a shortened version of "Elizabeth" as some people had assumed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was the only child of housewife Christine Tess (née Cachikis) and lighting company executive Horace Logan White. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Her father was from Michigan . [ 6 ] White's maternal grandfather was Greek,

Path and career

Awards / honours: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.

Career 1951–1969: Early career and breakthrough First episode of Life with Elizabeth After the war, White made the rounds to movie studios looking for work, but was turned down because she was "not photogenic". [ 1 ] She started to look for radio jobs, where being photogenic did not matter. [ 1 ] Her first radio jobs included reading commercials and playing bit parts, and sometimes even doing crowd noises. [ 1 ] She made about five dollars a show. She would do just about anything,

Why this date

Betty White appears on our December 31 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.