Betty White to receive SAG lifetime award

September 15, 2009 Betty White, who has spent six decades as a comforting television presence, will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 16th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 23. "Whether creating some of television's most indelible characters, plunging into film roles with joyous gusto or perfecting the art of the quip as a television panelist and host, Betty White has entertained audiences with her impeccable comic timing and remarkable wit for more than sixty years," SAG national president Alan Rosenberg said. White first stepped before the TV cameras in 1949, when she joined Al Jarvis' daily, live KLAC-TV variety show, "Hollywood on Television."

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