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About
Carol Burnett
Overview
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. The comedy sketches ranged from film parodies to character pieces. Burnett created many endearing characters during the show's television run.
Known for
Acting |
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2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
2024 | Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2023 | Celebrating Carol: The Gift of Laughter | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2023 | Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2022 | Lucy and Desi | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2022 | Betty White: A Celebration | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2021 | Trolls Holiday in Harmony | Actor | Windbreeze (voice) | 62 Fair |
2021 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2021 | Becoming Cousteau | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2021 | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2021 | Mister Candid Camera | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | All Together Now | Actor | Joan | 61 Fair |
2020 | The Story of Soaps | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2019 | Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? | Actor | Chairol Burnett (voice) | 59 Average |
2019 | Toy Story 4 | Actor | Chairol Burnett (voice) | 74 Good |
2019 | Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2018 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar | Actor | Ardis | 59 Average |
2018 | A Little Help with Carol Burnett | Actor | Herself - Host | 68 Fair |
2017 | The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
2017 | The History of Comedy | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2017 | Household Name | Actor | Vivian Valmont | N/A N/A |
2012 | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2011 | Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2009 | Post Grad | Actor | Grandma Maureen | 55 Average |
2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Actor | Kangaroo (voice) | 64 Fair |
2005 | Once Upon A Mattress | Actor | Queen Aggravain | 58 Average |
2004 | The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2001 | Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
2001 | Putting It Together | Actor | The Wife | 58 Average |
2001 | The Trumpet of the Swan | Actor | Mrs. Hammerbotham (voice) | 58 Average |
1999 | Get Bruce! | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1998 | The Marriage Fool | Actor | Florence | 58 Average |
1998 | Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1998 | A Bing Crosby Christmas | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1997 | Moon Over Broadway | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1994 | Men, Movies & Carol | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1994 | Seasons of the Heart | Actor | Vivian Levinson | 58 Average |
1992 | Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
1992 | Wisecracks | Actor | 59 Average |
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1992 | Noises Off... | Actor | Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett | 62 Fair |
1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | Actor | Various Characters | 69 Fair |
1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1991 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Actor | Narrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice) | 59 Average |
1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1990 | Carol & Company | Actor | Myna | 69 Fair |
1989 | Julie and Carol: Together Again | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1989 | 1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1988 | Hostage | Actor | Martha | N/A N/A |
1987 | Plaza Suite | Actor | Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley | 58 Average |
1987 | Superstars and Their Moms | Actor | Self (host) | 58 Average |
1987 | Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin | Actor | 59 Average |
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1986 | Fresno | Actor | Charlotte Kensington | 69 Fair |
1986 | Follies: In Concert | Actor | Carlotta Campion | 59 Average |
1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1985 | Happily Ever After | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
1985 | The Laundromat | Actor | Alberta Johnson | 59 Average |
1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1984 | Burnett Discovers Domingo | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1983 | Between Friends | Actor | Mary Catherine Castelli | 58 Average |
1982 | Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice | Actor | Beatrice O'Reilly | N/A N/A |
1982 | Annie | Actor | Miss Hannigan | 62 Fair |
1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1982 | Eunice | Actor | Eunice | N/A N/A |
1982 | Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical | Actor | Self / Miss Hannigan | N/A N/A |
1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Actor | Emily "Chu Chu" | 59 Average |
1981 | The Four Seasons | Actor | Kate Burroughs | 59 Average |
1980 | Friendly Fire | Actor | Peg Mullen | 59 Average |
1980 | HealtH | Actor | Gloria Burbank | 58 Average |
1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1979 | Musical Comedy Tonight | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1979 | The Tenth Month | Actor | Dori Grey | 59 Average |
1979 | Carol Burnett & Company | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1979 | Dolly and Carol in Nashville | Actor | Self / Marcy | N/A N/A |
1978 | The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank | Actor | Dorothy Benson | N/A N/A |
1978 | A Wedding | Actor | Tulip Brenner | 59 Average |
1978 | Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1976 | Sills and Burnett at the Met | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1975 | Twigs | Actor | Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma | N/A N/A |
1974 | Out to Lunch | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1974 | Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1974 | The Front Page | Actor | Mollie Malloy | 64 Fair |
1974 | 6 RMS RIV VU | Actor | Anne Miller | N/A N/A |
1973 | Keep US Beautiful | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
1972 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Actor | Tillie Shlain Seltzer | 58 Average |
1972 | Once Upon a Mattress | Actor | Princess Winifred the Woebegone | 59 Average |
1972 | Carol Burnett and Friends | Actor | 69 Fair |
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1971 | Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1968 | Star Spangled Salesman | Actor | Miss Grebs | 58 Average |
1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Actor | Various Characters | 72 Good |
1966 | Carol + 2 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1964 | Once Upon a Mattress | Actor | Princess Winnifred | N/A N/A |
1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Actor | Stella Irving | 59 Average |
1963 | Calamity Jane | Actor | Calamity Jane | N/A N/A |
1962 | Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1956 | Stanley | Actor | Celia Howard | 69 Fair |
1948 | Texaco Star Theater | Actor | 70 Good |
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Carol + 2 | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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1994 | Men, Movies & Carol | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Carrie and Me | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2005 | Once Upon A Mattress | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2001 | Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1987 | Plaza Suite | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
Carrie and Me | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |