Remembering the ultimate Golden Girl Betty White on her 100th birthday

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17 January 2022 at 9:17 am

She originally wanted to be an opera singer

Her first Hollywood gig was a margarine commercial

If she wasn’t an opera singer she would have been a zookeeper

Her first husband almost derailed her showbiz career

She was originally meant to play Blanche on The Golden Girls

She starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal

She loved hotdogs and vodka till the day she died

RIP Betty White

America was in mourning as their beloved sweetheart passed away aged 99 on New Year's Eve 2020. Betty was just weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday, an incredible milestone. She rose to prominence as America’s Golden Girl and was perhaps the greatest comedian in the history of television. The legend may have died but her quotes are timeless. But comedy aside… what fascinating facts, other than her being in margarine commercials, do we know about Betty White?

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America was in mourning as their beloved sweetheart passed away aged 99 on New Year's Eve 2020. Betty was just weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday, an incredible milestone.
She rose to prominence as America’s Golden Girl and was perhaps the greatest comedian in the history of television.
The legend may have died but her quotes are timeless. But comedy aside… what fascinating facts, other than her being in margarine commercials, do we know about Betty White?

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