Betty White filmography

Betty White (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian known for her roles on television. White worked longer in the television industry than anyone else and earned herself a Guinness World Record in 2013.^[1]

White at the Time 100 gala in 2010

Her roles on television including Sue Ann Nivens on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–1977), Rose Nylund on the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls (1985–1992), and Elka Ostrovsky on the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015). She gained renewed popularity after her appearance in the romantic comedy film The Proposal (2009) with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and went on to host Saturday Night Live in 2010 gaining her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.^[2] She had also been a staple on many game shows since the mid-1950s.^[3]

White died on December 31, 2021, seventeen days before her 100th birthday,^[4] which was due to be celebrated in a televised special on January 17, 2022. It contained an interview from White, filmed just ten days prior to her death. The decision was made to continue with the televised celebration posthumously, thus ending White's record-breaking, 73-year career on television in 2022.^[5]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1945	Time to Kill	Lou's Girl	Short film	[6]
1951	The Daring Miss Jones	Unknown		[7]
1962	Advise & Consent	Senator Bessie Adams		[8]
1986	Big City Comedy	Herself
1989	Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration	Herself
1996	The Story of Santa Claus	Gretchen Claus	Voice	[8]
1998	Hard Rain	Doreen Sears		[8]
	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again	Martha Wilson	Direct-to-video	[8]
	Holy Man	Herself		[8]
1999	Lake Placid	Mrs. Delores Bickerman		[8]
	The Story of Us	Lillian Jordan		[8]
2000	Whispers: An Elephant's Tale	Round	Voice	[8]
	Tom Sawyer	Aunt Polly		[8]
2001	The Retrievers	Mrs. Krisper		[8]
	The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie	Grandma Sophie	Voice	[9]
2003	Bringing Down the House	Mrs. Kline		[8]
	Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt	Cameo		[8]
2005	The Third Wish	Lettie		[8]
2006	Where's Marty?	Herself		[10]
2007	Your Mommy Kills Animals		Documentary	[11]
	In Search of Puppy Love
2008	Ponyo[12]	Yoshie	Voice	[8]
2009	Love N' Dancing	Irene		[8]
	The Proposal	Grandma Annie		[8]
	Part Two: The Warm Mission	Betty	Short film	[13]
2010	You Again	Grandma Bunny Byer		[8]
	Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa	Mrs. Claus	Voice	[14]
2011	Betty White: Champion for Animals	Herself	Documentary	[15]
2012	The Lorax	Grammy Norma	Voice	[8]
2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy	Narrator	Documentary	[16]
	Betty White Goes Wild	Herself		[17]
2019	Toy Story 4	Bitey White	Voice	[18]
	Trouble	Mrs. Sarah Vanderwhoozie	Voice	[19]
2022	Betty White: A Celebration	Herself / Archive footage	Docu-movie; posthumous release; final film role	[20]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1949–53	Hollywood on Television	Herself		[21]
1952–54	The Betty White Show			[22]
1953	The Eddie Albert Show			[23]
1953–55	Life with Elizabeth	Elizabeth	Lead role, 65 episodes	[24]
1955–56	What's My Line?	Herself	8 episodes	[25]
1956	The Millionaire	Virginia Lennart	Episode: "Millionaire Virginia Lennart"
1957–58	Date with the Angels	Vickie Angel	Lead role, 33 episodes	[26]
1958	The Betty White Show	Herself	Lead role, 14 episodes	[27]
1958–62	The Tonight Show with Jack Paar		Recurring role, 36 episodes	[28]
1958–2001, 2016	To Tell the Truth		Guest on CBS (Collyer), NBC (Moore), and ABC (Anderson). Main panelist (2016)
1961–2008	(Super) (Million Dollar) Password (All Stars), (Plus)		Recurring panelist; appeared on all versions of the show
1962	The United States Steel Hour		Episode: "Scene of the Crime"
