Betty White

Acting

Born 1922-01-17 Died 2021-12-31 Oak Park, Illinois, USA 191 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 5 Golden Globe Awards 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 Daytime Emmy Awards 1 Grammy Awards 1 American Comedy Awards 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Women Film Critics Circle Awards 1 People's Choice Awards 1

Awards

Won 5 Primetime Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards 5 won · 3 nominated

2014 Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Nominated Betty White's Off Their Rockers
2010 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Won Saturday Night Live
1996 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Won The John Larroquette Show
1992 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
1986 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won The Golden Girls
1977 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1976 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1975 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Golden Globe Awards 4 won

1989 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won The Golden Girls
1988 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won The Golden Girls
1987 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won The Golden Girls
1986 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won The Golden Girls

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 won · 2 nominated

2013 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated Hot in Cleveland
2012 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Won
2011 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Won
2011 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated Hot in Cleveland

Daytime Emmy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

1984 Outstanding Game Show Host Nominated
1983 Outstanding Game Show Host Won

Grammy Awards 1 won

2012 Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Won

American Comedy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

2000 American Comedy Awards Won
1990 American Comedy Awards Nominated

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Women Film Critics Circle Awards 1 won

2021 Women Film Critics Circle Awards Won

People's Choice Awards 1 won

2015 People's Choice Awards Won

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Betty Marion White Ludden (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning 80 years. Regarded as a pioneer of television, she was one of the first women to have control both in front of and behind the camera and is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her receiving the honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955. White was known for her award-winning roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–77) and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985–92) – the Writers Guild of America has included both sitcoms in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time – and Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland (2010–15). A staple guest of many American game shows such as Password, Match Game, Hollywood Squares and The $25,000 Pyramid, White was dubbed the 'First Lady of Game Shows' and became the first woman to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983 for the show Just Men! She was also known for her appearances on Boston Legal, Mama's Family, and Saturday Night Live. White received eight Emmy Awards in various categories, three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy Award. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is a Television Hall of Fame inductee.