I have added the first award for 2009 to the database as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced today that Betty White will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment at the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT.
In making today’s announcement, Screen Actors Guild National President Alan Rosenberg said, “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. Her lifelong devotion to the welfare of animals, manifest in her work as an author, producer and philanthropist, is further evidence of her tremendous humanity and meaningful contributions in so many important areas. Screen Actors Guild is honored to celebrate Betty White’s extraordinary achievements over the course of an exemplary life.”
White is probably best known for her role as Rose on the long-running sitcom “The Golden Girls” but has recently been seen in a recurring role on “Boston Legal” and played Ryan Reynold’s grandmother in this summer’s hit The Proposal and voiced the character of Noriko in Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo.
