A
collection
of
items
from
Betty
White’s
life
and
career—from
scripts
and
memorabilia
to
art
and
jewelry—will
go
up
for

auction
this
weekend. 

White,
best
known
for
playing
Rose
Nylund
in
“The
Golden
Girls,”
died
on
December
31,
2021,
just
days before
her
100th
birthday.
She
was
a
“national
treasure
and
a
cross-generational
icon
who
made
us
laugh
for
80
years
with
her
illustrious
work
on
film,
radio,
and
television
classics,”
says
Darren
Julien,
president
of
Beverly
Hills-based
Julien’s
Auctions,
in
a statement.

Ceramic
figurines,
jewelry,
newspaper
clippings,
scrapbooks,
paintings,
furniture
and
other
items
from
White’s
homes
in

Brentwood
and Carmel,
California,
are
all
up
for
grabs.
In
addition
to
decor
and
other
items
from
White’s
personal
life,
the
auction
house
is
also
offering
up
items
from
the
actress’s
eight-decade
career
in
Hollywood,
including
a
“Golden
Girls”
director
chair
and
the
show’s
first
script.

All
told,
the
auction
includes
more
than
1,600
items,
ranging
from
dazzling
to
mundane.
White’s
car—a 2000
Cadillac
Seville
sedan—is
for
sale
alongside
her diamond-set
wedding
ring.

“The
items
are
really
nice
and
just
represent
a
nice
lady,”
says
Martin
Nolan,
executive
director
of
Julien’s
Auctions,
to
the Wall
Street
Journal’s
Jennifer
Calfas.
“This
is
not
an
elitist
auction
…
This
is
not
Monets
or
Picassos.”

White
grew
up
in
Los
Angeles
and
began
her
acting
career
with
various
television
and
radio
appearances
in
the
1940s.
In
1952,
she
began
playing
the
starring
role
in
“Life
With
Elizabeth,”
a
sitcom
she
also
co-created
and
produced.
She
met
her
long-time
husband Allen
Ludden
when
she
began
appearing
as
a
guest
on
several
television
game
shows,
including
“Password,”
which
Ludden
hosted.
The
two
were
married
in
1963
and
stayed
together
until
Ludden’s
death
in
1981.

“I
don’t
think
Betty
ever
feared
passing
because
she
always
wanted
to
be
with
her
most
beloved
husband,
Allen
Ludden,”
Jeff
Witjas,
White’s
agent
and
friend,
told NBC
News’
Kalhan
Rosenblatt
and
Ethan
Sacks
after
her
death
last
year.
“She
believed
she
would
be
with
him
again.”

With
roles
in
“The
Mary
Tyler
Moore
Show,”
“The
Golden
Girls”
and
“Hot
in
Cleveland,”
White
won
over
even
more
fans
with
her
deadpan
humor,
quotable
one-liners
and
charm.
Her
79-year
stretch
in
Hollywood
set
the Guinness
World
Record
for
the
longest
TV
career
by
a
female
entertainer.
White
won
numerous
awards
for
her
work—including
several
Emmys
and
a
Grammy—and
she
was
also
a
passionate
animal
rights
activist.

That
legacy
continues:
Per
the

Wall
Street
Journal,
proceeds
from
the
auction
will
go
to
the
various
environmental
and
animal
welfare
charities
White
supported.

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