She should have celebrated her 100th birthday on January 17th. American actress Betty White died Friday January 31st, her agent Jeff Witjas confirmed. This American television icon has kept audiences laughing for more than seven decades on shows like “The Craquantes”.
Betty White, one of America’s most beloved actresses, has enjoyed multiple accolades during her exceptionally long career. Multiple Emmy Award-winning, she first appeared on television in 1949, and still lent her voice to a character from “Toy Story 4” in 2019. “It’s amazing that I’m still in this job, and that you still support me!” “, said the actress at the Emmy Awards in 2018.
“Betty White has put a smile on the lips of generations of Americans. He is a cultural icon that will be sorely missed ”, tweeted US President Joe Biden. “Who didn’t like Betty White?” We are so sad ”his wife, Jill Biden, told reporters.
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The actress had obtained her first major role in the television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, where she played Sue Ann Nivens, from 1973 to 1977. She had also played in the famous series ” Love glory and beauty “ and had appeared, among others, in Ugly betty, Boston justice and in an episode of Simpsons. By 2010, she became, at 88, the oldest person to host the famous entertainment show. “Saturday Night Live”. She happily participated in sketches imbued with the irreverent and often quirky humor of the series.
Rose in “Les Craquantes”
But it’s in “Les Caquantes” (The Golden Girls) that she will find her most striking role. From 1985 to 1992, she played the very lunar and naive Rose Nylund. With its cast of older actresses, playing retired single women in Miami, the series was at the time a bold gamble in an industry traditionally geared towards young people.
Born in 1922 in the suburbs of Chicago, Betty White began her career in modeling, before working in radio, playing in commercials and obtaining small leading roles.
Her life was then inseparable from the small screen, and it was also in a game show that she met her third husband, Allen Ludden, who then introduced him. The couple remained married from 1963 until the latter’s death in 1981. She never remarried, and had no children.
“I don’t think she was afraid of dying, because she always wanted to be with her beloved husband Allen Ludden. She thought she would be by his side again ”, confided, Friday, his agent.
Super Bowl sensation
Along with her acting career, the star was one of the first female producers of the series. “Life with Elizabeth”, in which she also played, in the 1950s.
Betty White, with the recognizable blonde cut and light blue eyes, was also known for her irreverent lines. Asked by presenter David Letterman about her favorite hobbies, this great defender of the animal cause had declared to like “Playing with animals, mainly. And vodka is kind of a hobby ”.
In 2010, Betty White caused a sensation in a Snickers commercial that premiered during the Super Bowl airing. She imitated a player with low energy being tackled during a football match.
The US military paid tribute to this “True legend on and off the screen” who also had “Served in World War II in the American Women’s Volunteer Services”.
The actress, who this week made the front page of the magazine People in the United States, tweeted Tuesday: “My 100e birthday… I can’t believe it’s coming. ”
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