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Actress Betty White in 1965. (AP Photo)
Actress Betty White is seen in 1965. (AP Photo)
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Allen Ludden and his wife Betty White, who love to play games, continue a two year gin rummy battle in which she's ahead by a cumulative 6,000 points in Westchester, N.Y. on April 29, 1965. They do it professionally on TV. He's the master of ceremonies on "Password," and she makes frequent guest appearances on game shows. They play games to relax at home. (AP Photo/Bob Wands)
Allen Ludden and his wife Betty White, who love to play games, continue a two year gin rummy battle in which she’s ahead by a cumulative 6,000 points in Westchester, N.Y. on April 29, 1965. They do it professionally on TV. He’s the master of ceremonies on “Password,” and she makes frequent guest appearances on game shows. They play games to relax at home. (AP Photo/Bob Wands)
AP Photo/Bob Wands
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 17, 1976: (L-R) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-stars - Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight - all won awards at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Shubert Theatre on May 17, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by TVA/PictureGroup/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images)
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-stars – Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight – all won awards at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Shubert Theatre on May 17, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by TVA/PictureGroup/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images) (TVA/PictureGroup/Invision/AP/TVA/PictureGroup)
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Actress Betty White with Ted Knight at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 1981. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen)
Actress Betty White is seen with Ted Knight at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 1981. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen)
AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen
Betty White and Anson Williams don?t seem to faze Buckeye, a St. Bernard, during an awards ceremony during which Williams was honored by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as a friend and lover of animals. Ms. White presented a humanitarian plaque to Williams at the event, which was held in Hollywood, California, Friday, May 1, 1982. (AP Photo/Marc Karody)
Betty White and Anson Williams don’t seem to faze Buckeye, a St. Bernard, during an awards ceremony during which Williams was honored by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as a friend and lover of animals. Ms. White presented a humanitarian plaque to Williams at the event, which was held in Hollywood, California, Friday, May 1, 1982. (AP Photo/Marc Karody)
AP Photo/Marc Karody
In this Dec. 25, 1985 file photo, four veteran actresses, from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White, from the television series "The " Golden Girls" are shown during a break in taping in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
In this Dec. 25, 1985 file photo, four veteran actresses, from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White, from the television series “The ” Golden Girls” are shown during a break in taping in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
AP Photo/Nick Ut, file
Astrologer Jeane Dixon plays herself of an upcoming episode of ?The Golden Girls? on NBC on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1985. Pictured during the taping of the show, in which she appears during a dream sequence, are: (left to right)- Betty White (Rose Nylund); Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak); Dixon; Billy Barty (Hollywood?s most famous midget, who is playing Rose?s father in her dream) and Rue McClanahn (Blanche DuBois). (AP Photo)
Astrologer Jeane Dixon plays herself of an upcoming episode of “The Golden Girls” on NBC on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1985. Pictured during the taping of the show, in which she appears during a dream sequence, are: (left to right)- Betty White (Rose Nylund); Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak); Dixon; Billy Barty (Hollywood’s most famous midget, who is playing Rose’s father in her dream) and Rue McClanahn (Blanche DuBois). (AP Photo)
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Comedienne Betty White places her hand on the star that was presented posthumously to her husband, Allen Ludden, during ceremonies inducting him into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Thursday, March 31, 1988. Ludden was honored with the 1,868th star of the famed walkway ? between those of White and Tyrone Power. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Comedienne Betty White places her hand on the star that was presented posthumously to her husband, Allen Ludden, during ceremonies inducting him into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Thursday, March 31, 1988. Ludden was honored with the 1,868th star of the famed walkway between those of White and Tyrone Power. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
Actress Carol Burnett, left, gets Betty White?s attention during the taping of an upcoming episode of ?Carol & Company? on Friday, Sept. 29, 1990 at the Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. Ms. White plays a pesky neighbor who keeps bothering Carol as she tries to get some sleep. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
Actress Carol Burnett, left, gets Betty White’s attention during the taping of an upcoming episode of “Carol & Company” on Friday, Sept. 29, 1990 at the Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. Ms. White plays a pesky neighbor who keeps bothering Carol as she tries to get some sleep. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
AP Photo/Bob Galbraith
House Speaker Newt Gingrich looks into the trunk of an African elephant on Sunday, May 19, 1996 while visiting the zoo in Los Angels with actress Betty White, right. (AP Photo/John Hayes)
House Speaker Newt Gingrich looks into the trunk of an African elephant on Sunday, May 19, 1996 while visiting the zoo in Los Angels with actress Betty White, right. (AP Photo/John Hayes)
AP Photo/John Hayes
Actress Betty White wears a South American python around her wrist at the Los Angeles Zoo Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, in Los Angeles, where she was honored as Ambassador to the Animals by the city for her decades of dedication to the humane treatment of animals. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Actress Betty White wears a South American python around her wrist at the Los Angeles Zoo Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, in Los Angeles, where she was honored as Ambassador to the Animals by the city for her decades of dedication to the humane treatment of animals. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
Betty White arrives at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Betty White arrives at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
