Sadly, Golden Girl Betty White passed away 12/31/2021 just weeks before her 100th birthday. She was born on Jan 17, 1922. She moved from her hometown of Illinois to Los Angeles during the Great Depression. That’s when she pursued acting by getting the lead part in her high school musical in 1940 which eventually turned into film acting.
Celebrate her life with these 29 pictures through the years of her career:
1. Betty White in 1954

2. Betty White at the Christmas Parade in Lose Angeles in 1955

3. Betty White in 1956

4. Betty White on ‘Betty White’s Date with L.A. Fireman’ in 1957

5. Betty White on ‘The Betty White Show in 1958

6. Betty White and husband Allen Ludden in the 1960’s

7. Betty White and her husband Allen Lunden 1963

8. Betty White in 1969

9. Betty White in 1970

10. Betty White with her husband Allen Ludden in 1972

11. Betty White With Brett Somers, Allen Ludden, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dolly Read Martin, Richard Dawson and Gene Rayburn on ‘Match Game’ in 1973

12. Betty White in 1974

13. Betty White on ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ in 1975

14. Better White at the Emmy Awards in 1976

15. Betty White with Johnny Carson in 1979

16. Betty White on ‘The Golden Girls’ in 1986

17. Betty White with her costars of ‘The Golden Girls’ in 1988

18. Betty White with Rue McClanahan on ‘The Golden Girls’ in 1989

19. Betty White in 1995

20. Betty White in 1999

21. Betty White with Rue McClanahan and Be a Arthur in 2004

22. Betty White on ‘Boston Legal’ in 2006

23. Betty White at the ‘Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Celebration for Betty White’ in 2008

24. Betty White on ‘Hot in Cleveland’ in 2010

25. Betty White on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2010

26. Betty White at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2012

27. Betty White on ‘Hot in Cleveland in 2015

28. Betty White at the Emmy Awards in 2018

29. Betty White the day before her birthday, 2020

Rest in peace, Betty White.