Betty Marion White Ludden

Actress and comedian Betty White, with a television career
spanning over 80 years, has worked longer in that medium
than anyone else in the television industry. She is regarded
as a pioneer of television, and was one of the first women
to exert control in front of and behind the camera and is
recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life
with Elizabeth),^[which contributed to her receiving the
honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955.

Betty White (center) on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which
aired on CBS from 1970 – 1977.