Geburtsdatum | Dienstag, 17. Januar 1922 |
Geburtsort | Oak Park |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 31. Dezember 2021 |
Todesort | Brentwood,_Los_Angeles |
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Beschreibung | Betty Marion White Ludden (* 17. Januar 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois; † 31. Dezember 2021 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Komikerin, Synchronsprecherin, Moderatorin und Produzentin. Sie wurde hauptsächlich mit Rollen in komödiantischen Fernsehserien und Filmen bekannt. Weltweit populär wurde sie in der Rolle der Rose Nylund in der Serie Golden Girls. Weitere große Serienerfolge hatte sie beispielsweise als Sue Ann Nivens in der Mary Tyler Moore Show oder als Elka Ostrovsky in Hot in Cleveland. Im Kino war sie erfolgreich mit Filmen wie Selbst ist die Braut, in dem sie 2009 im Alter von 87 Jahren an der Seite von Sandra Bullock und Ryan Reynolds spielte. Als eine der ersten Produzentinnen ebnete White den Weg für Frauen im Film- und Fernsehgeschäft hinter der Kamera und in leitenden Positionen. 2009 wurde sie zur „Disney-Legende“ ernannt. Für die längste Fernsehkarriere einer Entertainerin wurde sie 2013 in das Guinness-Buch der Rekorde aufgenommen. |
Anger tears me up inside... My own... or anyone else's.
I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world, and they don't appreciate it.
I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.
The bottom line is, I'm blessed with good health. On top of that, I don't go around thinking 'Oh, I'm 90, I better do this or I better do that.' I'm just Betty. I'm the same Betty that I've always been. Take it or leave it.
Wendy Malick and Valerie Bertinelli make fun of me, but I take care of my health - I don't abuse it.
I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I'm the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half - half animals and half show business. You can't ask for better than two things you love the most.
I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.
If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!
I'm in the acting business. That's the ego business.
I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my passion for animals. I try to keep current in what's going on in the world. I do mental exercises. I don't have any trouble memorizing lines because of the crossword puzzles I do every day to keep my mind a little limber. I don't sit and vegetate.
I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.
It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.
I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!
