Knighting Americans: Which U.S. Celebs Deserve the Title ‘Sir’ or ‘Dame’?

Betty White

Why she might be knighted: How many comedians can boast such consistent relevance over seven decades — peaking, of course, with her roles as Sue Ann on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose on The Golden Girls? At 90, the seven-time Emmy winner is hipper than she was at 30, and her new NBC comedy Off Their Rockers is out-rating some of the network’s more “youthful” fare.

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