Betty White Left Disney Guests Something to Cherish at Park

Just a few days ago, the world was shaken when we all heard that a light in this world and Disney legend, Betty White, had passed away just weeks before her 100th birthday.

As we reported, Betty passed away peacefully in her home, reports say, at age 99 on the morning of Friday, December 31, 2021. Although Betty did a ton of work in the entertainment industry (I, for one, will never forget her performance in The Proposal), she also played a big role with the Walt Disney Company.

Thanks to D23, we can learn all about Betty’s achievements below (with so many not included):

The six-time Emmy Award^®-winning actress was born Betty Marion White on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois, and raised in Southern California. After hosting a local television show, she formed her own production company in the early 1950s with producer Don Fedderson and writer George Tibbles. The partnership led to her debut comedy series, Life with Elizabeth, for which she won her first Emmy^® in 1952. Betty then became a mainstay on variety and game shows and was a much-in-demand regular with Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, and Johnny Carson. Betty then appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in its fourth season, and her legendary star turn as the man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens brought her two Emmys for Best Supporting Actress, for the years 1974-75 and 1975-76.

Equally, if not more beloved, was her spirited performance as Rose Nylund on the critically acclaimed and breakout hit The Golden Girls (1985-1992), for which she was nominated seven times for an Emmy, winning one in 1985. Who can forget her rambling soliloquies about her curious hometown of St. Olaf, Minnesota, which perpetually left her roommates flummoxed but had viewers at home laughing to the point of tears?

Betty was also seen on the Carol Burnett show, hosting SNL – Saturday Night Live, and so much more throughout her career. Her tragic passing means that her memory will not only live on through her performances but there is another way Disney Guests can pay tribute to Betty White!

At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Guests can visit the Chinese Theater, and when they look on the ground, just like you would see in Hollywood, there are a ton of handprints from Hollywood stars! There are many names to see, but one of those touches us a little closer to home as of late. Betty White’s real handprints and signature sit in front of that Chinese Theater, so Disney Guests can have a little smile of remembrance for Betty before hopping on Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway.

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Below is a full list of all of the names inscribed to the floor of the Chinese Theater at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, along with their handprints!

While you are at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you can enjoy Tower of Terror and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith on Sunset Boulevard. By the Chinese Theater, Guests prepare to ride Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. In Toy Story Land, Slinky Dog Dash always boasts a long line with others shooting their shot on Midway Mania or spinning their brains out on Alien Swirling Saucers. Of course, you have to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge for some blue milk, or green milk, and ride Rise of the Resistance and Smuggler’s Run!

Have you ever noticed Betty’s name at Walt Disney World? 

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