Let's hear it for the woman who was Sue Ann Nivens and Rose Nylund.

Betty White, who is 87, is receiving the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

She will collect the award in January, when TBS and TNT will present the Screen Actors Guild Awards. (She is shown at the Daytime Emmys in August.)

The Life Achievement Award goes to a performer who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession."

I think what they're saying is Betty White is a pro, a good person and a fine example.

Viewers appreciate her deliciously catty work as Sue Ann on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Who can forget Lou Grant's visit to her bedroom? Or Phyllis Lindstrom's shock that her husband, Lars, was having an affair with Sue Ann?

White graduated to a starring role as Rose on "The Golden Girls." She, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty formed a first-rate, beloved quartet.

White has made strong contributions to other series, from "The Practice" and "Boston Legal" to "Ally McBeal" and "My Name Is Earl" to "Mama's Family" and even "The Bold and the Beautiful."

She has been a vital presence in radio, movies, game shows and talk shows. She has been one of Hollywood's greatest advocates for animals. And she has kept going with class and wit.

Betty White -- she's a pistol, and her aim is still true.

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