Born Allen Packard Ellsworth on Oct. 5, 1917, in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Ludden was the first child of Elmer Ellsworth, an ice dealer, and his wife, Leila M. Allen. Ludden’s father died during ...

Following the death of actress Betty White, fans are remembering the time she appeared as herself alongside her real-life husband, Allen Ludden ... the week that Ludden's first wife died, the ...

Betty White and Allen Ludden were married ... ve ever known," White once told PEOPLE of Ludden, who had three children from a previous marriage. "I first fell in love with his enthusiasm.

Then, in 1947, she tied the knot with Lane Allen, an actor turned ... she was seeing another man and Ludden, 44, was newly widowed, having lost his first wife (and mother of his three children ...