Golden Girls veterans remember Betty White: ‘She was simply the best’ | Stars

entertainment">“When I think of Betty, I think of fun,” said Tony Thomas, who executive produces the NBC comedy. The Golden Girls spent a lot of time with White in the eighties. “She loved being at work. We have laughed a lot. She was simply the best.” Thomas was very concerned with the ratings, something White was also interested in. “We shared many interests. She and I always went through the ratings carefully. She knew more about that than the other ladies.”

entertainment">Scriptwriter Stan Zimmerman mainly remembers her talent for comedy, he tells the entertainment magazine. As the character Rose Nylund, for example, White sometimes talked about the time she still lived in the fictional village of St. Olaf Township, which was always well received by the studio audience. “She told the stories in such a fun, innocent way. And they got crazier and crazier once we went on with that.”

entertainment">Thomas also likes to think back to White’s comedic talent. “She had it all. She could do physical comedy, and she knew how to respond to a joke to help someone else’s storyline,” Thomas said.

entertainment">White was best known for her roles in the series The Golden Girls in Hot in Cleveland in film The Proposal. She starred in The Golden Girls. The series ran from 1985 to 1992 and is about four older women who live together in Miami. In the Netherlands, the series was broadcast on VARA from 1986. White won several awards for her role.

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