spiders? tell him, honey. they go don. ing. reporter: in the 60s she hosted the tournament of roses parade and appeared on almost every game show you can think of, including password where she met and married her longtime love, the late allen ludden. then came the role that was made for her. mary tyler moore even said, we need someone who can play sick ninningly sweet like betty white. white played sue ann nivens, sickeningly sweet on the outside, and snemming, conniving, lustful, hilarious on the inside. did you crash the men s room? of course not! i went as somebody s guest. ( laughter ). reporter: she was so good as sue ann, with two emmy awards, that she was offered much the same role in the golden girls, the sassy, man-hungry blanche. but the director changed her to the opposite, the sweet, naive