Kaley Cuoco's First Starring TV Role Was On A Forgotten Sitcom With Betty White
The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco had her first main-cast TV role on this turn-of-the-millennium sitcom, where she played the granddaughter of Betty White.
Kaley Cuoco made her first starring TV appearance in Ladies Man, a forgotten sitcom that also featured Hollywood legend Betty White. The show, which aired from 1999 to 2001, revolved around a character named Jimmy Stiles, who was constantly surrounded by women, including his daughter Bonnie. Cuoco played the role of Bonnie in Season 2, while White portrayed Mitzi Stiles, Bonnie's grandmother.
Unfortunately, Cuoco and White didn't have much screen time together, as the series was canceled early in Season 2. Despite its short-lived existence, Ladies Man included a Golden Girls reunion, with White joining the cast during Season 1's finale, Romance. Cuoco wasn't part of this reunion, as she joined the show in Season 2. However, Cuoco went on to have more successful roles in her career, most notably in The Big Bang Theory, which she starred in for a decade.
White was often considered for roles, including that of Sheldon's grandmother, with Cuoco's co-star, Kunal Nayyar, suggesting Betty White or a similar actress. While White never appeared in The Big Bang Theory, Cuoco and her co-stars paid tribute to her during the People's Choice Awards in 2012, through a skit they filmed on set.
The two actresses engaged in a playful exchange during the skit, with White joking that Cuoco had just been called a bimbo, to which White replied that the roles were just talking about her.
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