15 Amazing Facts About Betty White

Betty White at a Los Angeles Zoo event in 2015.
Betty White at a Los Angeles Zoo event in 2015. / Vincent Sandoval/GettyImages
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15. She had a crush on Robert Redford.

Robert Redford in London, 2011
Robert Redford in London, 2011. / The 02/AEG Europe via Getty Images

The ever-quotable White once gave this cheeky confession: “My answer to anything under the sun, like ‘What have you not done in the business that you’ve always wanted to do?’ is ‘Robert Redford.’” Though she had more than 110 film and television credits on her filmography, White never worked with the Out of Africa star, who was 14 years her junior.

A version of this story originally ran in 2019; it has been updated for 2023.