Editing Allen Ludden (section)

==Family==
[[File:Allen Ludden Betty White 1963.JPG|thumb|Ludden with Betty White (1963)]]

Ludden married Margaret McGloin on October 11, 1943. She died of [[cancer]] on October 30, 1961. They had a son, David, and two daughters, Martha and Sarah.

He proposed to Betty White, whom he had met on ''Password'', at least twice before she accepted.<ref>White, Betty. Here We Go Again: My Life In Television 1949-1995. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1995.</ref> Their romance blossomed when they played [[summer stock theatre]] together, in the play ''[[Critic's Choice (play)|Critic's Choice]]'' in 1962. They also appeared together in the romantic comedy ''[[Janus (play)|Janus]]'' in 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-17-et-classic17-story.html |title=Betty White keeps saying yes to life's proposal |first=Susan |last=King |date=June 17, 2009 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name=CapePlayhouse>{{cite web |url=http://capeplayhouse.com/the-cape-playhouse-production-history/ |title=Production History |publisher=Cape Playhouse |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206025301/http://capeplayhouse.com/the-cape-playhouse-production-history/ |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> They were married on June 6, 1963, and remained together until Ludden's death.

They appeared together in an episode of ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' in which Felix and Oscar appeared on ''Password'' and also as a couple on a season 4 episode of ''[[The Love Boat]]''.