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STAGE TUBE: Betty White & Hugh Jackman Share a Shower

By: Mar. 18, 2010
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This week, Betty White appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and staged quite the bold opening skit with stage and screen favorite, Hugh Jackman.  The bit features White and Jackman enjoying a shower together, as Jay walks in.  Check out the clip below.

As for the nude spot, White later told Leno: "It's a dirty job.  But someone's got to do it."

One of television's most beloved and talented actresses, whose career has spanned over 60 years, Emmy(R) Award-winning actress Betty White is best known for her roles in the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the beloved series "The Golden Girls." White won an Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for the first season of "The Golden Girls" and was nominated every year of the show's run. The series ran from 1985 to 1992 on NBC. White has also guest-starred on a number of television programs including "Ally McBeal," The Ellen Show," "That 70s Show" and won an Emmy(R) in 1996 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, appearing as herself on a memorable episode of "The John Laroquette Show." White had a recurring role in ABC's "Boston Legal" from 2005 to 2008 as the calculating, blackmailing gossip-monger Catherine Piper, a role she originally portrayed as a guest star on "The Practice" in 2004. Most recently, White appeared in the 2009 major motion picture, "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. In January 2010, White was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. After an intense internet campaign, White will be hosting the May 8 Mothers Day episode of Saturday Night Live.  She will additionally star in the new sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" alongside Valerie Bertonelli.On stage in Melbourne, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret. He also hosted Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

Hugh Jackman played the leading role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre's acclaimed stage production of OKLAHOMA! in London's West End. The performance earned him an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He also starred in the 1999 film version of the same stage musical. In 2002, Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigelow in the musical CAROUSEL in a special concert performance at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's. In 2004, Jackman won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, for his 2003-2004 Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen, in the hit musical, THE BOY FROM OZ, which he also performed in Australia in 2006. Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004, and 2005. His hosting of the 2004 Tony Awards earned him an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program in 2005. Jackman most recently co-starred with Daniel Craig on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre in a limited engagement of the play A STEADY RAIN.

 

 







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