Betty White’s Husband Is Allen Ludden

Allen Ludden, the beloved game show host from the 1960s through the 1970s.Betty White, the wife of the late Allen Ludden, appeared tonight on “Million Dollar Password”.Allen Ludden was born on October 5, 1917 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. His birth name was Allen Packard Ellsworth; Ludden is the last name of his stepfather. In 1940, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas with a degree in English and dramatics. He also received his masters degree from UT in 1941. After college, Allen joined the army. He was discharged as a captain in 1946.

Having left the army, Allen was ready to start his career. He began as a youth advisor, both in print and on the radio. “Mind Your Manners”, his radio show for teens, received a Peabody in 1950. From there he became one of the most well-known game show hosts on network television. His main gig was hosting “Password” on both CBS and ABC, which he did from 1961 to 1975. He began hosting “Password Plus” on NBC in 1979, but he had to quit after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died from the disease on June 9, 1981. “The Best of Password” is available on DVD.

On June 14, 1963, Allen married Betty White. They had met on “Password”, and he proposed twice before she said yes. She was his second wife; Allen was previously married to Margaret McGloin, with whom he had three children. He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after his death. Betty White appeared tonight on the generation of the classic game show, “Million Dollar Password”. Her partner in crime was Adam Carolla.

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Betty White Is A Television Actress

Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is a film and television actress with a career spanning 60 years. White is perhaps best known for her close association with the game show, Password, her affiliation with animal charities (Actors and Others for Animals), and her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mama's Family and The Golden Girls, as well as being a regular panelist on the popular 1970s game show Match Game.Before embarking on her television career, White found work modeling. She launched her television career with her portrayal of Elizabeth from 1953 to 1955. The show, which she also co-produced, garnered White her first Emmy Award nomination. Following Life with Elizabeth, she appeared as Vicki Angel on the sitcom Date with the Angels from 1957 to 1958. In 1954, she briefly hosted her own talk show entitled The Betty White Show (not to be confused with her 1970s sitcom of the same name).

From 1983 through 1985, she played Ellen Harper Jackson on the series Mama's Family, along with future Golden Girls co-star Rue McClanahan. When Mama's Family was picked up in syndication after being canceled by NBC in 1985, White left the show (with the exception of one final appearance in the show's syndicated version in 1986) and scored a memorable role as the ditzy St. Olaf, Minnesota, native Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls. The series chronicled the lives of four widowed/divorced women in their "golden age" who shared a home in Miami. The Golden Girls, which also starred Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty, and Rue McClanahan, was immensely successful and ran from 1985 through 1992. White won an Emmy Award, for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, for the first season of The Golden Girls and was nominated every year of the show's run. When Beatrice Arthur left in 1992, White, McClanahan and Getty reprised their roles Rose, Blanche and Sophia in the spin-off The Golden Palace. The series was short-lived, lasting one season.

On the April 22, 2007 airing of The 2007 TV Land Awards, White starred in a parody of "Ugly Betty", aptly titled Ugly Betty White, in which she played America Ferrera's title character, with Charo playing Betty's sister Hilda and Erik Estrada playing her father Ignacio.[4] Due to her performance as Ugly Betty White, the producers of Ugly Betty signed White to play herself as the victim of Wilhelmina Slater's temper as they both vie for a cab in the episode Bananas for Betty, which aired December 6, 2007.White has won five Emmys, three American Comedy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990), and two Viewers For Quality Television Awards. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6747 Hollywood Boulevard alongside the star of late husband Allen Ludden.

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