This isn't really film-related as she primarily made her indelible mark on television, but much condolences to the family members and friends of Betty White...who passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 99 today.
Best known for her roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund in the sitcom The Golden Girls, White was one of the most prolific entertainers to work in Hollywood. Also highlights in her long-spanning career were a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live (SNL) back in 2010, having a regular role on the recent sitcom Hot in Cleveland, and being the recipient of five Primetime Emmy awards and one competitive Daytime Emmy...as well as a Los Angeles regional Emmy in 1952 and a lifetime achievement Daytime Emmy in 2015 (one of the Emmys that White won was for her SNL hosting gig).
White's television career lasted 70 years, and a 2014 edition of Guinness World Records certified this remarkable achievement as the longest-ever for a female entertainer.
It is absolutely a shame that Betty White didn't get to celebrate her 100th birthday next month.
In regards to White's birthday, the folks who were planning a huge movie event for the past few weeks to mark her milestone—which would've been on January 17—clearly didn't know what the word "jinx" meant. That movie event will still take place.
With or without a movie event that will honor her, Betty White will nevertheless live on in the annals of Hollywood history as a legend...and that's all that matters.
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