Betty was born on 17 January 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois USA, to parents Tess and Horace White: her father was an electrical engineer and her mom was a homemaker. Betty had no siblings, and at the age of two she was forced to move to live in Los Angeles along with her parents. For the TV fanatics, Betty is best known as a comedienne starring in TV’s “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”.
So just how rich is Betty White? Sources estimate that Betty’s net worth is as high as $50 million, accumulated from her long career in acting, writing and TV hosting.
Betty White Net Worth $50 Million
Betty White started her career in the early 1950s and since that time the famous actress has appeared in many films and TV talk and game shows as well as series. Betty started her career in television, while assisting at a TV station. Her debut as a producer of TV series is considered to be :Life with Elizabeth”, on which Betty worked in collaboration with George Tibbles who wrote the series. This debut not only increased the total size of Betty White’s net worth, but also made her one of the first female producers on TV in Hollywood.
The biggest revenues helping Betty White to increase her net worth have undoubtedly been the ones coming from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. She became very popular for portraying Sue Ann Nivens, a very witty character. Probably, it was the time when Betty’s great talent in comedy was noticed, since she won two Emmies for this role.
The cast of “The Golden Girls”, a sitcom that was aired in the 1980s, included such stars as Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty. Here Betty appeared as the very sweet, innocent and inexperienced character Rose Nylund. It was a character totally different from Sue Ann Nivens, however Betty managed that and won one more Emmy Award for this role. For the record, “The Golden Girls” was recognized as one of the most watchable and watched series during the 1980s.
Betty White boosted her net worth with her performances in “Golden Palace”, and “The John Larroquette Show”. Her career in the later stages ended with an Emmy Award for Betty. Betty is the star of “The Bold and the Beautiful”, “The Proposal”, and “Legal”. In “The Proposal” Betty appeared along with such stars as Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. Her most recent TV project includes hosting “Saturday Night Live”.
Betty White’s later career has included appearances on “Petticoat Junction”, “The United States Steel Hour”, and “The Tonight Show”. Betty boosted the overall amount of her net worth while participating in the game show named “Password”. This show was fatal for Betty as she met there Allen Ludden who later becomes her husband, the third one, in fact.
In her persoanl life, Betty White has been married three times, to Dick Barker (1945–1945), Lane Allen (1947–1949), and Allen Ludden (1963–1981). Betty White is known as a strong supporter of animal rights.
All that money will go to animal rights.