See photos of the beloved actress through the years on her 96th birthday
Betty White Through the Years
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 in 1955
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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Betty White With Gavin MacLeod, Cloris Leachman, Mary Tyler Moore, Valerie Harper, and Ed Asner at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Celebration for Betty White in Hollywood on August 7, 2008
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Betty White With Wendie Malick, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves on Hot in Cleveland in 2010
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Betty White on Saturday Night Live on May 4, 2010
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Betty White at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on January 29, 2012
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Betty White at the 41st Annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on January 7, 2015
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Betty White With Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, and Jane Leeves Celebrating Her 93rd Birthday on the Set of Hot in Cleveland on January 16, 2015
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Betty White on Bones on October 22, 2015
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Betty White at the SNL 40th Anniversary Celebration in New York City on February 15, 2015
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Betty White at the Media Preview for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's Beastly Ball Fundraiser at Los Angeles Zoo on June 11, 2015
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