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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Very much her image in the first two decades of the 21st century. She had this reputation since ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', since the show had a large [[Periphery Demographic]] among young people (and still does).
* [[The Danza]]: A number of times.
* ''[[D.C. Follies]]'': Betty was the special guest in an episode of the 1980s series.{{context|reason=Is this a trope, or a work that should be listed in her "'actorroles"' section?}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Many of her 21st-century roles have her do this. She was ''extremely'' good at it.
** She was prone to the snark in real life too.
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* [[Game Show Host]]: Of ''Just Men!'', for which she won her only daytime Emmy despite [[NBC]] canning it after 13 weeks. Due to the way the Emmy nomination period worked at the time, she was actually nominated for it a second time.
* [[Happily Married]]: [http://youtu.be/upofiPa8od8 To Allen] [http://youtu.be/BJOTbY0Eums Ludden] before he passed away.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: When she was 90, she looked like she was in her 60s. Time is beginning to catch up with her - but sheShe still didn't look her age up to the day she died.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: As discussed, she did this several times, reinventing herself repeatedly.
* [[Racist Grandma]]: In ''[[Everwood]]'', among other places, though that specific example was only latently racist.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: She frequently made jokes at her own expense. When she was on Jimmy Kimmel recently,{{when}} he asked her about first moving to Hollywood, and she mentioned that she wasn't sure if California was a state yet at the time.
* [[Signature Style]]: Not so much her, just the people around her. Since Hollywood doesn't exactly value age, most writers arenweren't sure what to do with her, so a few of her appearances have her play a sweet old lady saying crass and bizarre things (such as her appearances on ''[[The Late Late Show]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'').
 
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