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| Betty White is probably best recognized for her role on the hit comedy series, "The Golden Girls" (1985-1992), in which she portrayed the character of Rose Nylund, a lovable, but naive farm girl. Betty's portrayal of the innocent Scandanavian nit-wit garnered much acclaim. She was nominated for six Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (winning in 1986), and three Golden Globe Awards. Name: Rose Lindstrom Nylund Hometown: St. Olaf, Minnesota. St. Olaf is a small, rural, farming town with Scandananavian origins where cows, pigs and chickens rule (literally--a horse was once accidenally elected town water commissioner for a brief period of time). Everything in St. Olaf is backwards from what one would normally expect. For example, a circus starring herring (coincidentally, most traditional St. Olafian dishes revolve around herring). |
| Now Resides in: Miami, Florida in a one-story contemporary home shared by three other women, Blanche Devereaux (the owner of the house), the resident man-trap (or is that tramp?), Dorothy Zborkak, a tall, divorced, substitute teacher, and Dorothy's quick-witted, Sicilian, 80-plus-year-old mother, Sophia Petrillo. Occupation: Grief Counselor. Rose has also worked for television consumer protection reporter, Enrique Maas, by testing out products. Come to think of it, she has also worked as a production assistant (?) for a local Miami television show. Is it just me, or is anyone else confused by when Rose does what job? There doesn't seem to be any defining start or finish to any of them. |
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| Marital Status: Widowed. Her beloved husband, Charile, had a heart attack and died while he and Rose were making love (coincidentally, the same thing happens in episode #15, "In a Bed of Rose's"). Throughout most of the show's seven-year run, Rose had a steady relationship with a somewhat nerdy university professor (no kidding), Miles. Rose Is Best Known for: Her long, drawn-out St. Olaf stories (or as Dorothy refers to them--"Damn St.Olaf Stories"), which almost always begin with "Back in St. Olaf..." and never fail to garner sighs, rolling eyes, and here-we-go-agains from her fellow housemates. Most stories involve herring, cows, pigs, chickens and/or butter churns. |
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