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Elizabeth Marion (Betty) White (born January 17,
1922) is a notable American television actress
with a career spanning over 50 years.

White's early television roles included her
portrayal of Elizabeth on Life With Elizabeth from
1953 to 1955 and as Vicki Angel on Date With the
Angels from 1957 to 1958. She also had her own
talk show briefly in 1954 with the original The
Betty White Show.

White is perhaps better known for her appearances
on the hit gameshow Password (game)|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. In the 1970s and 80s,
White appeared on the updated versions of Password
on NBC -- Password Plus and Super Password.

White also made frequent game show appearances on
What's My Line? (starting in 1955), To Tell the
Truth (in 1961), Match Game (1973-1982) and
Pyramid (starting in 1982). Both Password and
Pyramid was created by White's friend, Bob
Stewart.

In her later career, White played snotty Sue Ann
Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1973 to
1977. 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. When Mama's Family was picked up in
syndication after being canceled by NBC in 1985,
White left the show and scored 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,
Florida|Miami. The Golden Girls was immensely
successful and ran from 1985 through 1992.

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. 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. White is well
known as a pet enthusiast and animal-rights 
activist.

Currently, White has a role in ABC's Boston Legal.
 She plays Alan Shore's (James Spader) assistant,
Catherine Piper.

==TV Work==
*Hollywood on Television (1949-1950)
*Life with Elizabeth (1953-1955) (also producer)
*The Betty White Show (1954) (canceled after a
couple of months)
*Make the Connection (1955-1956)
*Date with the Angels (1957-1958)
*The Betty White Show (1958) (canceled after 3
episodes)
*The Jack Paar Show (regular guest from 1959-1962)
*To Tell the Truth (panelist in 1961)
*Password (1961-1975) (regular panelist throughout
run, but wass sub-hostess in 1975.)
*The Pet Set (1971-1972)
*Vanished (1971) (Cameo)
*Match Game (1973-1982) (regular panelist
throughout run)
*The Mary Tyler Moore Show (cast member from
1973-1977)
*Match Game PM (1973-1981) (regular panelist
throughout run)
*Liar's Club (1976-1978) (regular panelist
throughout run)
*The Betty White Show (1977-1978)
*With This Ring (1978)
*The Gossip Columnist (1979)
*The Best Place to Be (1979)
*Before and After (1979)
*Eunice (1982) 
*Just Men! (1983) (White won an Emmy for
Outstanding Game Show Host for this series)
*Mama's Family (cast member from 1983-1985 and in
1986)
*The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
*Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara (cast
member in 1988)
*Another World (cast member in 1988)
*Chance of a Lifetime (1991)
*The Golden Palace (1992-1993)
*Bob (cast member in 1993)
*Maybe This Time (1995-1996)
*The Story of Santa Claus (1996)
*A Weekend in the Country (1996)
*Me & George (1998) (canceled after a few
episodes)
*The Lionhearts (1998-1999) (voice)
*Ladies Man (1999-2000)
*The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001)
(voice)
*The Retrievers (2001)
*Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam
and Burt (2003)
*Stealing Christmas (2003)
*Annie's Point (2005)

==Filmography==
*Time to Kill (1945) (short subject)
*Advise and Consent (1962)
*A Different Approach (1978) (short subject)
*Hard Rain (1998)
*Holy Man (1998) (Cameo)
*Gaia Symphony II (1999) (documentary) (narrator)
*Lake Placid (1999)
*The Story of Us (1999)
*Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) (voice)
*Bringing Down the House (2003)
*The Third Wish (2005)