Vanna White - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Vanna White is a television personality who is best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune. White's first national television appearance came in a 1980 episode of The Price Is Right, where she was one of the first four contestants to "come on down" but did not make it on stage. Two years later she auditioned for the letter-turning job on Wheel of Fortune that Susan Stafford vacated. Merv Griffin chose her over two other finalists, and her first episode as Pat Sajak's regular assistant aired December 13, 1982. She remained with the daytime version of Wheel until its cancellation in 1991. White's popularity soared after the nighttime version of Wheel debuted in September 1983. Within a year, Wheel was the highest-rated syndicated program, in large part because of "Vannamania". Her 1987 autobiography, Vanna Speaks!, was a best-seller. Also in 1987, she was featured in a Playboy pictorial. The spread comprised photos of White wearing see-through lingerie that were taken before Wheel. In 1989, she was in the NBC TV-movie, The Goddess of Love, in which she played Venus. She has also made cameo appearances on television shows such as Married... with Children and Full House, as well as in movies such as The Naked Gun 33®˜. In 1992 the Guinness Book of World Records recognized White as "television's most frequent clapper".  

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Vanna White Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
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Candid	6
Glamour	40
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Glamour	6