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Would it be fairly POV to say Rose was her most famous role? I'm sure many others love her Sue Ann role, too. Mike H 20:08, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

• None the less, the character of Rose Nylund was a lead character on Golden Girls whereas Sue Ann was only a recurring/supporting character. She was nominated for 7 Emmy Awards as Rose, only 3 as Sue Ann. She was on Golden Girls for 8 years AND on it's spin-off show Golden Palace; she was only on Mary Tyler Moore for 5 years. It's fairly solid to say that she is BEST known for her performance as Rose, not really a POV issue. Pacian 07:18, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dunno if I agree with that. She actually won more Emmies for Sue Ann, and MTM was on the air pre-cable, meaning that more people saw it in its first run than saw the slightly-better-ranked Golden Girls, which was lucky enough to compete in a more fractured environment. Also, the older MTM has possibly been seen by more people in syndication than the younger Golden Girls — though good luck actually trying to work out the numbers. It would be a task of exceeding difficulty to prove with verifiable sources that one character was "more famous" than the other. So I think it's definitely POV to say Rose was her most famous role, revealing more about the age of the person making the observation than anything else. I personally always think of Rose as the "anti-Sue Ann", not the other way around. Am I right to think that way? Probably no more so than someone who was introduced to her on The Golden Girls. Another thing to consider: what is fame anyway? Is it measured by number of eyeballs that have seen you, or the association people have between your name and a character that you've played? And what do you do with someone like Betty White, who's made more appearances as herself on game shows and non-fictional programming than any character? The lead, as is, works pretty well at encapsulating the totality of her work on television, rather than in trying to assess the relative "fame" derived by one part of her career over the other. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 03:43, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone have a good, reliable source (i.e. not the IMDB or any of the sites that copy its stupid trivia) for her being of German descent? (i.e. interview, article, etc.) Vulturell 03:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

is it really necessary to have the list of acting credits here? that's what the IMDB link is for. cma 17:32, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

beautiful woman? or THE MOST beautiful woman.

24.222.215.47 12:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think she is dead yet...Someone needs to check that for sure and change the page

I've heard through various first sources (game show reruns featuring White) that her first name is Elizabeth. Can anyone confirm or deny this? JMyrleFuller 03:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely true. Betty is a nickname for Elizabeth. -- Gridlock Joe 19:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

White did a memorable guest spot on St Elsewhere. Another storyline in the same episode had a character believing he was Mary Richards from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Towards the end of the show, the guy is walking down the hall and sees White. He thinks she is Sue Ann Nivens, but White says he's confused her for someone else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.164.89.236 (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been hit with a fair bit of vandalism. Can someone look into this? Fireware (talk) 19:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's been hit again with vandalism. Could they perhaps lock the page, so that no changes could be made? Aislinblue (talk) 02:23, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just watched a 1955 episode of What's My Line where Miss White was a guest panelist, and quite a big deal was made about the fact that she had been named the "Honorary Mayor Of Hollywood". This seems quite a charming bit of trivia about her, can it be verified and added to her page? Thanks. 72.165.255.130 (talk) 19:33, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was checking this article to find out how Betty White originally became famous, but the career section starts with Mama's Family and barely mentions that she was ever on the Mary Tyler Moore show, let alone anything else before MF and Golden Girls. The hell? Was there information here that got deleted for some random reason? Why would someone write a fairly decent overview of her career that completely omits the first third of it? 24.131.10.202 (talk) 00:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I figured it out. In mid-November someone replaced the pre-1980s content with vandalism, and then the vandalism was just deleted instead of being reverted, and seven weeks later nobody has noticed that the article is totally nonsensical. Another win for Wikipedia. 24.131.10.202 (talk) 00:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed the article history, found the missing material, and have added it back. --Nricardo (talk) 02:41, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More recently guest starred as the "Witch lady" on an episode of My Name is Earl. Critics have commented that White could receive an Emmy nomination for her performance.

I removed the "Critics have commented that White could receive an Emmy nomination for her performance." There are no sources for this statement.--72.150.117.55 (talk) 03:31, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]