Happy Birthday Betty White! Oak Park native turns 92

On Friday, the Oak Park, Illinois native Betty White turns 92 years old.

To celebrate, here are some Betty White fast facts from CNN.com

Personal:

Birth date:January 17, 1922

Birthplace:Oak Park, Illinois

Birth name:Betty Marion White

Father:Horace White, electrical engineer

Mother:Tess White

Marriages:Allen Ludden (June 14, 1963-June 9, 1981, his death); Lane Allen (1947-1949, divorced); Dick Barker (1945, divorced)

Children:Three stepchildren with Allen Ludden: David, Martha and Sarah

Other Facts:Nominated for 20Primetime Emmy awardsand won five.

Nominated for oneGrammy Awardand won one.

Was offered the role of Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, but accepted the role of Rose Nyland instead.

Turned down a part in the 1997 film, As Good as it Gets, because she objected to a scene in which a dog is thrown down a laundry chute.

Timeline:1940s -Has roles on several popular radio shows, including Rin-Tin-Tin, This is Your FBI and The Great Gildersleeve.

1949 -Lands her first role on television on Hollywood on Television, a live daily show.

1975-Wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

1976-Wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

1983-Wins Daytime Emmy Award for Best Game Show Host for Just Men!

1985-1992-Plays Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls.

1986-Wins Emmy for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series for The Golden Girls.

1995-Is inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

1996-Wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The John Larroquette Show.

January 23, 2010-Is presented with theScreen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

May 8, 2010-Hosts Saturday Night Live.

August 18, 2010-Announces a two book deal with G. P. Putnam and Sons, a memoir called Listen Up! and The Zoo and I: Betty and her Friends.

August 21, 2010 -Wins a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, for her guest host spot on Saturday Night Live.

2010-present -Plays Elka Ostrovosky on Hot in Cleveland.

February 12, 2012 -Wins Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) for If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Wont).

December 2013 -Earns the Guinness World Record for Longest TV Career for a female entertainer (74 years).

Source: http://wgntv.com/2014/01/17/happy-birthday-betty-white-oak-park-native-turns-92/