The American actress Betty White breathed her last this Friday, December 31. She was 99 years old and was best known for playing in the old series The Crunchies (The Golden Girls of its original name).
She was the star of the 1980s sitcom titled The Crunchies and had also played in the series Malcolm, popular in the 2000s. This is the actress Betty White, who passed away the day before the start of 2022, at the age of 99, At her place. Jeff Witjas, who was his agent and his friend, confirmed the information disclosed by TMZ, by expressing his regrets to our Anglo-Saxon colleagues from People : “Even though Betty was going to be 100, I thought she would live forever.”
The actress had started her career in the seventh art in 1962, playing in the film Storm in Washington. A few years before, she was the host and producer of her own talk show, aired on NBC. Movies, shorts, TV series and even TV movies, Betty White had touched everything, proving her talent on the screen, year after year. Her very first major role was in series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, from 1973 to 1977. She also appeared in the cast of the action film Hell rain and of Lake Placid, released in 1999 at the cinema. Become an iconic face of American television, she had obtained roles in the comedy sitcom Madame is served, in The Cruise has fun, in The Golden Palace, or in My family first, Love, glory and beauty, Ugly Betty and even Bones.
A woman who has been married to three men
Many times nominated for awards as best actress, she had notably obtained an Emmy Award, in 1986. In terms of private life, Betty White is married to three men. In 1945, she had the ring fingered by fighter pilot Dick Barker. Two years later, she found love again with artistic agent Lane Allen, before divorcing in 1949. In 1963, the actress agreed to marry TV presenter Allen Ludden, who shared her life until 1981 and had three children from a previous union. For its part, Betty White will never have had children, by personal choice.
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