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Betty White was born: Trust versus Mistrust
Betty white was born on January 17, 1922 in Oak Park Illinois. -
Betty starts school: Initiative versus Guilt
Betty White started school and attended Horace Mann Elementary School. -
Betty White's TV career: Identity versus Role Confusion
When Betty White was 17 years old she and her friend sang a song from the Merry Widow They sang on an experimental LA channel. -
Betty White's first marriage: Intimacy versus Isolation
When Betty White was 25 years old she married a Hollywood agent named Lane Allen in 1947. They got a divorce two years later in 1949. -
Betty White's firth big role: Intimacy versus Isolation
In the 1950's Betty stared in her first major role as the lead in the show Life with Elizabeth. -
Betty White and Allen Ludden Marriage: Generativity versus Stagnation
Betty White met the love of her life Allen Ludden. They met on Password and it took two times for Betty to accept his offer. They got married in June of 1963. They had no kids together but Betty was the stepmother of Allen's three kids from a previous marriage. -
Betty White's husbands death: Generativity versus Stagnation
In 1980, Betty White's husband was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died a year later at age 63. At age 59 Betty White and family buried him next to his father in Graceland Cemetery. He died days before his 18th wedding anniversary and Betty never remarried. -
Betty White and the Golden Girls: Generativity versus Stagnation
In 1985 Betty White got her signature role as Rose Nylund on the show The Golden Girls. The show was a huge hit and aired until 1922 when Arthur decided to leave the show. They tried to do a play off series called The Golden Palace, but it just was not the same and only lasted for a season. -
Betty White's first Grammy: Ego Integrity versus Despair
In 2012 at the age of 90, Betty White won her first ever Grammy Award in a word recording for her bestselling book If You Ask Me.
