Person
Carol Burnett
Acting · Born 1933-04-26 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Birdie Sulloway
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Jeopardy!
Self
Sesame Street
1969
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Filmography
- 2026Michael Jackson: A Life in MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Starring Dick Van DykeSelf
- 2025The New Yorker at 100Self
- 2025Good Hang with Amy Poehler
- 2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024Bob Mackie: Naked IllusionSelf
- 2024Palm RoyaleNorma Dellacorte
- 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf
- 2023FrasierJennifer (voice)
- 2023Celebrating Carol: The Gift of LaughterSelf
- 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + LoveSelf
- 2023Karen Carpenter: Starving for PerfectionSelf
- 2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Self
- 2022Lucy and DesiSelf
- 2022Betty White: A CelebrationSelf
- 2021Trolls Holiday in HarmonyWindbreeze (voice)
- 2021Licorice PizzaThanks
- 2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelf
- 2021Becoming CousteauSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
- 2021HacksCarol Burnett
- 2021Mister Candid CameraSelf
- 2020All Together NowJoan
- 2020The Story of SoapsSelf
- 2020Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek FarewellSelf
- 2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(archive footage)
- 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?Chairol Burnett (voice)
- 2019Mad About YouTheresa Stemple
- 2019Forky Asks a QuestionChairol Burnett
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Carol Burnett (voice)
- 2019Toy Story 4Chairol Burnett (voice)
- 2019Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!Self
- 2018Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the AltarArdis
- 2018A Little Help with Carol BurnettHerself - Host
- 2017The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary SpecialHerself
- 2017SteveSelf
- 2017The Jim Jefferies ShowSelf
- 2017Julie's GreenroomMrs. Brightful
- 2017The History of ComedySelf
- 2017Household NameVivian Valmont
- 2016ChelseaSelf
- 2016Angie TribecaPresident Priscilla Filcox
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
- 2015Better Call SaulMarion
- 2014Signed, Sealed, DeliveredArdis Paine
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
- 2013Makers: Women Who Make AmericaSelf
- 2012Inside ComedySelf
- 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf
- 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf
- 2011Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored(archive footage)
- 2010ConanSelf
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Deb McGarrett
- 2010Hot in ClevelandPenny
- 2009Post GradGrandma Maureen
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
- 2009GleeDoris Sylvester
- 2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelf
- 2008Horton Hears a Who!Kangaroo (voice)
- 2006The Megan Mullally ShowSelf - Guest
- 2005Once Upon A MattressQueen Aggravain
- 2005The Colbert ReportSelf - Guest
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
- 2004Desperate HousewivesEleanor Mason
- 2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
- 2004The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the LightsHerself
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
- 2001Carol Burnett: Show StoppersHerself
- 2001Putting It TogetherThe Wife
- 2001The Trumpet of the SwanMrs. Hammerbotham (voice)
- 2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBirdie Sulloway
- 1999Get Bruce!Self
- 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)
- 1998The Marriage FoolFlorence
- 1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
- 1998Sonny & Me: Cher RemembersSelf (archive footage)
- 1998A Bing Crosby ChristmasSelf (archive footage)
- 1997Moon Over BroadwaySelf
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of LifeSelf
- 1996Access HollywoodSelf
- 1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest
- 1995Women of the HouseSelf
- 1994Men, Movies & CarolSelf
- 1994Touched by an AngelLillian Bennett
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1994Seasons of the HeartVivian Levinson
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)
- 1992Jack Benny: Comedy in BloomHerself
- 1992Mad About YouTheresa Stemple
- 1992The Larry Sanders ShowCarol Burnett
- 1992Wisecracks
- 1992Noises Off...Dotty Otley / Mrs. Clackett
- 1991The Carol Burnett ShowVarious Characters
- 1991The Tale of Peter RabbitNarrator / Mrs. Rabbit / Cat (voice)
- 1991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)host
- 1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim HensonSelf
- 1990Carol & CompanyMyna
- 1989Julie and Carol: Together AgainSelf
- 19891989 Walt Disney World 4th of July SpectacularSelf
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf (archive footage)
- 1988HostageMartha
- 1987Plaza SuiteKaren Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
- 1987Superstars and their MomsSelf - Host
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf
- 1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and RobinSelf
- 1986FresnoCharlotte Kensington
- 1986American MastersSelf - Interviewee
- 1986Neil Diamond... Hello AgainSelf
- 1986Follies: In ConcertCarlotta Campion
- 1986Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New YorkSelf
- 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsSelf (archive footage)
- 1985Happily Ever AfterNarrator (voice)
- 1985The LaundromatAlberta Johnson
- 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
- 1984Jeopardy!Self
- 1984Burnett Discovers DomingoSelf
- 1983All-Star Party for Frank SinatraSelf
- 1983Between FriendsMary Catherine Castelli
- 1983The A-TeamDeidre
- 1983Mama's FamilyEunice Higgins
- 1982Life of the Party: The Story of BeatriceBeatrice O'Reilly
- 1982AnnieMiss Hannigan
- 1982Hollywood: The Gift of LaughterSelf
- 1982EuniceEunice
- 1982Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood MusicalSelf / Miss Hannigan
- 1982Fame
- 1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashEmily "Chu Chu"
- 1981The Four SeasonsKate Burroughs
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Susan Johnson
- 1980Friendly FirePeg Mullen
- 1980HealtHGloria Burbank
- 1980The Tim Conway ShowSelf
- 1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70'sSelf (archive footage)
- 1979Musical Comedy Tonight
- 1979The Tenth MonthDori Grey
- 1979Carol Burnett & Company
- 1979Dolly and Carol in NashvilleSelf / Marcy
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
- 1978Mickey's 50Self
- 1978The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic TankDorothy Benson
- 1978A WeddingTulip Brenner
- 1978Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving BerlinSelf
- 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelf
- 1976Sills and Burnett at the MetSelf
- 1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star
- 1976The Sonny and Cher Show
- 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on TelevisionSelf (archive footage)
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
- 1975TwigsEmily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma
- 1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1975CherSelf - Guest
- 1974Out to LunchSelf
- 1974Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me NowSelf
- 1974The Front PageMollie Malloy
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 19746 RMS RIV VUAnne Miller
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
- 1973Keep U.S. BeautifulSelf
- 1973Keep US Beautifulself
- 1972Pete 'n' TillieTillie Shlain Seltzer
- 1972Once Upon a MattressPrincess Winifred the Woebegone
- 1972Carol Burnett and Friends
- 1972The Midnight SpecialSelf
- 1971Julie and Carol at Lincoln CenterSelf
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1971The Pet SetSelf
- 1969Sesame Street
- 1969This Way to Sesame Street
- 1969The Jim Nabors Hour
- 1969The Barbara McNair ShowSelf
- 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf
- 1968The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost EpisodesCarol Burnett, Eunice, Stewardess, etc.
- 1968Here's LucyCarol Burnett
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968Star Spangled SalesmanMiss Grebs
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
- 1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowVarious Characters
- 1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSelf
- 1966Carol and CompanySelf
- 1966Carol + 2Self
- 1965Get SmartOzark Annie
- 1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- 1964Once Upon a MattressPrincess Winnifred
- 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Stella Irving
- 1963Calamity JaneCalamity Jane
- 1962The Lucy ShowCarol Bradford
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962Julie and Carol at Carnegie HallSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1959The Twilight ZoneAgnes Grep
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956StanleyCelia Howard
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter / Recipient
- 1952Omnibus
- 1952TodaySelf
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf /Goodfellow's Wife (uncredited)
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1948Texaco Star Theater
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf
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