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"Betty White: A Celebration," a Documentary About Her Life, Will be Screened in New Jersey
January 17th – her 100th birthday.
On Jan. 17, the actor, comedian, and activist's 100th birthday, national screenings of a film honoring her life will take place as scheduled, with special showings at 900 theaters around the country, including several in New Jersey.
White, who was considered as an American gem both on and off screen and whose popularity spanned generations, died on New Year's Eve at the age of 99.
The film directed by Steve Boettcher and Mike Trinklein, originally titled "Betty White: 100 Years Young – A Birthday Celebration," has been renamed "Betty White: A Celebration."
Tickets for the Jan. 17 screenings at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. EST are currently on sale including a showing at AMC Theaters in Toms River.
Click HereWhite was most recognized for her appearances on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as the often-vampy Sue Ann Nivens and "The Golden Girls" as the innocent and often-childlike Rose Nylund. According to the PBS documentary "Betty White: First Lady of Television," she had been a trailblazer for women in television since the 1950s, as the first woman to produce a national TV show, the first woman to star in a sitcom, and the first woman to receive an Emmy nomination. In reality, her participation on an experimental broadcast in the 1930s made her the first woman to ever appear on television.
She also held firm in the face of racial pressure, despite the potential ramifications for her career at the time.
Arthur Duncan, a teenage singer and dancer who credits White with giving him his start in show business, appeared on her midday variety show. Duncan was the first African-American to appear as a series regular on an American variety show. If White would not remove Duncan from the lineup, Southern television stations threatened to boycott the show, but she stood firm.
"I said, 'I'm sorry,'" White stated in a PBS program. 'Take it as it comes.'
White's career took a turn for the better in 2010 when she starred in a Snickers Super Bowl commercial in which she played an energy-sapping male getting tackled during a backlot football game.
Her one-liners in the 2009 comedy "The Proposal" and the horror farce "Lake Placid" also made audiences laugh. She presented "Saturday Night Live" in 2011, at the age of 88, making her the show's oldest host.
White won eight Emmy Awards over the course of her career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
White was also an outspoken animal rights activist who raised funds for organizations such as the Morris Animal Foundation and the Los Angeles Zoo. She conceived, produced, and hosted "The Pet Set," a syndicated television show in which celebrities brought their dogs and cats. Betty White also penned "Betty White's Pet Love: How Pets Take Care of Us" in 1983 and "Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo" in 2011.
She married three times, the last time in 1963 to Allen Ludden. In a 2010 interview with People, she said, "I had the love of my life." White never remarried after his death in 1981.
Carol Burnett was told by White's secretary that White called out Ludden's name moments before she died.
