Betty Marion White (born
January 17,
1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years. White is perhaps best known for her close association with the game show,
Password, her affiliation with animal charities (Actors and Others for Animals), and her roles in the television
sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
Mama's Family and
The Golden Girls, as well as being a regular panelist on the extremely popular
1970s game show
Match Game.
Biography
Personal life
White was born in
Oak Park, Illinois, the daughter of Tess, a homemaker, and Horace White, a traveling salesman and electrical engineer.
[Betty White Biography (1922-)][The Paley Center for Media | She Made It | Betty White] She was raised in
Los Angeles, California. White attended Horace Mann Middle School in
Beverly Hills, California, and then went to
Beverly Hills High School in
Beverly Hills, California, where she graduated in 1939.