Betty White, left, Rue McClanahan, center, and Beatrice Arthur, of the Golden Girls, at the TV Land Awards on Sunday June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Betty White, left, Rue McClanahan, center, and Beatrice Arthur, of the Golden Girls, at the TV Land Awards on Sunday June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
AP Photo/Matt Sayles
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Actress and animal advocate Betty White greets Uggie the dog, from the Oscar-winning film “‘The Artist,” at a Godiva-sponsored Friars Club Roast honoring White, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel in New York. At right is comedian Jeff Ross. (AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis)
AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis
President Barack Obama talks with Betty White in the Oval Office, June 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.Ê
President Barack Obama talks with Betty White in the Oval Office, June 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. (The White House/Pete Souza)
The White House/Pete Souza
Betty White accepts the award for favorite TV icon at the People's Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Betty White accepts the award for favorite TV icon at the People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, Betty White attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special in New York. White, a passionate animal activist, has harsh words for the Minnesota dentist that killed a protected lion known as Cecil while on a hunting trip in Zimbabwe this month. “You don’t want to hear some of the things I want to do to that man,” said the 93-year-old actress in an interview Thursday, July 30. White was promoting a new block of programming on Discovery Family Channel called “Pawgust,” throughout the month of August, with shows, specials and movies about animals. She will serve as the host of “Pawgust,” and be featured in promos. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
Betty White accepts the legend award at the TV Land Awards at the Saban Theatre on Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Betty White accepts the legend award at the TV Land Awards at the Saban Theatre on Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Charo, left, presents Betty White with the lifetime achievement award at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Charo, left, presents Betty White with the lifetime achievement award at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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Actress Betty White in 1965. (AP Photo)
Allen Ludden and his wife Betty White, who love to play games, continue a two year gin rummy battle in which she's ahead by a cumulative 6,000 points in Westchester, N.Y. on April 29, 1965. They do it professionally on TV. He's the master of ceremonies on "Password," and she makes frequent guest appearances on game shows. They play games to relax at home. (AP Photo/Bob Wands)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 17, 1976: (L-R) "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-stars - Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight - all won awards at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Shubert Theatre on May 17, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by TVA/PictureGroup/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images)
Actress Betty White with Ted Knight at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 1981. (AP Photo/Randy Rasmussen)
Betty White and Anson Williams don?t seem to faze Buckeye, a St. Bernard, during an awards ceremony during which Williams was honored by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as a friend and lover of animals. Ms. White presented a humanitarian plaque to Williams at the event, which was held in Hollywood, California, Friday, May 1, 1982. (AP Photo/Marc Karody)
In this Dec. 25, 1985 file photo, four veteran actresses, from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White, from the television series "The " Golden Girls" are shown during a break in taping in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
Astrologer Jeane Dixon plays herself of an upcoming episode of ?The Golden Girls? on NBC on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1985. Pictured during the taping of the show, in which she appears during a dream sequence, are: (left to right)- Betty White (Rose Nylund); Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak); Dixon; Billy Barty (Hollywood?s most famous midget, who is playing Rose?s father in her dream) and Rue McClanahn (Blanche DuBois). (AP Photo)
Comedienne Betty White places her hand on the star that was presented posthumously to her husband, Allen Ludden, during ceremonies inducting him into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Thursday, March 31, 1988. Ludden was honored with the 1,868th star of the famed walkway ? between those of White and Tyrone Power. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Actress Carol Burnett, left, gets Betty White?s attention during the taping of an upcoming episode of ?Carol & Company? on Friday, Sept. 29, 1990 at the Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. Ms. White plays a pesky neighbor who keeps bothering Carol as she tries to get some sleep. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
House Speaker Newt Gingrich looks into the trunk of an African elephant on Sunday, May 19, 1996 while visiting the zoo in Los Angels with actress Betty White, right. (AP Photo/John Hayes)
Actress Betty White wears a South American python around her wrist at the Los Angeles Zoo Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, in Los Angeles, where she was honored as Ambassador to the Animals by the city for her decades of dedication to the humane treatment of animals. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Betty White arrives at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Betty White, left, Rue McClanahan, center, and Beatrice Arthur, of the Golden Girls, at the TV Land Awards on Sunday June 8, 2008 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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President Barack Obama talks with Betty White in the Oval Office, June 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.Ê
Betty White accepts the award for favorite TV icon at the People's Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Betty White accepts the legend award at the TV Land Awards at the Saban Theatre on Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Charo, left, presents Betty White with the lifetime achievement award at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Actress Betty White turned 95 on Jan. 17, 2017. Her career has spanned more than 75 years. She is best known for the comedy roles of Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls” and Elka Ostrovsky on “Hot in Cleveland.” She also is known for being an animal activist. See photos and videos.

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