D.he US actress Betty White, known from the sitcom “Golden Girls”, is dead. Numerous people took part after the US media reported the 99-year-old’s death on Friday, citing her manager. “The world looks different now,” wrote Ryan Reynolds on Twitter, who played White’s grandson in the 2009 comedy “Self Is the Bride”. Reynolds had raved about White again and again after that. US President Joe Biden called White “a cultural icon” who “brought a smile to the face of generations of Americans”.
Pop star Cher remembered her first meeting with the multiple Emmy winner on the short message service. Her tears came and she felt like a child again. “What an extraordinary life,” wrote talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. “I’m grateful for every second I had with Betty White.” People laid flowers on White’s star on the Walk of Fame.
White was known worldwide for her role as the naive widow Rose Nylund in the sitcom “Golden Girls”, which was broadcast in the USA from 1985 and in Germany from 1990 as well. All of her colleagues from back then died before her: serial mother “Sophia” (Estelle Getty) in 2008, “Dorothy” (Beatrice Arthur) in 2009 and “Blanche” (Rue McClanahan) in 2010.
Already in the 30s TV roles
Born in 1922 in the US state of Illinois, White got her first small roles on television and in the theater immediately after high school in the late 30s and 40s, later she mainly appeared in talk shows and game shows. Even after the “Golden Girls” she continued to get roles in TV and cinema and, around 2010, caused high ratings and great enthusiasm as the presenter of the legendary TV show “Saturday Night Live”.
She also worked as a producer and has won dozens of awards, including numerous Emmys. She worked in the film and television business for more than 75 years, making it into the Guinness Book of Records – as a TV entertainer with the longest career. White was married three times and had no children.
Gala planned for the 100th birthday
The actress with the characteristic white-haired grandma look and the quick-witted humor showed herself to be fit, happy and curious and, despite all her successes, modest.
On January 17th, when White would have turned 100, a special program on the news channel CNN is said to commemorate her life. A live switch was actually planned for her birthday party, CNN reported on Friday. “Everyone likes a party – and this one is going to be great,” White announced a week ago. “We are grateful for the decades of joy that they have given everyone,” the broadcaster quoted the producers of the film, Steve Boettcher and Mike Trinklein. “Betty always said she was the“ happiest old woman on two legs ”after having had such a long career. And to be honest: We were the lucky ones to have had them for so long. “
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