![]() ![]() My mother had the most wonderful outlook on death. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them."ĭespite the loss of many people close to her, White told "Sunday Morning" she wasn't afraid of death herself. "Don't try to be young," she told The AP. She was also a role model for how to grow old joyously. She was voted Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. At age 88 she became the oldest guest host of "Saturday Night Live" following a social media campaign targeting the show's producers and she was invited onto the pilot of the sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" – and ended up staying through 124 episodes. She wrote, produced and hosted a syndicated TV show, "The Pet Set."īut by 2010, when she appeared in a Snickers candy bar commercial, White became America's senior citizen sweetheart – a sweet old lady with a hip, naughty side, and a penchant for bawdy humor. She followed that series with "The Golden Girls," playing the sweet, naïve Rose Nylund, and winning a third Emmy.Ī self-proclaimed workaholic, White continued making numerous guest appearances on shows, in addition to authoring more than a half-dozen books, and raising money for animal causes. "And they'd ask my husband, Allen Ludden, they'd ask, 'How close to Betty is Sue Ann?' He said, 'Well, they're the same, except Betty can't cook, of course.'" "She was the neighborhood nymphomaniac," White told "Sunday Morning" in 2011. White played the part hilariously, and became a fixture of the series, winning two of her five Emmy Awards for the role. She was a welcome presence throughout the '60s on such game shows as "To Tell the Truth," "What's My Line?," "Liar's Club," "It Takes Two," and "Password," where she met her husband, host Allen Ludden.ĭuring the fourth season of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," one script described a character, Sue Ann Nivens, as "a sickeningly sweet Betty White type." Sweet – as well as scheming, conniving, and laughably lustful. In the '50s she starred in the sitcom "Life With Elizabeth," and her own talk program, "The Betty White Show." After the war, when she served as a member of the American Women's Voluntary Services, she began hosting a live variety show, "Hollywood on Television," in 1949. The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.įor generations, the actress, comedian and television presenter Betty White (January 17, 1922-December 31, 2021) was one of TV's most familiar and beloved faces, often hilariously playing against the sweet image of her smiling eyes and dimpled cheeks on the series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Golden Girls."īorn in Oak Park, Illinois, and raised in California during the Great Depression, White performed on radio and for an experimental TV station in Los Angeles in the 1930s. I've redone them using the tape and crazy glue (Loctite brand which comes with a brush) instead and it's looking more promising.Betty White, of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." | CBS Photo Archive Getty ImagesĪ look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.īy senior producer David Morgan. Within a few hours of normal playing it started to delaminate at the tip and then back no good. We'll see how it lasts.Įdit: the resin and hardener didn't last. Properly done, it should be nearly invisible much subtler than acrylic. ![]() ![]() This set doesn't look great, but that's sloppy work on my part and can be fixed with some more fine sanding (and in future with practise-it's hard working on your dominant hand). The hardest part was getting the backing off the tape and getting the tape in place without twisting it up. The process is reasonably simple and should get simpler with practise. I've only done two nails-the ones that need it most. I also needed nail polish remover (acetone) to clean up after the old acrylic nails and a variety of nail files and fine grit paper and scissors to cut the fibreglass tape. There are three parts:ġ) the fibreglass reinforcement tape (Originails the RAP Fiber Mesh),Ģ) resin (Rap Stik nail wrap gel adhesive) andģ) hardener (Rap Dry nail adhesive accelerator) Well, I found the stuff at the "Sally" beauty supply store (it's a chain) in Kingston. ![]()
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