One of America's original screen stars, Betty White enjoyed a career spanning eight decades.
Clearly a burgeoning talent, she took over the reins of the TV show in the early 1950s, and was subsequently nominated for her first Emmy Award for best TV actress in 1951. It was the new awards' first ever category to recognise the achievements of women on the box.
The actress's biggest role so far came as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s. Her sharp-witted character, who had an eye for the men, worked alongside the sitcom's titular star in a fictional Minneapolis television newsroom. In 1986, it won the Emmy for outstanding comedy and White scooped the individual award for best comedy actress.The star actress and the writers of The Golden Girls were all smiles at the Emmy Awards in 1986
She also had a recurring role on soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2006 to 2009, and hosted several other entertainment shows, including the prank show Betty White's Off Their Rockers.As well as winning awards, White has been described as "one of the nicest women in showbusiness" Animals were always a passion, and she worked closely with the Los Angeles Zoo and the Morris Animal Foundation for more than four decades.
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