Betty White was an American actress and media personality. She is regarded as one of the pioneers of American entertainment.
Betty White had a few marriages during the span of her 99 years. She married US Army pilot Dick Barker in 1945, and then married Hollywood agent Lane Allen from 1947 to 1949.
In 1961, she met her third husband, Allen Ludden, while appearing as a guest on his game programme Password.
How and when Betty White met Allen Ludden
The couple first met on the set of Ludden’s game programme “Password.”
Betty in an interview said;
“I refused for a year. I squandered an entire year of time we might have spent together. “I could have been a tremendous game player, but I was a foolish girl,” White said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning.
When did Betty White marry Allen Ludden?
From June 14, 1963 through June 9, 1981, they were married.
During a 2012 CNN interview with Piers Morgan, Betty White remarked of her husband of 18 years, “It was his excitement.” “He was fascinated by everything.”
How many years were Betty White and Allen Ludden married?
She and Ludden were married for 18 years when Ludden died of stomach cancer in 1981.
Was Allen Ludden married to Betty White when he died?
Yes, the comedic actress was by the side of the TV host, Ludden until his demise in 1991
