Casting "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" the producers wanted an “icky sweet” Betty White type, with a twist. Betty White turned out to be perfect for it.
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Betty White, an Emmy Award-winning comic actress who was best known for playing a man-hungry TV hostess on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 1970s and a ditsy widow