Betty is a renowned American actress and comedian with the best television career in the entertainment industry. Though she is 98 years old and has been working for over 80 years, she continues to work to this day.

Early Life

Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois on 17th January 1922. She is an only child of Horace and Tess White. Her parents relocated to Los Angeles when Marion was two years old. While in high school, she was excited about the great outdoors. However, she gave up on her dream of becoming a park ranger because women were at that time forbidden from that job.

As a result, Betty became an avid writer and finally created a play as a lead player for her high school drama group. This incident prepared her for a future career as an actress. She was motivated by other well-known actresses at the time, such as Jeanette MacDonald.

Family History

Betty got married to Dick Barker in 1945, but their marriage lasted for less than a year. She then got married to Lane Allen Canadian-born film actor in 1949 but called it quits after a year and a half. Following the marriage break up, she got into a relationship with Phil Cochran in 1958.

She later met Allen Lidden on his game show Password as a celebrity guest in 1961, and they got married after two years. She did not enter into another marriage after her husband Lidden died of stomach cancer in 1981. While they had no children together, she is stepmother to Lidden's three children from his first marriage. Today Betty white is said to be single and loving it.

Net Worth and Salary

Betty White is the richest 98 years old alive American actress, comedienne, author, and television host with a net worth of $75 million dollars. If that number is even near to the right, it is a proof to the unbelievable continuous run of accomplishments in entertainment, as of several successful TV show roles to her character as a game show founder.

Without a doubt, she is acknowledged as one of the foundations of the entertainment industry, since she had an extensive and memorable career. Still, she has more than eight decades of occupation and the longest-standing television entertainer of all time. Moreover, Betty has experienced accomplishments in the film industry and has shown her resourcefulness over the years.

Career

White started working as an assistant at a local television station in 1950. She started on her first television series, Life with Elizabeth, which she advanced with George Tibbles. While working in television, White made visitor appearances on such shows as The United States Steel Hour and Petticoat Junction. She also loved talk-show host Jack Paar, who repeatedly invited her to the Tonight Show.

Moreover, she made frequent appearances on game shows such as Password where she met her husband. White's career got a massive boost from her subsequent television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the GoGoKelley' s, GoKelley'sce, Kelley's Boston Legal and on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Besides, she has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, Regional (LA) Emmy, three American Comedy Awards, and two Viewers for Quality Television Awards.