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The actor’s career spanned more than 80 years – but it was her role as Rose Nylund in the 1980s sitcom that cemented her status
Betty White: called a ‘cultural icon’ by the US president. Photograph: Phil McCarten/Reuters
Rhi Storer
Sat 1 Jan 2022 05.33 GMT
Betty White, the actor best known for roles in sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, has died aged 99.
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White died at her home on Friday morning, just two weeks before she would have turned 100. Her agent Jeff Witjas told People magazine: “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live for ever.” Joe Biden led tributes, praising the star as a “cultural icon”.
White enjoyed an illustrious career of more than eight decades, receiving eight Emmys, one Grammy and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Considered a television pioneer, she pushed doors open not only for herself, but for many other women who dreamed of entering the broadcast industry.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1922, White began her career in 1939 singing an abridged version of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow on an experimental television transmission. After the second world war, during which she worked with the American Women’s Voluntary Service, White found work appearing on radio shows such as The Great Gildersleeve, and provided voiceovers for radio commercials.
She co-hosted the live talkshow Hollywood on
Television from 1949 to 1953. “With no script to fall back on, it was like walking along the edge of a cliff in a high wind – there was nothing to hang on to but your mental editor,” she recalled in her memoir, Here We Go Again: My Life in Television in 1995.
After her co-host, Al Jarvis, resigned, White hosted solo; she is believed to have been the first female television talkshow host.
White’s talkshow, The Betty White Show, premiered on NBC in 1954. White also helped star and produce the television show Life With Elizabeth, at a time when domestic sitcoms were relatively new. It allowed her to become one of a handful of women who had full creative control in front of and behind the camera.
But it was her role as Sue Ann Nivens on 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show that turned White into a household name. Her role as Rose Nylund on the popular 1980s sitcom
The Golden Girls cemented her status as a legendary TV actor.
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Minutes after news emerged of her death, Biden told reporters: “That’s a shame. She was a lovely lady.” His wife, Jill Biden, said: “Who didn’t love Betty White? We’re so sad about her death.”
The US president later tweeted: “Betty White brought a smile to the lips of generations of Americans. She’s a cultural icon who will be sorely missed. Jill and I are thinking of her family and all those who loved her this New Year’s Eve.”
Former US first lady Michelle Obama said White had “broken barriers” and her joy would be missed by people all around the world.
“Betty White broke barriers, defied expectations, served her country, and pushed us all to laugh,” she wrote. “Barack and I join so many around the world who will miss the joy she brought to the world.”
Star Trek star George Takei was among others paying tribute on Twitter: “Our national treasure, Betty White, has passed just before her 100th birthday,” he wrote. “Our Sue Ann Nivens, our beloved Rose Nylund, has joined the heavens to delight the stars with her inimitable style, humour, and charm. A great loss to us all. We shall miss her dearly.” The actor added that everyone should raise a toast to White when midnight strikes.
Oprah Winfrey said she was “celebrating 99 years of your love on the planet”.