Screen Actors Guild Honors "Golden Girl"

The Screen Actors Guild will honor former "Golden Girl" Betty White, 87, at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 23, 2010. White will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her career accomplishments and humanitarian efforts at next year's televised event.

White has been a part of television, radio and film since the 1940s, breaking out in Los Angeles on KLAC's variety series, "Hollywood on Television."

She has also been in many sitcoms, such as "Life with Elizabeth" in the 1950s, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 1970s, and "The Golden Girls" in the 1980s, each role winning her an Emmy.

Other stints include her own series, "The Betty White Show," work as the first female game show host on "Just Men" and frequent appearances on "Password," which was hosted by her husband, Allen Ludden.

More recent roles consist of guest appearances on "The Practice," "Boston Legal," "The John Larroquette Show" and "My Name is Earl," where she snagged her 18th Emmy nomination.

White has been a board member of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association since 1974 and is president emeritus of the Morris Animal Foundation.

With a resume like this one, Betty White is truly golden.

Sources: The L.A. Times, Reuters