White died at her home on Friday ... Rue McClanahan was offered the role of naïve Rose Nylund while Betty was asked to play Blanche. Pilot director Jay Sandrich suggested the two switch roles ...

CAST: Betty White (Rose Nylund), Rue McClanahan (Blance Devereaux), Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo), Don Cheadle (Roland ...

"We'll miss you, Betty." "I've heard Ryan can ... "but Robert Redford is The One." White's most famous role was as the naive-but-loveable Rose Nylund in the sitcom The Golden Girls in the 1980s ...