1963–82, 1990–91	Match Game	Herself	Recurring panelist Appeared on the first 3 versions of the show
1963–75	You Don't Say!		Recurring panelist, 10 episodes
1968	That's Life		Episode: "Buying a House"
1969	Petticoat Junction	Adelle Colby	Episode: "The Cannonball Bookmobile"	[29]
1971	The Pet Set	Herself	Recurring role, 31 episodes	[29]
	Vanished		NBC TV mini series	[30]
1972	O'Hara, U.S. Treasury		Episode: "Operation: Lady Luck"
	The Odd Couple		Episode: "Password"
1973–77	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Sue Ann Nivens	Main cast, 46 episodes	[22]
1975	Lucas Tanner	Lydia Merrick	Episode: "The Noise of a Quiet Weekend"
	Ellery Queen	Louise Demery	Episode: "The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance"
	The Carol Burnett Show	Various	Recurring role, 3 episodes	[29]
1976–77	The Sonny and Cher Show	Herself	Guest role, 2 episodes
1976–79	Liar's Club		Recurring panelist, 48 episodes	[31]
1977–78	The Betty White Show	Joyce Whitman	Lead role, 14 episodes	[32]
1978	The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour	Voice teacher	1 episode
	Snavely (aka Chateau Snavely)	Gladys Snavely	1 episode (pilot only)	[33]
	With This Ring	Evelyn Harris	TV film
1979	The Best Place to Be	Sally Cantrell
	Before and After	Anita
1980	The Gossip Columnist	Herself
	The Love Boat	Various	Guest role, 5 episodes	[34]
1981	Best of the West		Episode: "Mail Order Bride"
1982	Eunice	Ellen	TV film
	The $25,000 Pyramid	Herself	Recurring panelist, 85 episodes
	Love, Sidney	Charlotte	Episode: "Charlotte's Web"
	Madame's Place	Herself	Episode: "I Am What I Am"
1983	Just Men!	Herself	Host, 65 episodes	[22]
	Fame	Catherine	Episode: "Sunshine Again"
1983–84, 1986	Mama's Family	Ellen Harper Jackson	Recurring role, 15 episodes	[29]
1984	Hotel	Wilma Klein	Episode: "Outsiders"
	Trivia Trap	Herself	Celebrity Week
1985	St. Elsewhere	Capt. Gloria Neal	2 episodes
	Who's the Boss?	Bobby Barnes
1985–92	The Golden Girls	Rose Nylund	Main role, 180 episodes	[35]
1987	Alf Loves a Mystery	Aunt Harriet	TV film
1988	Santa Barbara	Cameo	Guest role, 3 episodes
	Another World	Brenda Barlowe	Special Guest Star
	Days of Our Lives	Cameo	Guest role
1989–92	Empty Nest	Rose Nylund	Guest role, 3 episodes
1990	Carol & Company	Trisha Durant	Episode: "Trisha Springs Eternal"
1991	Chance of a Lifetime	Evelyn Eglin	TV film
	Nurses	Rose Nylund	Episode: "Begone with the Wind"
1992–93	The Golden Palace		Lead role, 24 episodes
1993	Bob	Sylvia Schmidt	Main role, 8 episodes
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Dora Sloan	Episode: "Death by Extermination"
1995	The Naked Truth	Herself	2 episodes
1995–96	Maybe This Time	Shirley Wallace	Main role, 18 episodes
1996	A Weekend in the Country	Martha	TV film
	Suddenly Susan	Midge Haber	Episode: "Golden Girl Friday"
	The John Larroquette Show	Herself	Episode: "Here We Go Again"	[36]
1998	The Lionhearts	Dorothy (voice)	5 episodes
	L.A. Doctors	Mrs. Brooks	Episode: "Leap of Faith"
	Noddy	Annabelle (Mrs. Santa Claus)	Special: Anything Can Happen At Christmas
1999	Hercules	Hestia (voice)	Episode: "Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus"
	Ally McBeal	Dr. Shirley Flott	Episode: "Seeing Green"
	King of the Hill	Dorothy / Ellen / Delia (voice)	Guest role, 3 episodes
1999–2001	Ladies Man	Mitzi Stiles	Main role, 30 episodes	[37]
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Sophie Hunter (voice)	3 episodes
	Intimate Portrait	Herself	Episode: "Betty White"
	The Simpsons	Herself (voice)	Episode: "Missionary: Impossible"	[38]
2001	The Ellen Show	Connie Gibson	Episode: "Missing the Bus"
2002	Teacher's Pet	Granny (voice)	Episode: "The Turkey That Came for Dinner"
	Yes, Dear	Sylvia	Episode: "Kim's New Nanny"
	Providence	Julianna	Episode: "The Heart of the Matter"
2002–03	That '70s Show	Bea Sigurdson	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2003	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Mrs. Doolin (voice)	Episode: "Who Killed Who?"
