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Betty White
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Actor Born: January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, IL Biography:Actress "Betty White" got her start in local Los Angeles television as the "telephone girl" for video emcee "Al Jarvis". By early 1950 she was one of the stars of the daily, five-hour series "Hollywood on Television". One of the highlights of this program was a husband and wife sketch titled "Life With Elizabeth," which when committed to film and syndicated nationally in 1953 became White's first starring TV sitcom. She went on to headline her own network variety series in 1954, then co-starred with "Bill Williams" in the weekly TV domestic comedy Date With the Angels (1957), which without Williams was retitled "The Betty White Show" in early 1958. For the next 15 years she made guest appearances on various variety and quiz show efforts, and toured the straw-hat theatrical circuit in such plays as Critics Choice and Who Was That Lady, often appearing opposite her husband, TV personality "Allen Ludden".... Full Biography
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