There’s more to this woman than modern day audiences are aware of, even those who are hooked on reruns of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls”. Here are six fun facts about the TV star.
She’s devoted her life to animals
White has been on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Zoo since 1974 and has helped raise millions of dollars for them. Her rapport with its residents is so well-known by the staff that she is allowed to drop by outside regular hours and mingle with the animals. She counts dogs, cats, horses, whales and gorillas among her friends, and when her old friend James L. Brooks offered her the role of Helen Hunt’s mom in the movie As Good As It Gets, she turned it down because of the scene where a dog gets tossed down a laundry chute. She just couldn’t condone it, no matter how much she liked the Oscar-nominated script.
