Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, but she was raised in Los Angeles, California) is a notable American television actress with the career spanning all over Fifty years.

Whiten's early televisiin roles involved her portrayal of Elizabeth on Life Sustaining Elizabeth from either 1953 to 1955 and as Vicki Angel in Date By owning a Angels from either 1957 to 1958. She likewise got her have chat show briefly around 1954 with the original A Betty White Indicate.

White is perchance better known for her appearances on the hit gameshow Password, in which she was the regular as a panellist from either 1961 through 1975; it was through her early appearances in Parole that she met a indicate's carrier, Allen Ludden, whom she married in 1963 and remained with until his dying around 1981. In the Seventies & 80s, White appeared on the updated versions of Word in NBC -- Password + & Very Password.

White besides processed frequent game indicate appearances in ''What's My Line? (starting in 1955), To Tell the Truth (in 1961), Match Game (1973-1982) and Pyramid (starting in 1982). Two Countersign & Pyramid'' was created by Whiten's friend, Bob Stewart.

Inside her late career, White played snotty, sex-obsessed, gourmandizer "Sue Ann Nivens" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1973 to 1977. From either 1983 through 1986, she played "Ellen Harper Jackson" on the moderate hit show ''Mama's Family along with future Golden Girls co-star Rue McClanahan. After Mama's Personal was picked higher inside syndication when existence canceled by NBC in 1985, White left a indicate & scored mayhap her virtually all memorable role when the ditzy "Rose Nylund" on The Golden Girls, a indicate all about a peoples of tetrad widowed or even divorced golden ager inside Miami. A Golden Girls'' was vastly successful & ran from either 1985 through 1992.

Overall, White has won 5 Emmy Awards, three Our contries Comedy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award within 1990), and ii Viewers for Quality Television Awards. She was inducted into a Television Hall of Fame around 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the star of her late married man Allen Ludden. White is easily referred to as the favored enthusiast & critter-rights militant. She has narrated promotional video cds for PETA and has been a vegan since the early Nineties.

Presently, White has the role around ABC's Boston Legal. She plays Alan Shore (James Spader)'s former nemesis, a vicious, calculating, blackmailing gossip Catherine Piper, world health organization strangely doesn't have a Massachusetts or even Future England accent the least bit.

TV Work
Hollywood on Television (1949-1950) Life with Elizabeth (1953-1955) (also producer) The Betty White Show (1954) (canceled after a few months) Make the Connection (1955-1956) Date with the Angels (1957-1958) The Betty White Show (1958) (canceled after Deuce-ace episodes) The Jack Paar Show (regular guest from 1959-1962) To Tell the Truth (panelist within 1961) Password (1961-1975) (regular panelist throughout redo, however wass sub-hostess inside 1975.) The Pet Set (1971-1972) Vanished (1971) (Cameo)

Match Game (1973-1982) (regular panelist throughout start)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (cast member from 1973-1977) Match Game PM (1973-1981) (regular panelist throughout redo) ''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 Indicate Persons for this series) Mama's Family (cast member from 1983-1985 and in 1986) The Golden Girls (1985-1992) 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) (storyteller) Lake Placid (1999) The Story of Us (1999) Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000) (voice) Bringing Down the House (2003) The Third Wish'' (2005)