Betty White is turning 100! The Golden Girls star is having her birthday party filmed for a documentary featuring Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey and Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Betty White will be welcoming fans into her 100th birthday party
- She will be having her birthday party filmed for a new movie documentary
- ‘Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be GREAT!’ gushed Betty to CNN
- The Golden Girls icon will reach her century on January 17
- Along with her birthday party footage the docu will also detail her everyday life
- Fans will get to see her in various work environments like her activism
- Her new documentary will be a star-studded affair
- There will be such top-flight current names as Ryan Reynolds, Jimmy Kimmel
Betty White will be welcoming fans into her 100th birthday party by having it filmed for an upcoming documentary.
The Golden Girls icon will reach her century on January 17 and is slated to mark the occasion with the movie Betty White: 100 Years Young – A Birthday Celebration.
‘Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be GREAT!’ gushed Betty to CNN ahead of the release of her latest project.
Celebration: Betty White will be welcoming fans into her 100th birthday party by having it filmed for an upcoming documentary; she is pictured in 2015
Along with her birthday party footage the documentary will also detail her everyday life and interactions with her office staff.
Fans will get to see her in various work environments – not just shoots but also her animal rights activism which she has been devoted to for more than half a century.
The TV legend, who lives in the picturesque California town of Carmel-By-The-Sea, will also be seen having company over at her home.
Her new documentary will be a star-studded affair with such top-flight current names as Ryan Reynolds, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Corden and Jimmy Kimmel.
Through the years: ‘Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be GREAT!’ gushed Betty to CNN; she is pictured in 1957 during her early career
All that sweet affection: The documentary will feature Tina Fey who is pictured at the Kennedy Center winning the Mark Twain Prize and sharing a hug with Betty
Superstars from the Hollywood of yesteryear will also be appearing in the film including Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood.
Betty’s fellow comedy icon Carol Burnett as well as small screen funnymen ranging from Jay Leno to Craig Ferguson will be involved.
Tina Fey, who memorably played off Betty when the TV legend hosted Saturday Night Live in 2010 at the age of 88, will also be part of the proceedings.
So will Wendy Malick, Valerie Bertinelli and Jennifer Love Hewitt, whom Betty acted with on the TV Land sitcom Hot In Cleveland when she was in her 90s.
Indefatigable: So will Wendy Malick (right) and Valerie Bertinelli (left), whom Betty acted with on the TV Land sitcom Hot In Cleveland when she was in her 90s
Some of Betty’s historic milestones, like being the first woman to produce a national TV program, will be covered in the new film.
Betty has spent eight decades working in television and has racked up the longest career in the history of the medium.
Although she has been on a slew of hit programs including The Mary Tyler Moore Show she is most beloved for The Golden Girls.
Betty starred on the show from 1985 to 1992 as Rose Nylund, a kindhearted bottle blonde ditz from St. Olaf, Minnesota.
Legend in her own time: Although she has been on a slew of hit programs including The Mary Tyler Moore Show (pictured) she is most beloved for The Golden Girls
She was part of the main cast with Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, all three of whom were younger than Betty but have predeceased her.
The Golden Girls ended because Bea did not want to do it anymore, so Betty joined Rue and Estelle in a follow-up sequel series.
Entitled The Golden Palace, the spin-off show lasted only one season in 1993 and saw the three remaining leads start a hotel together.
This week Deadline reported that Hulu, which carries The Golden Girls, will begin streaming The Golden Palace one week to the day after Betty turns 100.
Smash hit: The Golden Girls starred (left to right, top to bottom) Rue McClanahan as Blanche, Bea Arthur as Dorothy, Estelle Getty as Sophia and Betty as Rose
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