The evolution of Betty White
See photos of the beloved actress through the years to celebrate her 99th birthday
By
Madeline Boardman
Updated January 17, 2021 at 08:13 PM EST
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Betty White Through the Years
Born in Oak Park, Ill., on January 17, 1922, Betty White celebrates her 99th birthday Sunday. Pictured here in 1954, the beloved star got her start as a teenager, picking up early work through commercials and programs on the radio. White made her on-screen debut in the '40s and rose to fame on TV shows like Life with Elizabeth, Date with the Angels, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, To Tell the Truth, and The Betty White Show. In the decades since, the actress picked up Emmy Awards for her work on Mary Tyler Moore, The Golden Girls, The John Larroquette Show, and Saturday Night Live. See photos of White through the years, ahead.
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Betty White in 1954
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Betty White at Her Home With Her Dog Stormy on February 3, 1954
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Betty White in 1955
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Betty White at the Chirstmas Parade in Los Angeles in December 1955
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Betty White in 1956
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Betty White at Home on May 6, 1957
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Betty White on Betty White's Date with L.A. Fireman on June 7, 1957
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Betty White on The Betty White Show on March 8, 1958
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Betty White With Her Husband Allen Ludden in the 1960s
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Betty White With Allen Lunden on May 8, 1963
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Betty White With Allan Ludden on Password on February 7, 1967
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Betty White With Lorne Greene at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1967
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Betty White in New York on December 27, 1968
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Betty White in 1970
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Betty White With Allen Ludden on February 14, 1972
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Betty White With Allen Ludden, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dolly Read Martin, Richard Dawson, and Gene Rayburn on Match Game in 1973
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Betty White on Mary Tyler Moore in 1974
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Betty White With Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore, and Ed Asner on Mary Tyler Moore on November 21, 1975
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Betty White With Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1975
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Betty White With Ed Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, and Ted Knight at the Emmy Awards in 1976
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Betty White With Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on February 8, 1979
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Betty White With Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, and Bea Arthur on The Golden Girls on July 26, 1986
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Betty White at the 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 21, 1986
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Betty White on The Golden Girls in the Late 1980s
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Betty White With Her Golden Girls Costars Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty in 1988
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Betty White With Rue McClanahan on The Golden Girls in 1989
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Betty White at the ABC All-Star Party for Summer TCA Press Tour on July 20, 1995
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Betty White on Ladies Man in 1999
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Betty White With Mary Tyler Moore and Cloris Leachman at the 2nd Annual TV Land Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2004
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Betty White With Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur at the DVD Release Party for The Golden Girls in Los Angeles on November 18, 2004
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Betty White With James Spader on Boston Legal on January 24, 2006
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