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Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) was
one of the most successful female comedians on
American television, thanks largely to her variety
show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978.

Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas to two
alcoholism|alcoholic parents, who left her with
her grandmother.  Carol moved to Hollywood,
California with her grandmother where she
graduated from Hollywood High School and the
University of California, Los Angeles and worked
her way up through bit parts on TV.  Carol Burnett
came to prominence in the mid-1950s singing a
novelty love song, "I Made a Fool of Myself Over
John Foster Dulles".  About this time, she also
appeared in a one-season NBC situation
comedy|sitcom, Stanley (television
series)|Stanley, with Buddy Hackett. She achieved
success on Broadway theatre|Broadway in the 1959
musical theater|musical Once Upon a Mattress. In
the same year she appeared on the Garry Moore
television variety show as a regular until 1962,
most memorably with her portrayal of a cleaning
woman. With her success on this variety show she
finally came to headliner status and appeared in
the 1962 special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall,
also starring fellow singer/actor|actress Julie
Andrews.

Before getting her variety show, Burnett also
appeared as a panelist on the game show Password
(game)|Password -- an association she maintained
until the early 1980s.

The hour-long The Carol Burnett Show was a huge
success, garnering 22 Emmy Awards and continuing
to have success in television
syndication|syndicated reruns. Its ensemble cast
included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner,
and Vicki Lawrence, who was cast partly because
she looked like a younger Burnett.

Burnett drew attention in 1981, when she sued the
National Enquirer for libel after the tabloid
newspaper described her alleged public
drunkenness. The case is a landmark in the study
of libel cases involving celebrities, although the
unprecedented $1.6 million verdict was reduced on
appeal, and the case was eventually settled out of
court.

Her film work includes The Four Seasons
(movie)|The Four Seasons, Annie (musical)|Annie,
and Noises Off.

Burnett returned to TV in the mid-1990s as a
supporting character on the sitcom Mad About You
when she played Theresa Stemple, the mother of
main character Jamie Buchman, played by Helen
Hunt. 

Personal tragedy struck Carol Burnett in 2002 when
her daughter, actress Carrie Hamilton, died of
lung cancer at the age of 38. Hamilton had a
problem with drugs as a teenager but overcame it
with her mother's help. She and her mother often
spoke out against drug abuse. Carrie Hamilton was
a talented actress in her own right and she and
her mother appeared together in the television
movie|television film Hostage. 

Burnett was a recipient of Kennedy Center Honors
for 2003.

Burnett has been a long time fan of the soap opera
All My Children.  She got to live a dream when
Agnes Nixon created the role of Verla Grubbs for
her.  Burnett suddenly found herself playing the
long-lost daughter of Langly Wallingford (Louis
Edmonds), and raising hell for her stepmother
Phoebe Tyler-Wallingford (Ruth Warrick).  She
hosted a 25th anniversary special about the show
in 1995 and made a brief cameo as Verla on the
January 5, 2005 episode celebrating the 35th
anniversary of the program.  Due to scheduling
conflicts, the scene was shot on the Los Angeles
set of General Hospital instead of the New York
City|New York set where All My Children is taped.

==External links==
*
http://www.actorsequity.org/howigotmyequitycard/eq
uitycard_burnett_09-09-2003.html Bio at Actors'
Equity site
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000993/ List of
credits at Internet Movie Database
*
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/burnettc
aro/burnettcaro.htm Museum of Broadcast History
article on The Carol Burnett Show
* http://www.topix.net/who/carol-burnett Carol
Burnett news on Topix.net

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Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) was
one of the most successful female comedians on
American television, thanks largely to her variety
show that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978.

Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas to two
alcoholism|alcoholic parents, who left her with
her grandmother. Carol moved to Hollywood,
California with her grandmother where she
graduated from Hollywood High School and then
attended University of California, Los Angeles and
worked her way up through bit parts on TV. Carol
Burnett came to prominence in the mid-1950s
singing a novelty love song, "I Made a Fool of
Myself Over John Foster Dulles". About this time,
she also appeared in a one-season NBC situation
comedy|sitcom, Stanley (television
series)|Stanley, with Buddy Hackett. She achieved
success on Broadway theatre|Broadway in the 1959
musical theater|musical Once Upon a Mattress. In
the same year she appeared on the Garry Moore
television variety show as a regular until 1962,
most memorably with her portrayal of a cleaning
woman. With her success on this variety show she
finally came to headliner status and appeared in
the 1962 special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall,
also starring fellow singer/actor|actress Julie
Andrews.


Before getting her variety show, Burnett also
appeared as a panelist on the game show Password
(game)|Password — an association she
maintained until the early 1980s.

The hour-long The Carol Burnett Show was a huge
success, garnering 22 Emmy Awards and continuing
to have success in television
syndication|syndicated reruns. Its ensemble cast
included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner,
and Vicki Lawrence, who was cast partly because
she looked like a younger Burnett.

Burnett drew attention in 1981, when she sued the
National Enquirer for libel after the tabloid
newspaper described her alleged public
drunkenness. The case is a landmark in the study
of libel cases involving celebrities, although the
unprecedented $1.6 million verdict was reduced on
appeal, and the case was eventually settled out of
court.

Her film work includes The Four Seasons
(movie)|The Four Seasons, Annie (musical)|Annie,
and Noises Off.

Burnett returned to TV in the mid-1990s as a
supporting character on the sitcom Mad About You
when she played Theresa Stemple, the mother of
main character Jamie Buchman, played by Helen
Hunt. 

Personal tragedy struck Burnett in 2002 when her
daughter, actress Carrie Hamilton, died of lung
cancer at the age of 38. Hamilton had a problem
with drugs as a teenager but overcame it with her
mother's help. She and her mother often spoke out
against drug abuse. Carrie Hamilton was a talented
actress in her own right and she and her mother
appeared together in the television
movie|television film Hostage. 

Burnett was a recipient of Kennedy Center Honors
for 2003.

Burnett has been a long time fan of the soap opera
All My Children. She realized a dream when Agnes
Nixon created the role of Verla Grubbs for her.
Burnett suddenly found herself playing the
long-lost daughter of Langly Wallingford (Louis
Edmonds), and raising hell for her stepmother
Phoebe Tyler-Wallingford (Ruth Warrick). She
hosted a 25th anniversary special about the show
in 1995 and made a brief cameo as Verla on the
January 5, 2005 episode celebrating the 35th
anniversary of the program. Due to scheduling
conflicts, the scene was shot on the Los Angeles
set of General Hospital instead of the New York
City|New York set where All My Children is taped.

==External links==
*
http://www.actorsequity.org/howigotmyequitycard/eq
uitycard_burnett_09-09-2003.html Bio at Actors'
Equity site
*imdb name|id=0000993|name=Carol Burnett
*
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/burnettc
aro/burnettcaro.htm Museum of Broadcast History
article on The Carol Burnett Show
* http://www.topix.net/who/carol-burnett Carol
Burnett news on Topix.net