Sue Ann Nivens is the relentlessly perky star of The Happy Homemaker on fictional station WJM-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The program delivers cooking and decorating advice to housewives, often on ludicrous theme shows such as "A Salute to Fruit" and "What's All This Fuss About Famine?".

Dec 31, 2021 · At the awards show, Mary breaks the news to Sue Ann that her date made a pass at Mary, and Sue Ann is despondent (for a while); stick around for the ending (and great laughs from the...

Jan 27, 2022 · Before she starred as Rose in The Golden Girls, Betty White delighted television audiences with her portrayal of Sue Ann Nivens, the Happy Homemaker on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She made her first appearance in the initial episode of the fourth season of MTM.

Sep 15, 2023 · Betty White was truly a national treasure. Best known for her role in The Golden Girls, she also shined as Sue Ann Nivens in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. At first, she was meant to only appear in one episode, since White was already good friends with Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker.

Jan 12, 2022 · So, by 1973, while still coasting off her talk-show appearances, the producers at The Mary Tyler Moore Show decided to try and cast not just a “Betty White type” in the role of Sue-Ann Nivens,...

Jan 1, 2022 · Sue Ann Nivens, the host of the Happy Homemaker program on the fictional WJM-TV news station, would be cunning and cutting and a foil for her colleague Mary’s adamant optimism.

Jan 1, 2022 · Cast member Betty White, known for her role as Sue Ann Nivens on the series, died Friday at age 99, just 18 days before her 100th birthday.

Dec 31, 2021 · I vividly remember sitting in the audience bleachers and watching MTM guest star Betty White playing a character they had just written called Sue Ann Nivens, a sex-obsessed host of a...

Dec 31, 2021 · The role of Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was not specifically written for Betty White, but script #73 of the series (“The Lars Affair”, originally aired September 15, 1973) called for an “icky sweet Betty White type”.

Character Guide for The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Sue Ann Nivens. Includes character biography, gallery, and a complete list of episode appearances.