SAG Awards to hail Betty White
September 15, 2009 | 11:56
am
When the Screen Actors Guild Awards are bestowed Jan. 23, telecast on TNT and TBS, they'll bestow a life achievement award on Betty White.
Read more at the SAG website.
Previous recipients of the honor include:
2008: James Earl Jones
2007: Charles Durning
2006: Julie Andrews
2005: Shirley Temple Black
2004: James Garner
2003: Karl Malden
2002: Clint Eastwood
2001: Edward Asner
2000: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
1999: Sidney Poitier
1998: Kirk Douglas
1997: Elizabeth Taylor
1996: Angela Lansbury
1995: Robert Redford
1994: George Burns
1993: Ricardo Montalban
1992: Audrey Hepburn
1991: Burt Lancaster
Photos: NBC, CBS
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Betty White is my favorite person of all times!! She deserves this award more than anyone else in show business!!! Congratulations!
Posted by: Ashley | September 20, 2009 at 05:53 PM
I love love love Betty White. No one has ever played dumb so smartly - and makes other people seem soooooo much funnier, with her subtle style and restrained, yet some how still outrageous humor.
I just hope Kayne West stays home. I heard he has a thing for Debbie Reynolds.
Posted by: problemwithcaring | September 17, 2009 at 11:36 AM
As a kid in LA I watched a TV show called "Life With Elizabeth" staring Betty White. Very early TV. Any way to see some of those shows now?
Posted by: Jim Cousins | September 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM
And let's hope Bob Barker is not invited to this award ceremony after his shameful behavior.
Posted by: Sharon | September 17, 2009 at 05:36 AM
Everyone adores Betty White and she knows how to work it. Her life and talent are an inspiration.
Posted by: Kathy Harter | September 16, 2009 at 04:26 PM
Many may not recall that Betty portrayed a female U.S. Senator (a la Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine) in Otto Preminger's classic political drama Advise & Consent (1962). She also was Emmy-nominated way back in the early '50s, making her Emmy nominated span stretch over 57 years !
Posted by: Kenny T | September 15, 2009 at 02:20 PM