Claim: The Golden Girls stars Betty White as Rose Nylund.

Betty Marion White Ludden -LRB- known professionally as Betty White ; born January 17 , 1922 -RRB- is an American actress , with the longest television career of a female entertainer . Regarded as a pioneer of television , she was one of the first women to have control both in front of and behind the camera ; and is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom , which contributed to her receiving the honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955 .   She is known for her Emmy Award-winning roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show -LRB- 197377 -RRB- and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls -LRB- 198592 -RRB- . The Writers Guild of America has included both sitcoms in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time . A staple guest of many American game shows such as Password , Match Game and The $ 25,000 Pyramid , White has been dubbed the ` First Lady of Game Shows ' and became the first woman to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 1983 for the show Just Men ! . From 2010 to 2015 , she starred as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland , for which she has won two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards and she was nominated for an Emmy Award .   In a career that has spanned more than 75years , she has received eight Emmy awards in various categories , three American Comedy Awards , three Screen Actors Guild awards , and a Grammy . She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , is a Television Hall of Fame inductee -LRB- class of 1995 -RRB- , and a Disney Legend -LRB- class of 2009 -RRB- .