	Gary the Rat	Gary's Mother (voice)	Episode: "This Is Not a Pipe"
	I'm with Her	Herself	Episode: "Meet the Parent"
	Stealing Christmas	Emily Sutton	TV film
2003–04	Everwood	Carol Roberts	2 episodes
2004	The Practice	Catherine Piper	3 episodes
	My Wife and Kids	Mrs. June Hopkins	Episode: "The Maid
	Malcolm in the Middle	Sylvia	Episode: "Victor's Other Family"
2004	Father of the Pride	Grandma Wilson	Episode 8: "Donkey"
2004–05	Complete Savages	Mrs. Riley	2 episodes
2005	Joey	Margaret Bly	Episode: "Joey and the House"
	Annie's Point	Annie Eason	TV film
2005–08	Boston Legal	Catherine Piper	Recurring role, 16 episodes	[39]
2006	My Name Is Earl	Mrs. May Rose Weezmer	Episode: "The Witch Lady"	[40]
	Family Guy	Herself (voice)	Episode: "Peterotica"
2006–09	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ann Douglas	Recurring role, 23 episodes
2007	Higglytown Heroes	Grandmama (voice)	Episode: Calling All Heroes
	Ugly Betty	Herself	Episode: "Bananas for Betty"
	The Simpsons	Herself (voice)	Episode: "Homerazzi"	[38]
2009	30 Rock	Herself	Episode: "Stone Mountain"	[41]
	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Herself	Episode: "Maggie's Bucket List"
2009–10	Glenn Martin DDS	Grandma Shelia Martin (voice)	Guest role, 2 episodes
2010	The Middle	Mrs. Nethercott	Episode: "Average Rules"
	Community	Professor June Bauer	Episodes: "Anthropology 101" & "The Psychology of Letting Go"	[42][43]
2010, 2015	Saturday Night Live	Host, Various roles	Episodes: "Betty White/Jay-Z", "Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special"	[44][45]
2010–15	Hot in Cleveland	Elka Ostrovsky	Main role, 128 episodes	[46]
2010–13	Pound Puppies	Agatha McLeish (voice)	Main role, 13 episodes	[47]
2011	The Lost Valentine	Caroline Thomas	TV film	[48][49]
2012–17	Betty White's Off Their Rockers	Herself	Host	[50]
2012	The Client List	Ruth Hudson	Episode: "Past Is Prologue"	[51]
2013	Save Me	God	Episode: "Holier Than Thou"	[52]
	Mickey Mouse	Old Lady (voice)	Episode: "New York Weenie"
2014	The Soul Man	Elka Ostrovsky	Episode: "All the Way Live"
2015–18	Fireside Chat with Esther	Rose / Lady Bette	3 episodes
2015–17	Bones	Dr. Beth Mayer	2 episodes	[53]
2015	Betty White's Smartest Animals in America	Herself	Host	[54]
2016	SpongeBob SquarePants	Beatrice (voice)	Episode: "Mall Girl Pearl"	[55]
	Crowded	Sandy	Episode: "The Fixer"	[56]
2017	Young & Hungry	Ms. Bernice Wilson	2 episodes	[57]
	If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast	Herself	TV film	[58]
2018	Betty White: First Lady of Television		Documentary	[59]
2019	Forky Asks a Question	Bitey White (voice)	Episode: "What Is Love?"	[60][61]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Betty White